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31activity — A named process, function, or task that occurs over time and has recognizable results. Activities use up assigned resources to produce postal products and services. Activities combine to form USPS business processes …
32activity analysis — The breakdown of the USPS enterprise into manageable segments for detailed analysis of cost and performance …
33activity-based management — A system of management that seeks to optimize the value added activities performed by the USPS enterprise while at the same time minimizing or eliminating the non value added activities, resulting in overall improvements in the effectiveness and… …
34activity code — A one digit number that indicates the functional area in which a USPS employee is assigned; it is usually joined to the two digit designation code as a second element. (Also see labor distribution code) …
35activity — ► NOUN (pl. activities) 1) a condition in which things are happening or being done. 2) busy or vigorous action or movement. 3) an action taken in pursuit of an objective. 4) a recreational pursuit. 5) the degree to which something displays its… …
36activity series — Chem. a table of metals, listed in the order of their ability to replace other metals while in solution …
37activity series — activity series, = electromotive series. (Cf. ↑electromotive series) …
38Activity (chemistry) — In chemical thermodynamics, activity (symbol a) is a measure of the “effective concentration” of a species in a mixture, meaning that the species chemical potential depends on the activity of a real solution in the same way that it would depend… …
39Activity theory — See also Social Constructivism (Learning Theory) and Critical psychology.Activity theory is a psychological meta theory, paradigm, or framework, with its roots in the Soviet psychologist Vygotsky s cultural historical psychology. Its founders… …
40Activity coefficient — An activity coefficient [ [http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/A00116.pdf Gold Book definition] ] is a factor used in thermodynamics to account for deviations from ideal behaviour in a mixture of chemical substances. In an ideal mixture the… …
