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Rete TestisnounMWEnetwork of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentiaverified
Retention BasinnounMWEa storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstreamverified
Retention LimitnounMWErefers to the amount of information that is stored long-term, and can be measured in volume (the size of the total collected logs in bytes) and time (the number of months or years that logs are stored for).verified
Retention requirementnounMWERequirement established by a company or by regulation for the length of time and/or for the amount of information that should be retained.verified
Reticular Activating SystemnounMWEthe network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal functionverified
Reticuloendothelial SystemnounMWEa widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cellsverified
Retinal ConenounMWEa visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to colorverified
Retinal DetachmentnounMWEvisual impairment resulting from the retina becoming separated from the choroid in the back of the eyeverified
Retirement CommunitynounMWEa planned community for residents who have retired from an active working lifeverified
Retirement ComplexnounMWEa planned community for residents who have retired from an active working lifeverified
Retirement Savings AccountnounMWEa plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirementverified
Return (ACH)nounMWEAny ACH entry that has been returned to the ODFI by the RDFI or by the ACH operator because it cannot be processed. The reason for each return is included with the return in the form of a "return reason code." (See the NACHA "Operating Rules and Guidelines" for a complete reason code listing.)verified
Return AddressnounMWEthe address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be deliveredverified
Return KeynounMWEthe key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feedverified
Return on Invested CapitalnounMWE(corporate finance) the amount, expressed as a percentage, that is earned on a company's total capital calculated by dividing the total capital into earnings before interest, taxes, or dividends are paidverified
Return on investmentnounMWEA measure of operating performance and efficiency, computed in its simplest form by dividing net income by the total investment over the period being consideredverified
Return-oriented attacksnounMWEAn exploit technique in which the attacker uses control of the call stack to indirectly execute cherry-picked machine instructions immediately prior to the return instruction in subroutines within the existing program codeverified
Returning OfficernounMWEthe official in each electorate who holds the election and returns the resultsverified
Revenue EnhancementnounMWEcharge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of governmentverified
Revenue SharingnounMWEdistribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalitiesverified
Revenue StampnounMWEa small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paidverified
Reverberatory FurnacenounMWEa furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnaceverified
Reverse Address Resolution ProtocolnounMWERARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) is a protocol by which a physical machine in a local area network can request to learn its IP address from a gateway server's Address Resolution Protocol table or cache. A network administrator creates a table in a local area network's gateway router that maps the physical machine (or Media Access Control - MAC address) addresses to corresponding Internet Protocol addresses. When a new machine is set up, its RARP client program requests from the RARP server on the router to be sent its IP address. Assuming that an entry has been set up in the router table, the RARP server will return the IP address to the machine which can store it for future use.verified
Reverse EngineeringnounMWEAcquiring sensitive data by disassembling and analyzing the design of a system component.verified
Reverse FaultnounMWEa geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compressionverified
Reverse LightningnounMWEatmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upwardverified
Reverse LookupnounMWEFind out the hostname that corresponds to a particular IP address. Reverse lookup uses an IP (Internet Protocol) address to find a domain name.verified
Reverse Polish NotationnounMWEa parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operandsverified
Reverse ProxynounMWEReverse proxies take public HTTP requests and pass them to back-end webservers to send the content to it, so the proxy can then send the content to the end-user.verified
Reverse SplitnounMWEa decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equityverified
Reverse Stock SplitnounMWEa decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equityverified
Reverse TranscriptasenounMWEa polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a templateverified
Reverse Transcriptase InhibitornounMWEan antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIVverified
Reversible ProcessnounMWEany process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversedverified
Reversionary AnnuitynounMWEan annuity payable to one person in the event that someone else is unable to receive itverified
review and testverbMWETo assess something and evaluate it for quality, performance, or reliability.verified
review and updateverbMWETo assess and change something if necessary and keep it up to date based on pertinent criteria.verified
Review ArticlenounMWEan essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)verified
Review CopynounMWEa copy of a newly published book that is sent for review to a writer or periodicalverified
revoke a certificateverbMWETo prematurely end the operational period of a certificate effective at a specific date and time.verified
Revolving Charge AccountnounMWEa charge account that does not have to be paid to zero balanceverified
Revolving CreditnounMWEa consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any timeverified
Revolving DoornounMWEan organization or institution with a high rate of turnover of personnel or membershipverified
Revolving FundnounMWEa fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedlyverified
Rex BegonianounMWEany of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowersverified
Rhetorical DevicenounMWEa use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)verified
Rhetorical QuestionnounMWEa statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answeredverified
Rheumatic FevernounMWEa severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valvesverified
Rheumatism WeednounMWECanadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americansverified
Rheumatoid ArthritisnounMWEa chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformitiesverified
Rheumatoid FactornounMWEautoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritisverified
Rheumatoid SpondylitisnounMWEa chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spineverified
Rhinoceros BeetlenounMWEany of various large chiefly tropical beetles having horns on the headverified
Rhizoctinia DiseasenounMWEdisease caused by rhizoctinia or fungi of Pellicularia and Corticiumverified
Rhizomatous BegonianounMWEany of numerous begonias having prominent shaggy creeping stems or rhizomesverified
Rhomboid Minor MusclenounMWErhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upwardverified
Rhomboid MusclenounMWEany of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder bladeverified
Rhubarb PlantnounMWEplants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumpsverified