representative body
11representative — (adj.) serving to represent, late 14c., from O.Fr. representatif (early 14c.), from M.L. repræsentativus, from L. repræsentare (see REPRESENT (Cf. represent)), Meaning standing for others is from 1620s; in the political sense of holding the place …
12Representative peer — In the United Kingdom, representative peers were individuals elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to represent them in the British House of Lords. Members of the Peerage of England, Peerage of Great Britain …
13Representative democracy — Part of the Politics series Democracy History · Var …
14representative — rep|re|sen|ta|tive1 [ ,reprı zentətıv ] noun count *** 1. ) someone who has been chosen or elected by a person or group to vote, give opinions, or make decisions for them: an elected/political representative representative of/from: Delegates will …
15representative — A person or thing that represents, or stands for, a number or class of persons or things, or that in some way corresponds to, stands for, replaces, or is equivalent to, another person or thing. Gaffney v. Unit Crane & Shovel Corp., D.C.Pa., 117 F …
16representative volume element — a representative volume element (RVE) for a continuum body is a material volume that is statistically representative of the continuum body. Thus, an RVE must embody sufficient microstructure so that all macroscopic characteristics such as… …
17representative — representatively, adv. representativeness, n. /rep ri zen teuh tiv/, n. 1. a person or thing that represents another or others. 2. an agent or deputy: a legal representative. 3. a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative …
18representative government — A political system is representative if it is one in which representatives of the people share, to a significant degree, in the making of decisions. For this to apply there must be a good number of representatives meeting in some kind of free… …
19representative — /rɛprəˈzɛntətɪv / (say repruh zentuhtiv) adjective 1. serving to represent; representing. 2. standing or acting for another or others. 3. exemplifying a class; typical: a representative selection of Australian verse. 4. representing a… …
20Representative Church Body — Die Church of Ireland (irisch: Eaglais na hÉireann, Aussprache: /ˈagləʃ nə ˈheːrʲən/) ist ein Teil der anglikanischen Kommunion und zählt etwa 410.000 Gläubige, wesentlich weniger als die Katholische Kirche in Irland. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… …
