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  • dynamic pricing — the practice of offering goods at a price that changes according to the level of demand, the type of customer, the state of the weather, etc
  • dynamic routing — (networking)   (Or "adaptive routing") Routing that adjusts automatically to network topology or traffic changes.
  • dynamic scoping — dynamic scope
  • early admission — a plan for admission to colleges in the US, in which students apply to colleges earlier in the year than is customary and receive their results earlier too
  • econometrically — In terms of econometrics.
  • economy measure — any method of reducing expenditure and hence saving money
  • electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
  • emergency brake — hand brake in car
  • endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
  • endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
  • entomologically — In terms of entomology.
  • enumerated type — (programming)   (Or "enumeration") A type which includes in its definition an exhaustive list of possible values for variables of that type. Common examples include Boolean, which takes values from the list [true, false], and day-of-week which takes values [Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday]. Enumerated types are a feature of strongly typed languages, including C and Ada. Characters, (fixed-size) integers and even floating-point types could be (but are not usually) considered to be (large) enumerated types.
  • environmentally — In a manner affecting one's environment.
  • eric s. raymond — (person)   One of the authors of the Hacker's Jargon File. Eric was involved in the JOLT project and GNU Emacs as well as maintaining several FAQ lists. He is a keen advocate of open source. E-mail: <[email protected]>
  • errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
  • ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
  • excommunicatory — Relating to excommunication.
  • expanded memory — (storage)   Memory used through EMS. In systems based on Intel 80386 or later processor expanded memory is part of the extended memory that is mapped into the expanded memory page frame by the processor. The mapping is controlled by the EMM. In earlier systems, a dedicated EMS hardware adaptor is needed to map memory into the page frame. In both cases, an appropriate device driver is needed for the proper communication between hardware and EMM.
  • extended family — relatives
  • external memory — (storage)   A vague term for slower, non-volatile storage, usually magnetic disk, in contrast to main memory which is usually volatile semiconductor RAM.
  • eye examination — an eye test
  • factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
  • factory farming — Factory farming is a system of farming which involves keeping animals indoors, often with very little space, and giving them special foods so that they grow more quickly or produce more eggs or milk.
  • fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
  • faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
  • family business — company owned and run by a family
  • family division — a division of the High Court of Justice dealing with divorce, the rights of access to children, etc
  • family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
  • family planning — the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.
  • family skeleton — a closely guarded family secret
  • feynman diagram — a network of lines that represents a series of emissions and absorptions of elementary particles by other elementary particles, from which the probability of the series can be calculated.
  • finance company — an institution engaged in such specialized forms of financing as purchasing accounts receivable, extending credit to retailers and manufacturers, discounting installment contracts, and granting loans with goods as security.
  • flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
  • flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
  • gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
  • gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
  • geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
  • geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
  • gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
  • give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
  • glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
  • glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
  • governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
  • gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
  • gravity anomaly — a deviation from the normal value of gravity at the earth's surface, caused by density differences at depth, for example those caused by a buried mineral body
  • guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
  • gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
  • hamersley range — a mountain range in N Western Australia: iron-ore deposits. Highest peak: 1236 m (4056 ft)
  • hard mint candy — a hardened mint-flavoured sweet
  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
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