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Dobson: one Dobson unit represents a single molecule of ozone to every billion molecules of air; 100 Dobson units represent a layer of ozone 1 mm thick all around the world
Category: Environment

Jacobs: a bogie for articulated cars,usually employing two king pins and three axles
Category: Transport

jobs: defective or slow-selling goods (as publishers` remainders) sold at reduced prices.
Category: Commerce - movement of goods

jobseekers: requirements for social assistance benefit claimants to apply for and accept jobs, undergo training, etc.
Category: Management in the public and private sector

lobster: A fishing vessel used for setting pots to catch lobsters,crabs,crayfish and other similar species.These vessels range from open boats operating inshore to small decked vessels operating to the edge of the continental shelf.
Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries

obs: a knob on indicators which,when turned to each required bearing,shows the position of the device from the required heading
Category: Transport

obscuration: the swamping of an area with powerful radio signals in order to prevent reception of specific signals
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

observable: a mathematical or stochastic variable,the values of which can be directly observed,as distinct from unobservable variables which enter into structural equations but are not directly observable
Category: Mathematics

observable: a variable the values of which can be directly observed
Category: General

observation: (a) observation of a particular type made with a frequency indicated by a prefix, e.g. hourly --. (b) Observation made every day at a fixed time or times, e.g. 18 h --.
Category: The cosmos

observed: 1)estimate of risk derived directly from experience of accidents; 2)an estimate of risk derived by taking the average loss or consequence per unit time over a period of observation
Category: Statistics

observed: the value of a characteristic determined as the result of a single observation
Category: Statistics

observed: reading of the bearing scale of the direction finder
Category: News-systems and communications

observed: the mean value of the lengths of observed times to failure of all items in a sample under stated conditions
Category: Standards, measures and testing

observed: in contingency table problems,the observed frequencies are the frequencies actually obtained in each cell of the table,from our random sample.When conducting a chi-squared test,the term observed frequencies is used to describe the actual data in the contingency table
Category: Statistics

observed: a. of non-repaired items For a stated period of time, the ratio of the number of items which performed their functions satisfactorily at the end of the period to the total number of items in the sample at the beginning of theperiod. b. Of repaired item or items The ratio of the number of occasions on which an item or items performed their functions satisfactorily for a stated period of time to the total number of occasions the item or items were required to perform for the same period
Category: Standards, measures and testing

observed: 1.For a number of nominally identical items, a) the ratio of the cumulative time for which the items can perform a required function to the total cumulative time under observation; b) at a stated instant of time, the proportion of these items which can perform a required function.2.For a single item, the ratio of the cumulative time in which an item can perform its required function to the total time under observation
Category: Standards, measures and testing

observed: for a stated period in the life of an item,the ratio of the total number of failures in a sample to the cumulative observed time on that sample.The observed failure rate is to be associated with particular,and stated time intervals(or summation of intervals)in the life of the items,and with stated conditions
Category: Standards, measures and testing

observed: the ratio of the number of maintenance actions which were performed in an active maintenance time less than the stated maintainability requirement to the total number of maintenance actions performed under stated conditions and in the period of observation
Category: Standards, measures and testing

observed: the ratio of the cumulative time for which an item has been in a condition to perform a required function to the cumulative time under observation,or at instants of time,the mean of the proportion of a number of nominally identical items that performed or have been in a condition to their required function
Category: Standards, measures and testing

observed: the length of observed time at which a stated proportion (Q%) of a sample of items has failed
Category: Standards, measures and testing

observed: for a stated period in the life of an item, the ratio of the cumulative time for a sample to the total number of failures in the sample during the period, under stated conditions
Category: Standards, measures and testing

observed: fire for which the point of impact or burst can be seen by an observer.The fire can be controlled and adjusted on the basis of observation
Category: Defense

observed: a standardized procedure for use in adjusting indirect fire on a target
Category: Defense

observer: delegate to an assembly who observes and reports but does not participate officially in its activities
Category: General

obsessional: neurosis characterized by the repetitive intrusion into the mind,against volition,of ideas,numinations and phobias,often associated with compulsive actions
Category: Medicine

obsessive: done under the stress of compulsion
Category: Medicine

obsidian: very viscous lava, rich in silica and lakales,..that..may solidify to bubble-free volcanic glass.
Category: The cosmos

obsidian: a dark, hard, glassy volcanic rock, usually having the same composition as volcanic granite.
Category: Chemistry

obsolescence: a decrease in value arising from changes in style or techniques
Category: Commerce - movement of goods

obsolescence: the loss of value suffered by an asset through the passage of time
Category: Commerce - movement of goods

obsolescence: the process that outdates a structure or product physically, functionnally, or socially and thereby impairs or destroys its usefullness.
Category: Building industry

obsolescent: becoming obsolete.
Category: Language and literature

obsolete: E.one of the solutions that could be considered by other municipalities in determining what could be done with -in downtown locations.
Category: Building industry

obstacle: a part preventing unintentional direct contact,but not preventing deliberate action
Category: Building industry

obstruction: something which endangers or prevents the passage of a vessel 99999INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951
Category: Transport

obstruction: his..the advertiser..representative then inspects the signs...to make sure that...no -- - such as growing trees or shrubbery - now block the view..
Category: Commerce - movement of goods

obstruction: when racing,any object that can be passed on one side only,e.g.a shoal,the shore,a pier,or any object including a vessel under way that is large enough to require a yacht,when not less than one overall length from it,to make a substancial alteration of course to pass on one side or the other
Category: General

obstructive: condition in which there is a demonstrable decrease in the expiratory flow rate on spirometric tests
Category: Medicine

unobserved: fire for which points of impact or burst are not observed
Category: Defense

unobstructed: volume determined by the multiplication of the internal unobstructed dimensions.
Category: Mechanical engineering

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