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Niche: The biological role played by a species.

Ecological Niche: The role an organism occupies and the function it performs in an ecosystem; closely associated with feeding.

Niche Overlap: The extent to which two species require similar resources; specifies the strength of the competition between the two species.

Affricative: A sound stop with a fricative release. Affricatives involve a stop plus a movment through a fricative position (i.e., the blade of the tongue initially moves up in the position of a stop, bu . . . View Full Definition

New-Issues Market: The market in which a new issue of securities is first sold to investors. This is not a separate market but refers to a niche of the overall market.

Vortal: Also known as a vertical industry portal, a vortal is a Web site that provides information and services to niche markets.

Directory: In computing, this refers to the separate entities of a file system. A directory can contain thousands of files and folders used as a means of adding or updating data and is usually an organ . . . View Full Definition

Copper (Cu): Atomic number: 29, Atomic mass: 63.546 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.9, Density: 8.9 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 1083 °C, Boiling point: 2595 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.128 nm, Ionic radi . . . View Full Definition

Nickel (Ni): Atomic number: 28, Atomic mass: 58.71 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.8, Density: 8.9 g.cm-3 at 20°C, Melting point: 1453 °C, Boiling point: 2913 °C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.124 nm, Ionic radiu . . . View Full Definition

Affiliate Marketing: Affiliate marketing programs allows merchants to expand their market reach and mindshare by paying independent agents on a cost per action (CPA) basis. Affiliates only get paid if visitors c . . . View Full Definition