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Z: The designation of impedance, as High Z, - 47,000 ohms, or low Z, - 4 ohms

Zodiacal Aspects: Aspects based upon planets' zodiacal longitude as distinguished from parallels and contaparallels, which depend upon declination.

Tropical Zodiac: The circle of signs that follows the apparent path of the Sun (ecliptic). Also called the movable zodiac because it shifts slightly each year relative to the constellations of the sidereal z . . . View Full Definition

Zodiac: The position of the sun during the course of the year as it appears to move though successive constellations. Also, the band where the ecliptic runs centrally through the celestial sphere an . . . View Full Definition

Net Realized Capital Gains Per Share: Capital gains realized by an investment company minus any capital losses divided by the total number of the company's outstanding shares.

Budzek Medical Massage Therapy: Developed by Jeffrey Budzeky, RN, Budzek Medical Massage Therapy is designed to relieve acute and chronic pain resulting from muscle, nerve, and joint disorders. This multi-modality therapy . . . View Full Definition

Zinc-Finger Protein: A secondary feature of some proteins containing a zinc atom: a DNA-binding protein.

Elizabethan: Occurring in the time of Queen Elizabeth I's reign, from 1558-1603. Shakespeare wrote his early works during the Elizabethan period. This term is often juxtaposed with the Jacobean Period, t . . . View Full Definition

Normal Market Size (NMS): A system that categorizes the size of transactions that are normal for a particular security and forces market makers to deal within these sizes.

Pixel Size: the number of Angstroms per pixel in the digitized micrograph. Pixel size is computed as ps (A/p) = [10,000(A/u) * SR(u) * DF] / M, where ps = pixelsize, SR = scanning resolution, DF = decim . . . View Full Definition