advances (noun)
71acceleration clause — noun : a clause (as in a loan contract) providing for advancement of the date of payment under specified circumstances * * * a provision of a mortgage, loan, or the like that advances the date of payment under certain circumstances. [1930 35] * * …
72automatic progression — noun : the granting of advances in wages or salary on a scale between minimum and maximum strictly on a periodic basis …
73effective pitch — noun : the distance an airplane advances along its flight path for one revolution of the propeller : pitch …
74group velocity — noun : the velocity with which some definite peculiarity of a composite wave train (as an interference maximum) advances through a medium compare phase velocity …
75intermittent movement — noun : the motion produced by a mechanical device that advances a motion picture film one or more frames at a time with stationary intervening periods; also : any such mechanical device …
76rediscount rate — noun : the discount rate charged by Federal Reserve banks for rediscounting commercial paper for member banks or making secured advances to them on their own notes * * * the rate charged by the Federal Reserve Bank to member banks for… …
77right-handed screw — noun : a screw the threads of which (as of a common wood screw) wind spirally in such a direction that the screw advances away from the observer when turned with a right handed rotation in a fixed nut …
78sacrifice hit — noun : a bunt in baseball laid down with less than two out that enables a base runner to advance a base while the batter is put out at first base and that is not recorded as an official time at bat abbr. SH * * * sacrifice hit, Baseball. a bunt… …
79thesis play — noun : a play that advances, illustrates, or defends a thesis * * * a play that develops or defends a particular thesis. [1900 05] * * * thesis play, = drame à thèse. (Cf. ↑drame à thèse) …
80wavemark — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: wave (II) + mark 1. : a very small ridge of sand made by a wave when it advances upon a low sandy beach and marking the limit of advance 2. : one of many undulations on the bedding surfaces of a sedimentary rock due to… …
