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Forward Progress: The location to which a ball carrier has advanced the ball, even if he was pushed backwards after getting there.

Progressive: Pressure time curve which shows increased pressure with duration.

Progression: An appraisal principle that states that, between dissimilar properties, the value of the lesser-quality property is favorably affected by the presence of the better-quality property.

Progressions: The general term applied to any method of advancing the planets and house cusps of a natal horoscope to a particular time after birth.

Progressive Discipline: A form of discipline whereby increasingly harsher penalties are awarded each time an employee is disciplined for the same or a different performance infraction or policy or work-rule violati . . . View Full Definition

Progressive Scan: The way a television decodes an image – also known as non-interlaced, the odd and even fields are scanned sequentially (1, 2, 3, 4…) every 1/60 of a second. 60 frames are produced every seco . . . View Full Definition

Progressive Resistance: Method of training where weight is increased as muscles gain strength and endurance. The backbone of all weight training.

Progressive Offset: Where a set of clubs has differing amounts of offset (leading edge of face behind forward edge of hosel) throughout, e.g., more offset in the long irons than in the short irons

Progress Review: A periodic review of a capital investment project to evaluate its continued economic viability.

Progress Payments: Periodic payments to a supplier, contractor, or subcontractor for work as it is completed as desired, in order to reduce working capital requirements.