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21Effective half-life — denotes the halving of radioactive material in a living organism by means of radioactive decay and biological excretion. A decay constant is needed to calculate the half life. It is the sum of the biological and physical decay constants, as in… …
22Effective descriptive set theory — is the branch of descriptive set theory dealing with sets of reals having lightface definitions; that is, definitions that do not require an arbitrary real parameter. Thus effective descriptive set theory combines descriptive set theory with… …
23Effective accessibility — is a term used to describe access to health care and is based on factors such as opening times, cost of use and waiting lists as opposed to geographical or locational factors (e.g. physical proximity, travel time). The factors of effective… …
24Effective torque — is often referred to as wheel torque or torque to the wheels is primarily associated with automotive tuning. Torque can be measured using a dynamometer. Common units used in automotive applications can include ft·lbf and N·m. For more on units… …
25effective date of termination — (EDT) An employee s period of continuous employment will end on the effective date of termination, which is normally the last day of employment, but may be a later date (section 97, ERA 1996). Related links continuous employment …
26effective rate — Another name for annual percentage rate that refers to the amount of yearly interest to be charged by a lender on the money borrowed by a debtor. In federal income tax law, the actual tax rate that an individual taxpayer pays based upon his or… …
27effective age — UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING, PROPERTY a calculation of the age of a building or other asset, based on its physical condition at a particular time, rather than on the actual time since it was built or made: »A property that has been well… …
28effective capacity — UK US noun [C or U] ► PRODUCTION the actual amount of work a system, organization, etc. can do: »Computer aided design has already helped us quadruple effective capacity for one of our product ranges …
29effective life — UK US noun [C] ACCOUNTING ► ECONOMIC LIFE(Cf. ↑economic life): »A depreciating asset is an asset that has a limited effective life, and that can reasonably be expected to decline in value over the time that it is used …
30effective reach — UK US noun [singular] ► MARKETING the percentage of people in the particular group that you are trying to reach (= the target group) who see or hear an advertisement during a particular period: »High bandwidth internet access can extend the… …
