lowering of index
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lowering — index decline, decrease, deduction (diminution), depression, diminution Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Index of Dependency — The annual Index of Dependency, published by the Heritage Foundation s Center for Data Analysis, attempts to measure government expansion in America and the degree of reliance on social support programs. Though established in 2002, the index has… … Wikipedia
Raising and lowering indices — In mathematics and mathematical physics, given a tensor on a manifold M , in the presence of a nonsingular form on M (such as a Riemannian metric or Minkowski metric), one can raise or lower indices: change a ( k , l ) tensor to a ( k + 1, l − 1) … Wikipedia
Glycemic index — The Glycemic index (also glycaemic index) or GI is a measure of the effects of carbohydrates on blood glucose levels. Carbohydrates that break down rapidly during digestion releasing glucose rapidly into the bloodstream have a high GI;… … Wikipedia
Nasal index — Nasal Na sal (n[=a] zal), a. [F., from L. nasus the nose. See {Nose}.] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nose. [1913 Webster] 2. (Phon.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tensor — For other uses, see Tensor (disambiguation). Note that in common usage, the term tensor is also used to refer to a tensor field. Stress, a second order tensor. The tensor s components, in a three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, form the… … Wikipedia
Metric tensor — In the mathematical field of differential geometry, a metric tensor is a type of function defined on a manifold (such as a surface in space) which takes as input a pair of tangent vectors v and w and produces a real number (scalar) g(v,w) in a… … Wikipedia
Musical isomorphism — In mathematics, the musical isomorphism (or canonical isomorphism) is an isomorphism between the tangent bundle TM and the cotangent bundle T*M of a Riemannian manifold given by its metric. There are similar isomorphisms on symplectic manifolds.… … Wikipedia
Congruence (general relativity) — In general relativity, a congruence (more properly, a congruence of curves) is the set of integral curves of a (nowhere vanishing) vector field in a four dimensional Lorentzian manifold which is interpreted physically as a model of spacetime.… … Wikipedia
Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… … Universalium
Voting age — A voting age is a minimum age established by law that a person must attain in order to be eligible to vote in a public election.The vast majority of countries in the world have established a voting age. Most governments consider that those of an… … Wikipedia
