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Rep Firm: Media sales representation company with offices in major advertising centers which represents stations in various markets for national advertising sales.

Confirmation: Reservation, acknowledged orally or in writing, verifying a booking has been accepted. Most confirmations are subject to certain conditions.

Repetition (Rep): One complete motion of an exercise, often used in reference to strength training.

Repetition: Within a form, repetition fixes the musical material in our mind and satisfies our need for the familiar: it provides unity to a form.

Repetition Compulsion: In psychoanalytic theory, the impulse to reenact earlier emotional experiences. Considered by Freud to be more fundamental than the pleasure principle. Defined by Jones in the following way: . . . View Full Definition

Repetitive DNA: Sequences of varying lengths that occur in multiple copies in the genome: it represents much of the human genome.

Rephaim: The Oxford Companion to the Bible goes into some detail on this term, and I summarize the material from Ackerman's article in this vocabulary entry. Several biblical texts, including Isaiah . . . View Full Definition

Repertory: Naturalist performance style in which the actor constructs a performance by selecting particular gestures and spoken dialects.

Repeater: Device that receives a radio signal, amplifies it and retransmits it in a new direction. Used in wireless networks to extend the range of base station signals, expanding coverage more econom . . . View Full Definition

Repayment Contract: A contract between a water user’s organization and the Bureau of Reclamation by which the organization obligates itself to repay a share of the reimbursable construction and other costs (not . . . View Full Definition