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Entertainment DeductionnounMWEdeduction allowed for some (limited) kinds of entertainment for business purposesverified
Entertainment IndustrynounMWEthose involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theaterverified
Entrance ExamnounMWEexamination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studiesverified
Entrance ExaminationnounMWEexamination to determine a candidate's preparation for a course of studiesverified
entrance of a visitornounMWEThis Triggering Event takes place when a visitor enters the organization's facility.verified
entry pointnounMWEAn entry point is a memory address, corresponding to a point in the code of a computer program which is intended as destination of a long jump, be it internal or external.verified
Entry WordnounMWEthe form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionaryverified
Environment of OperationnounMWEThe physical, technical, and organizational setting in which an information system operates, including but not limited to: missions/business functions; mission/business processes; threat space; vulnerabilities; enterprise and information security architectures; personnel; facilities; supply chain relationships; information technologies; organizational governance and culture; acquisition and procurement processes; organizational policies and procedures; organizational assumptions, constraints, risk tolerance, and priorities/trade-offs).verified
environmental controlnounMWEA mechanism that prevents or mitigates damage to facilities and interruptions in service. Smoke detectors, fire alarms and extinguishers, and uninterruptible power supplies are some examples of environmental controls.verified
Environmental SciencenounMWEthe branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environmentverified
Enzyme-Linked-Immunosorbent Serologic AssaynounMWEan assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria)verified
Ephemeral KeynounMWEA cryptographic key that is generated for each execution of a key establishment process and that meets other requirements of the key type (e.g., unique to each message or session). In some cases, ephemeral keys are used more than once within a single session (e.g., broadcast applications) where the sender generates only one ephemeral key pair per message, and the private key is combined separately with each recipient’s public key.verified
Ephemeral PortnounMWEAlso called a transient port or a temporary port. Usually is on the client side. It is set up when a client application wants to connect to a server and is destroyed when the client application terminates. It has a number chosen at random that is greater than 1023.verified
Epicyclic GearnounMWEan outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic trainverified
Epicyclic Gear TrainnounMWEa system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axisverified
Epicyclic TrainnounMWEa system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axisverified
Epideictic OratorynounMWEa type of oratory used to eulogize or condemn a person or group of peopleverified
Epidemic CholeranounMWEan acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or foodverified
Epidemic DiseasenounMWEany infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many peopleverified
Epidemic HysertianounMWEa condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitationverified
Epidemic MyalgianounMWEan acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)verified
Epidemic ParotitisnounMWEan acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glandsverified
Epidemic PleurodynianounMWEan acute infectious disease occurring in epidemic form and featuring paroxysms of pain (usually in the chest)verified
Epidemic RoseolanounMWEa contagious viral disease that is a milder form of measles lasting three or four daysverified
Epidural AnaesthesianounMWEregional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cordverified
Epidural AnesthesianounMWEregional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cordverified
Epidural InjectionnounMWEinjection of an anesthetic substance into the epidural space of the spinal cord in order to produce epidural anesthesiaverified
Epilepsia MajornounMWEepilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerkingverified
Epilepsia MinornounMWEepilepsy characterized by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness (and possibly other abnormalities)verified
Epithelial DuctnounMWEa bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substanceverified
Epithelial TissuenounMWEmembranous tissue covering internal organs and other internal surfaces of the bodyverified
Epitrochoidal EnginenounMWEa rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating partsverified
Equal OpportunitynounMWEthe right to equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national originverified
Equal Protection of the LawsnounMWEa right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendmentverified
Equal TemperamentnounMWEthe division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitonesverified
Equal-Area Map ProjectionnounMWEa map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globeverified
Equal-Area ProjectionnounMWEa map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globeverified
Equality of OddsnounMWEThe probability of a person in the positive class being correctly assigned a positive outcome and the probability of a person in a negative class being incorrectly assigned a positive outcome should both be the same for the protected and unprotected group members. In other words, the protected and unprotected groups should have equal rates for true positives and false positives.verified
Equality of OpportunitynounMWEThe probability of a person in positive class being assigned to a positive outcome should be equal for both protected and unprotected group members. In other words, the protected and unprotected groups should have equal true positive rates.verified
Equalizing DividendnounMWEa dividend paid to compensate shareholders for losses resulting from a change in the dividend scheduleverified
Equilibrium ConstantnounMWE(chemistry) the ratio of concentrations when equilibrium is reached in a reversible reaction (when the rate of the forward reaction equals the rate of the reverse reaction)verified
Equilibrium LawnounMWE(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reactionverified
Equine DistempernounMWEan acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranesverified
Equine EncephalitisnounMWEencephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horseverified
Equine EncephalomyelitisnounMWEencephalitis caused by a virus that is transmitted by a mosquito from an infected horseverified
Equinoctial CirclenounMWEthe great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial polesverified
Equinoctial LinenounMWEthe great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial polesverified
Equinoctial PointnounMWE(astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the eclipticverified
Equinoctial YearnounMWEthe time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxesverified
Equivalent WeightnounMWEthe atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another elementverified
Equivalent WordnounMWEtwo words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that contextverified
Equivalent-Binary-Digit FactornounMWEthe average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binaryverified
Erasable Programmable Read-Only MemorynounMWE(computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new dataverified
Erectile DysfunctionnounMWEimpotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penisverified