loss | the act of losing someone or something, everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock |
Cockcroft and Walton accelerator Cockcroft-Walton accelerator Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier | a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
potential divider voltage divider | resistors connected in series across a voltage source, used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage |
voltage regulator | a transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted |
voltage drop | a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing |
loss deprivation | the disadvantage that results from losing something, his loss of credibility led to his resignation, losing him is no great deprivation |
amnesia memory loss blackout | partial or total loss of memory, he has a total blackout for events of the evening |
stop order stop-loss order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level |
loss | the experience of losing a loved one, he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather |
action potential | the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted |
passing loss departure exit expiration going release | euphemistic expressions for death, thousands mourned his passing |
personnel casualty loss | military personnel lost by death or capture |
loss of consciousness | the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond |
brainwave brain wave cortical potential | (neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph |
elastic energy elastic potential energy | potential energy that is stored when a body is deformed (as in a coiled spring) |
electric potential potential potential difference potential drop voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
evoked potential | the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus, he measured evoked potentials with an electroencephalogram |
resting potential | the potential difference between the two sides of the membrane of a nerve cell when the cell is not conducting an impulse |
potential energy P.E. | the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of its position, stored energy |
voltage electromotive force emf | the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit, expressed in volts |
paper loss | an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost |
capital loss | the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price, the loss is realized when the asset is sold |
loss red ink red | the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue, the company operated at a loss last year, the company operated in the red last year |
loss | something that is lost, the car was a total loss, loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt |
financial loss | loss of money or decrease in financial value |
income statement earnings report operating statement profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |
profit and loss profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss |
loss | gradual decline in amount or activity, weight loss, a serious loss of business |
potential unit | a measure of the potential energy of a unit charge at a given point in a circuit relative to a reference point (ground) |
loss ratio | the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received |
potential potentiality potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being |
deafness hearing loss | partial or complete loss of hearing |
conductive hearing loss conduction deafness middle-ear deafness | hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear |
sensorineural hearing loss nerve deafness | hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve |
lose turn a loss | fail to make money in a business, make a loss or fail to profit, I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!, The company turned a loss after the first year |
potential possible | existing in possibility, a potential problem, possible uses of nuclear power |
high-octane high-powered high-power high-voltage high-energy | vigorously energetic or forceful, a high-octane sales manager, a high-octane marketing plan, high-powered executives, a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur |
at a loss(p) nonplused nonplussed puzzled | filled with bewilderment, at a loss to understand those remarks, puzzled that she left without saying goodbye |
high-voltage high-potential | operating on or powered by a high voltage, a high-voltage generator |
low-tension low-voltage | subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage |
likely potential | expected to become or be, in prospect, potential clients |
at a loss | below cost, sold the car at a loss |