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1Alternative dispute resolution — (ADR) includes dispute resolution processes and techniques that fall outside of the government judicial process. Despite historic resistance to ADR by both parties and their advocates, ADR has gained widespread acceptance among both the general… …
2Financial history of the Dutch Republic — describes the history of the interrelated development of financial institutions in the Dutch Republic. The rapid economic development of the country after the Dutch Revolt in the years 1585 1620, described in Economic History of the Netherlands… …
3Social welfare function — In economics a social welfare function can be defined as a real valued function that ranks conceivable social states (alternative complete descriptions of the society) from lowest on up as to welfare of the society. Inputs of the function include …
4democracy — /di mok reuh see/, n., pl. democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state… …
5Terra Preta de Indio — Terra preta L oxisol (à gauche) et la Terra Preta (à droite) La terre noire (terra preta en portugais) est un sol anthropogénique (c est à dire d origine humaine) d une fertilité exceptionnelle due à des concentrations particulièrement élevées en …
6Jacobite — Jacobitic /jak euh bit ik/, Jacobitical, adj. Jacobitism, n. /jak euh buyt /, n. 1. a partisan or adherent of James II of England after his overthrow (1688), or of the Stuarts. 2. a member of the Syrian Monophysitic church, which was founded in… …
7Engineering economics — Engineering economics, previously known as engineering economy, is a subset of economics for application to engineering projects. Engineers seek solutions to problems, and the economic viability of each potential solution is normally considered… …
8Automotive lighting — Blinker redirects here. For other uses, see Blinker (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Magneti Marelli company AL Automotive Lighting. For lights in seafaring and aviation, see navigation light. The lighting system of a motor vehicle… …
9Second Stadtholderless Period — The Second Stadtholderless Period or Era ( nl. Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk) is the designation in Dutch historiography of the period between the death of stadtholder William III on March 19 [This is the date from the Gregorian calendar that… …
10Cloaking device — Simulation of how a cloaking device would work Cloaking device deactivated: Light is reflected and absorbed by the object, causing it to be visible …
