Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO): Trade group headquartered in South Daytona, Fla., representing law enforcement, fire, emergency services and other public-safety agency dispatchers and communications employees.

 

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Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO): Trade group headquartered in South Daytona, Fla., representing law enforcement, fire, emergency services and other public-safety agency dispatchers and communications employees.

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Pick Off: An attempt by the pitcher to get a base runner out by throwing to the base from the stretch position.

Photoflood: Artificial light source using a tungsten filament lamp and a dish reflector.

Picked Off: Intercepted.

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Place Of Articulation: The point in the oral cavity where the position of speech organs (lips, teeth, tongue, etc.) Is most important for a particular sound.

Pie Model Of Capital Structure: A model of the debt-equity ratio of the firms, graphically depicted in slices of a pie that represent the value of the firm in the capital markets.