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Air Interface: The standard operating system of a wireless network. Technologies include AMPS, TDMA, CDMA and GSM.

High-Wing Airplane: a monoplane with the single supporting surface mounted on top of the fuselage.

Helmet Hair: Wearing a motorcycle helmet tends to mess up one's hair. Removing the helmet usually leaves hair sticking out in all directions. This is called helmet hair. It can be minimized by use of spe . . . View Full Definition

Impaired Capital: A bond portfolio strategy whose goal is to eliminate the portfolio's risk, in case of a general change in the rate of interest, through the use of duration.

Impairment: An alteration of health status, assessed by objective medical criteria. This is a medical finding.

Implant Interface: Tissue to Implant Contact: (a)fibrous integration, interposition of healthy dense collagenous tissue between implant and bone. (b)osseointegration, implies that a contact is established with . . . View Full Definition

Hairpin: A very slow, tight, sometimes 180-degree, turn.

Impaired Credit: When a company's total capital is less than the par value of all its capital stock.

Hairpiece: Another phrase for hitting the ball fat, or hitting the ground first - if one were able to freeze time at the right instant the divot might be laying over the top of the ball, reminiscent of . . . View Full Definition

Hair Bulb: The base of a hair; contains cells that divide mitotically to produce columns of hair cells.