Defensive
111Defensive Investment Strategy — A method of portfolio allocation and management aimed at minimizing the risk of losing principal. Defensive investors place a high percentage of their investable assets in bonds, cash equivalents, and stocks that are less volatile than average. A …
112defensive gallery — Gallery Gal ler*y, n.; pl. {Galleries}. [F. galerie, It. galleria, fr. LL. galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf. OF. galerie a rejoicing, fr. galer to rejoice. Cf. {Gallant}, a.] 1. A long and narrow corridor, or… …
113Defensive proteid — Proteid Pro te*id, n. [Gr. prw^tos first.] (Physiol. Chem.) an older, imprecise term replaced by {{protein}}. Note: Defined in the 1913 Webster as One of a class of amorphous nitrogenous principles, containing, as a rule, a small amount of… …
114defensive counterair — All defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to attack or penetrate the friendly air environment. Also called DCA. See also counterair; offensive counterair …
115Defensive war — A defensive war is one of the causes that justify war by the criteria of the Just War tradition. It means a war where one nation is mainly trying to defend itself from another, as opposed to a war where both sides are trying to invade and conquer …
116Defensive substitution — A defensive substitution in the game of baseball occurs when a currently non playing player is placed into the field in place of a starting player, typically due either to injury or the appearance of a pinch hitter. In the American League, a… …
117Defensive backs coach — A defensive backs coach or secondary coach is a coach in charge of the safeties and cornerbacks in gridiron football. This position is very common in the CFL, NFL and college football programs. Some common titles are: safeties coach, cornerbacks… …
118Defensive Programmierung — Unter defensivem Programmieren wird eine Programmierung von Computersystemen verstanden, die möglichst viele Voraussetzungen selbst überprüft, bevor der eigentliche Selbstzweck erfüllt wird. Ein Programmierer ist mit verschiedenen bekannten und… …
119defensive indifference — noun An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning. The play was scored… …
120defensive halfback — noun A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside …
