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Pot Life: Amount of time after mixing a two-part paint system during which it can be applied.

Saints Life: Another term for the medieval genre called a vita. See discussion under vita.

Shelf Life: Length of time unused material or chemicals will remain fresh.

Sodium-Potassium Pump: The mechanism that uses ATP energy to reset the sodium and potassium ions after transmission of a nerve impulse.

Saffir-Simpson Damage-Potential Scale: Developed in the early 1970s by Herbert Saffir, a consulting engineer, and Robert Simpson, then Director of the National Hurricane Center, it is a measure of hurricane intensity on a scale o . . . View Full Definition

Single-Premium Life Insurance: An IRA-like annuity into which an investor makes a lump-sum payment that is invested in either a fixed-return instrument or a variable-return portfolio, which is taxed only when distribution . . . View Full Definition

Renewable Term Life Insurance: A policy for a stated period that may be renewed if desired at the end of the term.

Pulpotomy: The removal of a portion of the tooth's pulp.

Redox-Potential Discontinuity: That depth below the sediment-water interface marking the transition from chemically oxidative to reducing processes

Rehypothecation: Rehypothecation occurs when your broker, to whom you have hypothecated — or pledged — securities as collateral for a margin loan, pledges those same securities to a bank or other lender to s . . . View Full Definition