specific quantity
81Customs import value — (C.I.V.) The price for a one time open market transaction for near term delivery of a specific quantity of product at a specific location where the commodity is purchased LDQUO; on the spot RDQUO; at current market rates. See also spot market …
82Spot price — The price for a one time open market transaction for near term delivery of a specific quantity of product at a specific location where the commodity is purchased at current market rates. See also spot market terms associated with specific… …
83Quantum satis — (abbreviation qs or QS) is a Latin term meaning The amount which is needed. It has its origins as a quantity specification in medicine and pharmacology, but is also used in the same function in food regulations and food safety laws in the… …
84Molar — In dentistry, a molar is one of the posterior teeth well adapted to grinding, in keeping with its origin from the Latin mola meaning millstone. * * * 1. Denoting a grinding, abrading, or wearing away. [L. molaris, relating to a mill, millstone] 2 …
85heat capacity — n the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a body one degree called also thermal capacity * * * the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a specific quantity of a substance by one degree Celsius. Symbol C (Cp at… …
86measure — meas·ure || meÊ’É™(r) n. action, step; unit of size or capacity; criterion; device for measuring; amount, degree, extent; system of measuring; meter, cadence; legislative bill or act; prescribed distance or quantity v. weigh, gauge, quantify;… …
87measured — meas·ured || meÊ’É™(r)d adj. calculated, deliberate, slow and steady, regulated meas·ure || meÊ’É™(r) n. action, step; unit of size or capacity; criterion; device for measuring; amount, degree, extent; system of measuring; meter, cadence;… …
88measures — meÊ’É™(r)s n. means, steps, action meas·ure || meÊ’É™(r) n. action, step; unit of size or capacity; criterion; device for measuring; amount, degree, extent; system of measuring; meter, cadence; legislative bill or act; prescribed distance or… …
89measuring — meas·ur·ing || meÊ’É™rɪŋ n. taking of dimensions meas·ure || meÊ’É™(r) n. action, step; unit of size or capacity; criterion; device for measuring; amount, degree, extent; system of measuring; meter, cadence; legislative bill or act;… …
90Optional delivery commitment — A provision to allow the conditional purchase or sale of a specific quantity of material in addition to the firm quantity in the contract. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary …
