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Face GuardnounMWEface mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmetsverified
Face LiftnounMWEa renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changesverified
Face LiftingnounMWEa renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changesverified
Face MasknounMWEmask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockeyverified
Face RecognitionnounMWEbiometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known facesverified
Face-Amount Certificate CompanynounMWEa regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity dateverified
Facial ArterynounMWEan artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and faceverified
Facial IndexnounMWEthe ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the faceverified
Facial ProfilingnounMWEAny form of automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural personverified
Facial RecognitionnounMWEbiometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known facesverified
Facial Recognition (FR)nounMWEFace recognition algorithms, however, have no built-in notion of a particular person. They are not built to identify particular people; instead they include a face detector followed by a feature extraction algorithm that converts one or more images of a person into a vector of values that relate to the identity of the person. The extractor typically consists of a neural network that has been trained on ID-labeled images available to the developer. In operations, they act as generic extractors of identity-related information from photos of persons they have usually never seen before. Recognition proceeds as a differential operator: Algorithms compare two feature vectors and emit a similarity score. This is a vendor-defined numeric value expressing how similar the parent faces are. It is compared to a threshold value to decide whether two samples are from, or represent, the same person or not. Thus, recognition is mediated by persistent identity information stored in a feature vector (or “template”).verified
Fact MoodnounMWEa mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective factverified
Factor AnalysisnounMWEany of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factorsverified
Factor IIInounMWEan enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clotverified
Factor of ProportionalitynounMWEthe constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and yverified
Factor of SafetynounMWEthe ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary useverified
Factor ViiinounMWEa coagulation factor (trade name Hemofil) whose absence is associated with hemophilia Averified
Factor XnounMWEcoagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factorsverified
Factor XiinounMWEcoagulation factor whose deficiency results in prolongation of clotting time of venous bloodverified
Factor XiiinounMWEin the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clotverified
Factory WhistlenounMWEa whistle at a factory that is sounded to announce times for starting or stopping workverified
Faecal Occult TestnounMWEa test performed at home in which you collect specimens of your stool that are tested for traces of bloodverified
Fail SafenounMWEAutomatic protection of programs and/or processing systems when hardware or software failure is detected.verified
Fail SoftnounMWESelective termination of affected nonessential processing when hardware or software failure is determined to be imminent.verified
Failure AccessnounMWEType of incident in which unauthorized access to data results from hardware or software failure.verified
Failure ControlnounMWEMethodology used to detect imminent hardware or software failure and provide fail safe or fail soft recovery.verified
Fair BallnounMWE(baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it stays between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing fieldverified
Fair CatchnounMWE(American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackledverified
Fair GamenounMWEa person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influenceverified
Fair HearingnounMWEa hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits)verified
Fair TradenounMWEtrade that satisfies certain criteria on the supply chain of the goods involved, usually including fair payment for producersverified
Fair UsenounMWEthe conditions under which you can use material that is copyrighted by someone else without paying royaltiesverified
Fair-Trade ActnounMWEformerly a state law that protected manufacturers from price-cutting by allowing them to set minimum retail prices for their merchandiseverified
Fairness CommissionnounMWEa commission delegated to ensure opportunities for the expression of opposing viewsverified
Fairness MetricnounMWEA mathematical definition of “fairness” that is measurable. Some commonly used fairness metrics include: equalized odds predictive parity counterfactual fairness demographic parity Many fairness metrics are mutually exclusive; see incompatibility of fairness metrics.verified