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breath-of-life: an Ethernet packet that contains bootstrap code,periodically sent out from a working computer to infuse the 'breath of life' into any computer on the network that has crashed
Category: News-systems and communications

crystalliferous: a cell,commonly a radial or axial parenchyma cell,containing one or more crystals
Category: Botany and zoology

half-life: the time taken for the concentration of the parent compound to be reduced to half its original value. It thus gives a measure of the persistence of the chemical in that particular soil
Category: Physics

half-life: The time required for half the amount of a substance(here radiocarbon)in or introduced into a living system or ecosystem to be eliminated or disintegrated by natural processes.
Category: Botany and zoology

life: the duration of satisfactory performance,measured in years(float life)or in the number of charge/discharge cycles(cycle life)
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

life: the time during which a lamp has been operated before becoming useless or considered as such according to certain specifications
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

life-form: a) Raunkiaer`s plant classification system based on selective morphological categories and on the position of the resting buds that survive any period (s) unfavourable to growth, e.g. a cold or a dry season; b) one of a series of classes based on the characteristic vegetative shape and appearance of a taxon
Category: Botany and zoology

life-saving: a thorough knowledge of life-saving appliance regulations(International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea),organization of abandon ship drills,lifeboats,liferafts and other life-saving equipment
Category: General

life-time: the most probable length of time for which an atom or a molecule remains in the excited state
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

lifeboat: Boat carried by a ship for use in an emergency and provided with oars, a sail, water and some provisions; sometimes motorised
Category: Management in the public and private sector

lifeboat: A boat specially designed and equipped for life-saving purposes,its buoyancy being increased by means of watertight air cases or compartments fitted inside and in some types by outside appliances,such as cork belts.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

lifeboatman: a Member of the ship`s crew holding a certificate of proficiency in survival craft and rescue boats issued as a separate document or as included in his certificate of competency
Category: Transport

lifeguard: a submarine employed for rescue in an area which cannot be adequately covered by air or surface rescue facilities because of enemy opposition,distance from friendly bases,or other reasons.It is stationed near the objective and sometimes along the route to be flown by the strike aircraft
Category: Defense

lifeline: in emergency rescue services, a system of communication for the members of the rescue party when they must enter hazardous, lightless or toxic atmospheres; It enables the crew to keep in contact with colleagues outside by sending rope signals, as follows:1 pull: stop, OK; 2 pulls: advance; 3 pulls: come at once; 4 pulls: distress, emergency help
Category: Management in the public and private sector

lifelong: dit actieprogramma moet ervoor zorgen dat iedereen de mogelijkheden krijgt om aan zijn inzetbaarheid(employability)op de arbeidsmarkt en in de samenleving te blijven werken
Category: Education

lifetime: portion of the execution time during which the object exists
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

lymphoproliferative: disorders characterised by proliferation of lymphoid tissue,general or unspecified
Category: Medicine

non-life: all other branches than life insurance
Category: Insurance

non-life: By analogy with the Third non-life insurance directive(92/49/EEC,OJEC L228),as opposed to the Third life insurance directive(92/96/EEC,OJEC L 360)
Category: Management in the public and private sector

non-life: Dutch legislation intended to settle disputes about which country`s law is applicable to an insurance agreement(in connection with the free movement of services within the EC,etc.).
Category: Management in the public and private sector

piliferous: the young superficial tissue of roots,producing the root hairs
Category: Botany and zoology

wildlife: a) all non-domesticated animal life; b) non-domesticated vertebrates, especially mammals, birds and fish, and some of the higher invertebrates, e.g. many Arthropods
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

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