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Back Screen: A move by an offensive player away from the basket to set a screen for a teammate.

Screen Pass: A short forward pass to a receiver who has blockers in front of him. The receiver in this play is usually a running back, although wide receiver and tight end screens are also used. Although . . . View Full Definition

Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS): Investment instruments backed by a pool of mortgage loans.

Mortgage-Backed Securities Clearing Corporation (MBSCC): A wholly owned subsidiary of the Midwest Stock Exchange that operates a clearing service for the comparison, netting, and margining of agency-guaranteed MBS transacted for forward delivery.

Mortgage-Backed Security: Mortgage-backed securities are created when the sponsor buys up mortgages from lenders, pools them, and packages them for sale to the public, a process known as securitization. The securitie . . . View Full Definition

Muscle Back: (also muscle-back, muscle-backed') a style of iron head with a thick amount of metal on the lower half or two-thirds of its back side (thicker than a traditional blade iron and almost the op . . . View Full Definition

Mortgage-Backed Security (MBS): A security guaranteed by pools of mortgages and used to channel funds from securities markets to housing markets. Ginnie Mae has a popular MBS program recognized for its low risk and high yi . . . View Full Definition

Low Back Pain: Pain in the lower back area that can relate to problems with the lumbar spine, the discs between the vertebrae, the ligaments around the spine and discs, the spinal cord and nerves, muscles . . . View Full Definition

Loopback: A diagnostic test that returns the transmitted signal back to the sending device after it has passed through a network or across a particular link. The returned signal can then be compared t . . . View Full Definition

Lenticular Screen: Lens system consisting of a screen containing a number of small lenses.there are two applications of lenticular systems. They are used in some exposure meters to gather light and to determin . . . View Full Definition