replacement level
1replacement level — replacement level, the birth rate needed for a population to maintain itself: »The current rate of 1.84 children per woman is still below the “replacement level” of 2.1 children for American society (Science News) …
2Replacement player — In professional sports, a replacement player is an athlete who is not a member of the league s players association and plays during a labor dispute such as a strike or lockout. Instances of replacement players National Football League ndash; 1987 …
3Level 42 — Infobox musical artist 2 Name = Level 42 Img capt = Level 42 in 1988: The Late Alan Murphy (Guitar), Mike Lindup (Keyboards/Vocals), Mark King (Bass/Vocals), Gary Husband (Drums). Background = group or band Origin = Isle of Wight, England… …
4Value over replacement player — In baseball, value over replacement player (or VORP) is a statistic invented by Keith Woolner that demonstrates how much a hitter contributes offensively or how much a pitcher contributes to his team in comparison to a fictitious replacement… …
5Sub-replacement fertility — is a total fertility rate (TFR) that (if sustained) leads to each new generation being less populous than the previous one in a given area. In developed countries sub replacement fertility is any rate below approximately 2.1 children born per… …
6Page replacement algorithm — This article is about algorithms specific to paging. For outline of general cache algorithms (e.g. processor, disk, database, web), see Cache algorithms. In a computer operating system that uses paging for virtual memory management, page… …
7Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco — San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (eastern span replacement) Artistic rendition of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge seen from Treasure Island (ca. 2014) Official name To be determ …
8Eyewall replacement cycle — Concentric eyewalls seen in Hurricane Katrina as it travels west through the Gulf of Mexico. Eyewall replacement cycles, also called concentric eyewall cycles, naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones, generally with winds greater than… …
9Hormone replacement therapy (female-to-male) — Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for transgender and transsexual people replaces the hormones naturally occurring in their bodies with those of the other sex. However, not all cases of hormone replacement therapy are used by transgendered people …
10Hip replacement (animal) — Hip replacement surgery can be performed on animals, (notably dogs) as well as humans. This article discusses hip replacement surgery in animals.OverviewHip replacement is a proven surgery in animals, notably dogs. It is usually performed, as in… …
