to adjust to a value
31economic stabilizer — Any of the institutions and practices in an economy that serve to reduce fluctuations in the business cycle through offsetting effects on the amounts of income available for spending (disposable income). The progressive income tax, unemployment… …
32Intermittent energy source — An intermittent energy source is any source of energy that is not continuously available due to some factor outside direct control. The intermittent source may be quite predictable, for example, tidal power, but cannot be dispatched to meet the… …
33Normal distribution — This article is about the univariate normal distribution. For normally distributed vectors, see Multivariate normal distribution. Probability density function The red line is the standard normal distribution Cumulative distribution function …
34List of chess terms — This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see chess… …
35Five-year plans of the People's Republic of China — The five year plans of People s Republic of China (PRC) (simplified Chinese: 中国五年计划; traditional Chinese: 中國五年計劃; pinyin: Zhōngguó Wǔnián Jìhuà) are a series of economic development initiatives. The economy was shaped by the Communist Party of… …
36Crystal oscillator — A miniature 4 MHz quartz crystal enclosed in a hermetically sealed HC 49/US package, used as the resonator in a crystal oscillator. A crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses the mechanical resonance of a vibrating crystal …
37Spinner (computing) — A spinner is a graphical widget in a GUI, typically oriented vertically, with which a user may adjust a value in an adjoining text box by either clicking on an up or down arrow, or by holding the arrow down, causing the value in the text box to… …
38Supply and demand — For other uses, see Supply and demand (disambiguation). The price P of a product is determined by a balance between production at each price (supply S) and the desires of those with purchasing power at each price (demand D). The diagram shows a… …
39United States of America Mathematical Olympiad — The United States of America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) is a prestigious high school mathematics competition held annually in the United States. Since its debut in 1972, it has served as the final round of the AMC series of contests. Top… …
40Laser trimming — describes the manufacturing process of using a LASER to adjust the operating parameters of an electronic circuit.The usual approach is to use a laser to burn away small portions of resistors, raising their value (resistance). The burning… …
