racket fraudulent scheme illegitimate enterprise | an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit |
skeen arch skene arch scheme arch diminished arch | an arch whose height is less than half its width |
difference | the quality of being unlike or dissimilar, there are many differences between jazz and rock |
difference threshold differential threshold difference limen differential limen | the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect |
just-noticeable difference jnd | (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected |
outline schema scheme | a schematic or preliminary plan |
scheme strategy | an elaborate and systematic plan of action |
pump-and-dump scheme | an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices, the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises |
pyramid scheme | a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit, when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in |
schema scheme | an internal representation of the world, an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world |
rank-order correlation coefficient rank-order correlation rank-difference correlation coefficient rank-difference correlation | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables |
dodge dodging scheme | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
dispute difference difference of opinion conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important, he had a dispute with his wife, there were irreconcilable differences, the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats |
deviation divergence departure difference | a variation that deviates from the standard or norm, the deviation from the mean |
color scheme colour scheme | a planned combination of colors, the color scheme for this room was determined by an interior decorator |
system scheme | a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole, a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going |
electric potential potential potential difference potential drop voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
incentive program incentive scheme | a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something |
remainder difference | the number that remains after subtraction, the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend |
difference | a significant change, the difference in her is amazing, his support made a real difference |
scheme intrigue connive | form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner |
scheme | devise a system or form a scheme for |