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Pork BarrelnounMWEa legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituentsverified
Pork-And-Veal GoulashnounMWEmade with sauerkraut and caraway seeds and served with sour creamverified
Porn MerchantnounMWEsomeone who presents shows or sells items that are sexually explicit, usually in violation of the community moresverified
Porphyritic RocknounMWEany igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of mineralsverified
Port of EntrynounMWEa port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandiseverified
port rangenounMWEIn computer networking, a designated range of port numbers. Port numbers are divided into three ranges: well-known ports, registered ports, and dynamic or private ports.verified
Port ScannounMWEA port scan is a series of messages sent by someone attempting to break into a computer to learn which computer network services, each associated with a "well-known" port number, the computer provides. Port scanning, a favorite approach of computer cracker, gives the assailant an idea where to probe for weaknesses. Essentially, a port scan consists of sending a message to each port, one at a time. The kind of response received indicates whether the port is used and can therefore be probed for weakness.verified
Port scanningnounMWEUsing a program to remotely determine which ports on a system are open (e.g., whether systems allow connections through those ports).verified
Port-Access Coronary Bypass SurgerynounMWEheart surgery in which a coronary bypass is performed by the use of small instruments and tiny cameras threaded through small incisions while the heart is stopped and blood is pumped through a heart-lung machineverified
Portable Circular SawnounMWEa circular saw that is portable and is operated with a hand gripverified
Portable Electronic DevicenounMWEAny nonstationary electronic apparatus with singular or multiple capabilities of recording, storing, and/or transmitting data, voice, video, or photo images. This includes but is not limited to laptops, personal digital assistants, pocket personal computers, palmtops, MP3 players, cellular telephones, thumb drives, video cameras, and pagers.verified
portable storage devicenounMWEA system component that can be inserted into and removed from a system and that is used to store information or data (e.g., text, video, audio, and/or image data). Such components are typically implemented on magnetic, optical, or solid-state devices (e.g., compact/digital video disks, flash/thumb drives, external solid-state drives, external hard disk drives, flash memory cards/drives that contain nonvolatile memory).verified
Portacaval ShuntnounMWEshunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liververified
Portal HypertensionnounMWEincrease in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veinsverified
Portal SitenounMWEa site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internetverified
Portal SystemnounMWEthe system of veins that carry blood from the abdominal organs to the liververified
Portal TombnounMWEa prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstoneverified
Porterhouse SteaknounMWElarge steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloinverified
Portia TreenounMWEpantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowersverified
Position EffectnounMWE(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosomeverified
Position PapernounMWEa memorandum summarizing the items of an agreement (used especially in diplomatic communications)verified
Positional NotationnounMWEa numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its positionverified
Positional Representation SystemnounMWEa numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its positionverified
Positive Control MaterialnounMWEGeneric term referring to a sealed authenticator system, permissive action link, coded switch system, positive enable system, or nuclear command and control documents, material, or devices.verified
Positive CorrelationnounMWEa correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with smallverified
Positive Magnetic PolenounMWEthe pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freelyverified
Positive paynounMWEA technique that can reduce check fraud by requesting businesses to send electronic files of information to the financial institution on all checks the business has issued.verified
Positive PolenounMWEthe pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freelyverified
Positive ReinforcernounMWEa reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces itverified
Positive Reinforcing StimulusnounMWEa reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces itverified
Positron Emission TomographynounMWEusing a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)verified
Positron Emission Tomography ScannernounMWEa tomograph that produces cross-sectional X-rays of metabolic processes in the bodyverified
Posse ComitatusnounMWEthe power of a law officer to recruit citizens to help in the execution of their dutiesverified
Possum OaknounMWErelatively tall deciduous water oak of southeastern United States often cultivated as a shade treeverified
Post and LintelnounMWEa structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel)verified
Post HocnounMWEthe logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relationverified
Post Hoc Ergo Propter HocnounMWEthe logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relationverified
Post HorsenounMWEa horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelersverified
Post OaknounMWEsmall deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having dark green lyrate pinnatifid leaves and tough moisture-resistant wood used especially for fence postsverified
Post Office Protocol, Version 3nounMWEAn Internet Standard protocol by which a client workstation can dynamically access a mailbox on a server host to retrieve mail messages that the server has received and is holding for the client.verified
Post-Hoc ExplanationnounMWEPost-hoc explainability targets models that are not readily inter- pretable by design by resorting to diverse means to enhance their in- terpretability, such as text explanations, visual explanations, local expla- nations, explanations by example, explanations by simplification and feature relevance explanations techniques. Each of these techniques covers one of the most common ways humans explain systems and processes by themselves.verified
Post-Office BoxnounMWEa numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called forverified
Post-Office Box NumbernounMWEthe number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collectedverified
Post-Processing AlgorithmnounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansverified
Post-Rotational NystagmusnounMWEnystagmus caused by suddenly stopping the rapid rotation of the bodyverified
Postage MeternounMWEmeter for bulk mailings that imprints correct prepaid postage on pieces of mail and records the total chargeverified
Postage StampnounMWEa small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paidverified
Postal CodenounMWEa code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mailverified
Postcentral GyrusnounMWEthe convolution of parietal lobe that is bounded in front by the central sulcusverified
Poste RestantenounMWEa notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada)verified
Poster ChildnounMWEa child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposesverified