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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
Coulombnouna unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 secondverified
Coumaronenouna colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resinsverified
Coumarone ResinnounMWEa thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumaroneverified
Coumarone-Indene ResinnounMWEa thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerization of indene and coumaroneverified
Councilnoun(Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrineverified
Council ChambernounMWEa room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company)verified
Counselingnounsomething that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of actionverified
Counsellingnounsomething that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of actionverified
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.Control
Counterbattery FirenounMWEfire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systemsverified
Countercoupnouna sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etatverified
Counterculturenouna culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established cultureverified
Countercurrentnouna stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another currentverified
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.Artifact
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.Metric
Counterglownouna faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sunverified
Counterintelligencenounintelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorismverified
Counterirritantnouna medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammationverified
CountermeasurenounActions, devices, procedures, or techniques that meet or oppose (i.e., counters) a threat, a vulnerability, or an attack by eliminating or preventing it, by minimizing the harm it can cause, or by discovering and reporting it so that corrective action can be taken.Control
Countermovenounan attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.verified
Counteroffensivenouna large scale offensive, more than a counterattack, undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking forceverified
Counterplaynoun(chess) an attack that is intended to counter the opponent's advantage in another part of the boardverified
Counterpreparation FirenounMWEintensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discoveredverified
Counterrevolutionnouna revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolutionverified
Counterrevolutionistnouna revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolutionverified
Counterstainnouna stain of contrasting color that is used when the principal stain does not show the structure clearlyverified
Countersubversionnounthe aspect of counterintelligence designed to detect and prevent subversive activitiesverified
Countertransferencenounthe psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interactionverified