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1Specific impulse — (usually abbreviated I sp) is a way to describe the efficiency of rocket and jet engines. It represents the impulse (change in momentum) per unit of propellant. The higher the specific impulse, the less propellant is needed to gain a given amount …
2Specific Area Message Encoding — or SAME is the protocol used to encode the Emergency Alert System in the U.S. for broadcast stations. It was originally created for NOAA Weather Radio by the National Weather Service, and was later adopted by the FCC for regular broadcasters on… …
3Duration (music) — Simple [quadr]duple drum pattern, against which duration is measured in much popular music: divides two beats into two   …
4specific capacity — The rate of discharge of water from a well per unit of drawdown. It is commonly expressed as gpm/ft or m3/day/m and varies with pumping test duration [6] …
5duration — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. term, time, period; continuance, persistence. See permanence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. span, continuation, continuance; see term 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. period, time, age, span, term, run …
6key rate duration — A measure of duration that calculates effective or empirical duration by changing the market rate for one specific maturity point on the yield curve while holding all other variables constant. May be done as part of a series of calculations that… …
7Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket — Artist s impression of several VASIMR engines propelling a craft through space The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electro magnetic thruster for spacecraft propulsion. It uses radio waves to ionize and heat a… …
8Music-specific disorders — Neuroscientists have learned a lot about the role of the brain in numerous cognitive mechanisms by understanding corresponding disorders. Similarly, neuroscientists have come to learn a lot about music cognition by studying music specific… …
9partial duration — A duration measure calculated by changing one variable while all other variable are held constant. The most common example Is key rate duration where all variables are held constant except the yield for a specific maturity point on the yield… …
10cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 — Phosphodiesterase 5A, cGMP specific PDB rendering based on 3BJC …
