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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
Cost AnalysisnounMWEbreaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separatelyverified
Cost Benefit AnalysisnounMWEA cost benefit analysis compares the cost of implementing countermeasures with the value of the reduced risk.verified
Cost of CapitalnounMWEthe opportunity cost of the funds employed as the result of an investment decisionverified
Cost of LivingnounMWEaverage cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing)verified
Cost-Of-Living BenefitnounMWEa benefit that goes to anyone whose money receipts increase automatically as prices riseverified
Cost-Of-Living IndexnounMWEan index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumerverified
Cost-Plus ContractnounMWEa contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profitverified
Costoaxillary VeinnounMWEone of several veins connecting intercostal veins with the lateral thoracic vein or the thoracoepigastric veinverified
Costume DesignernounMWEsomeone who designs or supplies costumes for a play, film, or masqueradeverified
Cottage IndustrynounMWEsmall-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipmentverified
Cotter PinnounMWEa cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured by splitting the ends apart after passing them through a holeverified
Cotton CandynounMWEa candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperatureverified
Cotton PlantnounMWEerect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibersverified
Cotton RatnounMWEdestructive long-haired burrowing rat of southern North America and Central Americaverified
Cotton RosenounMWEany plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower headsverified
Cotton-Seed TreenounMWEa shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indiesverified
Cottonseed CakenounMWEthe solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseedsverified
Cottontail RabbitnounMWEcommon small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white undersideverified
Cotyloid CavitynounMWEthe cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket jointverified
Cotyloid JointnounMWEa freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other boneverified
Coude SystemnounMWEa reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrographverified
Coude TelescopenounMWEa reflecting telescope so constructed that the light is led to a plate holder or spectrographverified
Coumarone ResinnounMWEa thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumaroneverified
Coumarone-Indene ResinnounMWEa thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumaroneverified
Council ChambernounMWEa room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company)verified
count offverbMWEto call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or functionverified
Counter ConditioningnounMWEconditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulusverified
Counter with Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication CodenounMWEA mode of operation for a symmetric key block cipher algorithm. It combines the techniques of the Counter (CTR) mode and the Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code (CBC-MAC) algorithm to provide assurance of the confidentiality and the authenticity of computer data.verified
Counterbattery FirenounMWEfire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systemsverified
Counterfactual ExplanationnounMWEStatements taking the form: Score p was returned because variables V had values (v1, v2,...) associated with them. If V instead had values (v1', v2',...) score p' would have been returned.verified
Counterfactual FairnessnounMWEGiven a predictive problem with fairness considerations, where A, X and Y represent the protected attributes, remaining attributes, and output of interest respectively, let us assume that we are given a causal model (U; V; F), where V = A \cup X. We postulate the following criterion for predictors of Y . Definition 5 (Counterfactual fairness). Predictor ^Y is counterfactually fair if under any context X = x and A = a, P( ^Y_{A - a} (U) = y | X = x; A = a) = P( ^Y_{A - a')(U) = y | X = x;A = a); (1) for all y and for any value a' attainable by A.verified
Counterpreparation FirenounMWEintensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discoveredverified
Country and WesternnounMWEa simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United Statesverified
Country DancingnounMWEa type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a lineverified
Country DoctornounMWEa doctor who practices in the country (rather than in a city) usually remote from a modern hospitalverified