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Lifted: Refers to over-the-counter trading. Having an offer taken in a stock, followed by the market maker raising the offer price.

Lifted Index (LI): A measure of atmospheric instability that is obtained by computing the temperature that the air near the ground would have if it were lifted to a higher level and comparing it to the actual . . . View Full Definition

Lift: An elevator. Either term - lift or elevator - is acceptable and widely understood by ship staff.

Slats: Movable vanes or auxiliary airfoils, usually set along the leading edge of a wing but able to be lifted away at certain angles of attack.

Youth (Geomorphology): A stage in the geomorphic cycle in which a landscape has just been uplifted and is beginning to be dissected by canyons cut by young streams.

Wave-Cut Terrace: A level surface formed by wave erosion of coastal bedrock to the bottom of the turbulent breaker zone. May appear above sea level if uplifted.

Geomorphic Cycle: An idealized model of erosion wherein a plain is uplifted epeirogenically, then dissected by rapid streams (youth), then rounded by d0wnslope movements into a landscape of steep hills (matur . . . View Full Definition

Rock Cycle: The geologic cycle, with emphasis on the rocks produced: sedimentary rocks are metamorphosed to metamorphic rocks, or melted to create igneous rocks, and all rocks may be uplifted and eroded . . . View Full Definition

Attitude: A position in which the dancer stands on one leg (known as the supporting leg) while the other leg (working leg) is lifted and well turned out with the knee bent at approximately 90-degree a . . . View Full Definition

Developpe: A common abbreviation for battement developpe. A movement in which the leg is first lifted to retire position, then fully extended passing through attitude position. It can be done in front . . . View Full Definition