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Batters Box: An area marked by white chalk lines on the left and right side of home plate in which a player must stand while batting.

Lockbox: A collection and processing service provided to firms by banks, which collect payments from a dedicated postal box to which the firm directs its customers to send payment to. The banks make . . . View Full Definition

Lightbox: Box of fluorescent tubes balanced for white light and covered with translucent glass or plastic. Used for viewing, registering or correcting film negatives and positives.

Matte Box: Is a mask used to make images suitable for wide-screen projection.

On The Box: A top-three finish that puts a rider on the victory podium. “I was happy just to get on the box today.”

Mirror Box: Is a box containing one or more mirrors, usually angled to the light beam, as in the main body of an slr camera.

Letterbox Mode: A method of presenting widescreen images on a standard screen television. In order to preserve the aspect ratio of the original video content, the picture is scaled down so that it fits the . . . View Full Definition

Junction Box: A rectangular metal or plastic box that provides a nexis (junction) for a homes electrical wiring system. Protects the wiring from the elements.

Homeobox: A short stretch of nucleotides whose base sequence is virtually identical in all the genes that contain it. Homeoboxes have been found in many organisms from fruit flies to human beings. In . . . View Full Definition

Hatchback (Box Or Enclosure): An enclosure of such size and shape as to enable its efficient use in hatchback-style vehicles. Normally, these enclosures are somewhat deeper than standard angled enclosures and have either . . . View Full Definition