specific retention
1specific retention, water retaining capacity — The ration of the volume of water that a given body of rock or soil will hold against the pull of gravity to the volume of the body itself. It is usually expressed as a percentage [6] …
2Retention period — The retention period of a document is an aspect of records management. It represents the period of time a document should be kept or retained . At the termination of the retention period, the document is usually destroyed. The term is generally… …
3Telecommunications data retention — In the field of telecommunications, data retention (or data preservation) generally refers to the storage of call detail records (CDRs) of telephony and internet traffic and transaction data (IPDRs) by governments and commercial organisations. In …
4Marine Corps Career Retention Specialist — [1] [2] [3] The Marine Corps Career Retention Specialist is an enlisted Marine who is responsible to the immediate Commanding Officer for all aspects of retention of enlisted personnel in the United States Marine Corps. Contents 1 Military O …
5Grade retention — or grade repetition is the process of having a student who repeats a course, usually one previously failed. Students who repeat a course are referred as repeaters . [ [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/repeater] Definition of repeater,… …
6Urinary retention — with greatly enlarged bladder at CT. ICD 10 R33 ICD 9 …
7Lake retention time — (also called the residence time of lake water, or the water age or flushing time) is a calculated quantity expressing the mean time that water (or some dissolved substance) spends in a particular lake. At its simplest this figure is the result of …
8Active Retention — The practice of protecting against a loss via the designation of specific funds to pay for the expected amount of the loss. This contrasts to passive retention, in which no money is set aside to cover expected losses. The process of active… …
9title retention — the holding of title by a seller after possession has been given to the buyer. In the law of sale, property on goods and chattels passes on delivery and, in the absence of specific terms in the contract to the contrary, does so even where the… …
10Cultural retention — is the act of retaining the culture of a specific ethnic group of people, especially when there is reason to believe that the culture, through inaction, may be lost. Many African American, European and Asian organizations have cultural retention… …
