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21Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy — Our Lady of Mercy From the Generalate of the Mercedarian Order …
22Characteristic time — The characteristic time is an estimate of the order of magnitude of the reaction time scale. It can loosely be defined as the inverse of the reaction rate. In chemistry, the characteristic time is used to determine whether the problem needs to be …
23Order of Interbeing — The Order of Interbeing, or Tiếp Hiện in Vietnamese, was founded between 1964 and 1966 by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. Tiếp means being in touch with and continuing. Hiện means realizing and making it here and now. Interbeing is a… …
24order of the day — noun the order of business for an assembly on a given day • Hypernyms: ↑agenda, ↑agendum, ↑order of business • Hyponyms: ↑order paper, ↑order book * * * noun the order of the day : a characteristic or activity that is …
25characteristic equation — noun : an equation in which the characteristic polynomial of a matrix is set equal to 0 * * * 1. Math. a. the characteristic polynomial of a given matrix, equated to zero. b. Also called auxiliary equation. an equation with one variable and… …
26characteristic equation — 1. Math. a. the characteristic polynomial of a given matrix, equated to zero. b. Also called auxiliary equation. an equation with one variable and equated to zero, which is derived from a given linear differential equation and in which the… …
27Characteristic length — A characteristic length is an important dimension that defines the scale of a physical system. Often such a length is used as an input to a formula in order to predict some characteristics of the system. Examples: Reynolds number Biot number… …
28order of the day — Date: 1698 1. the business or tasks appointed for an assembly for a given day 2. the characteristic or dominant feature or activity < growth and change are the order of the day in every field Ruth G. Strickland > …
29Order of Our Lady of the Good Death — The Sisterhood of Our Lady of the Good Death (Irmandade da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte) is a small but renowned Afro Catholic religious group in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Founded in the early 19th century as a Church sponsored beneficent… …
30Artificial order — Order Or der, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: (a) Of material things, like the… …
