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61Erythrocyte sedimentation rate — Diagnostics A rack of ESR tubes. MeSH …
62Moisture vapor transmission rate — (MVTR), also water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), is a measure of the passage of water vapor through a substance. There are many industries where moisture control is critical. Moisture sensitive foods and pharmeceuticals are put in packaging… …
63Birth rate — The birth rate is usually given as the number of live births divided by the average population (or the population at midyear). This is termed the crude birth rate. In 1995, for example, the crude birth rate per 1,000 population was 14 in the… …
64Death rate — The number of deaths in the population divided by the average population (or the population at midyear) is the crude death rate. In 1994, for example, the crude death rate per 1,000 population was 8.8 in the United States, 7.1 in Australia, etc.… …
65Brake specific fuel consumption — (BSFC) is a measure of an engine s efficiency. It is the rate of fuel consumption divided by the power produced. BSFC is specific for shaft engines such as reciprocating engine. The BSFC Calculation (in metric units) To calculate BSFC, use the… …
66Word error rate — (WER) is a common metric of the performance of a speech recognition system.The general difficulty of measuring performance lies in the fact that the recognized word sequence can have a different length from the reference word sequence (supposedly …
67Adjustable-rate mortgage — A variable rate mortgage, adjustable rate mortgage (ARM), or tracker mortgage is a mortgage loan with the interest rate on the note periodically adjusted based on an index which reflects the cost to the lender of borrowing on the credit… …
68Exchange rate — Foreign exchange Exchange rates Currency band Exchange rate Exchange rate regime Exchange rate flexibility Dollarization Fixed exchange rate Floating exchange rate Linked exchange rate Managed float regime Markets Foreign exchange market Futures… …
69Interest rate swap — An interest rate swap is a derivative in which one party exchanges a stream of interest payments for another party s stream of cash flows. Interest rate swaps can be used by hedgers to manage their fixed or floating assets and liabilities. They… …
70Reaction rate — Iron rusting a chemical reaction with a slow reaction rate. Wood …
