short-time instability

  • 1Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender …

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  • 2time*/*/*/ — [taɪm] noun I 1) [U] the quantity that is measured in minutes, hours, days, years etc Einstein tried to define the relationship between space and time.[/ex] Time seemed to pass more quickly than before.[/ex] 2) [singular/U] the hours, minutes etc …

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  • 3Short-term effects of alcohol — on the human body can take many forms. The drug alcohol, specifically ethanol, is a central nervous system depressant with a range of side effects. The amount and circumstances of consumption play a large part in determining the extent of… …

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  • 4Short-tailed Albatross — Conservation status Vulnerable ( …

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  • 5Time Lord — This article is about the civilisation from Doctor Who. For other uses, see Time Lord (disambiguation). Doctor Who alien Time Lord Type …

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  • 6Short Sherpa — This article is about the SB.4 Sherpa, for the C 23 Sherpa transport, see C 23 Sherpa infobox Aircraft name=SB.4 Sherpa type=Experimental aircraft manufacturer=Short Brothers caption=Short Sherpa flown by the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield c …

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  • 7Pair-instability supernova — A pair instability supernova occurs when pair production, the production of free electrons and positrons in the collision between atomic nuclei and energetic gamma rays, reduces thermal pressure inside a supermassive star s core. This pressure… …

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  • 8Rayleigh–Taylor instability — The Rayleigh–Taylor instability, or RT instability (after Lord Rayleigh and G. I. Taylor), is an instability of an interface between two fluids of different densities, which occurs when the lighter fluid is pushing the heavier fluid. [citation… …

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  • 9The Instability — is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that was first published in the 1 January 1989 issue of The Observer and reprinted in the collection Gold (1995).A professor tells his colleague he has made time travel possible. He also tells him… …

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  • 10Real-time operating system — A real time operating system (RTOS; generally pronounced as are toss ) is a multitasking operating system intended for real time applications. Such applications include embedded systems (programmable thermostats, household appliance controllers,… …

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