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On The Box: A top-three finish that puts a rider on the victory podium. “I was happy just to get on the box today.”

Order Protection Rule: The order protection rule, part of Regulation NMS — for National Market System — adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2005, requires that every stock trading center est . . . View Full Definition

Order Of The Garter: An elite order of knights first founded around 1347-1348 by King Edward III. The Knights of the Garter traditionally wore as their emblem a lady's garter around one leg. According to one leg . . . View Full Definition

Orchestration: Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also, the study of music.

Oral Tradition: Music that is transmitted by example or imitation and performed from memory.

Oral Transmission: Preservation of music without the aid of written notation.

Ordinary Emulsion: Is a term applied to a photographic emulsion which is only sensitive to ultra-violet and blue light.

Ordovician Extinction: Paleozoic-aged mass extinction possibly related to glaciation in the southern-hemisphere supercontinent Gondwana.

Organization Development: A planned organization-wide effort to improve and increase the organization’s effectiveness, productivity, return on investment and overall employee job satisfaction through planned interven . . . View Full Definition

Organization For Economic Development And Cooperation (OECD): An international organization established by the United States, Canada and certain Western European countries in 1960. The OECD studies and discusses trade and related matters. Its current 2 . . . View Full Definition