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CD Head Unit: Is usually a single disc player installed as a separate unit (not including a radio receiver). These are increasingly uncommon.

Open Community: A community in which the populations have different density peaks and range boundaries and are distributed more or less randomly.

Nickel Cadmium Battery (NiCd): A rechargeable battery that typically lasts for 700 charge and discharge cycles. If not completely discharged before recharging, the NiCd battery can suffer from memory effect that may reduc . . . View Full Definition

Oilhead: Oilhead refers to the air-cooled engines of more recent BMW motorcycles that also contain an oil cooler.

Opportunity Cost: The potential benefit that is foregone from not following the best (financially optimal) alternative course of action.

Opportunity Costs: The difference in the performance of an actual investment and a desired investment adjusted for fixed costs and execution costs. When not all desired trades can be implemented. Most valuable . . . View Full Definition

Opportunity Cost Of Capital: Expected return that is forgone by investing in a project rather than in comparable financial securities.

Net Present Value Of Growth Opportunities: A model valuing a firm in which net present value of new investment opportunities is explicitly examined.

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC): The agency that archives climatic data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as other climatological organizations.

Motor Units: Consist of a motor neuron with a group of muscle fibers; form the units into which skeletal muscles are organized; enable muscles to contract on a graded basis.