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Pelvic Floor Muscles: The deep internal muscles engaged when halting urination or performing a Kegel exercise.

Open Depending On The Floor: Used for listed equity securities. Having room for a customer buyer or seller contingent on the results of a trade being executed on the floor (i.e., satisfying the specialist book and the o . . . View Full Definition

Pelvic Girdle: In humans, the bony arch by which the legs are attached to the rest of the skeleton; composed of the two hipbones.

On-Floor Order: Used for listed equity securities. Security order originating with a member on the floor of an exchange when dealing with his or her own account, versus an upstairs order. Antithesis of off- . . . View Full Definition

Off-Floor Order: Used for listed equity securities. (1) Order to buy or sell a security that originates off the floor of an exchange; customer orders originating with brokers, as distinguished from orders pl . . . View Full Definition

Ledger (For A Structural Floor): The wooden perimeter frame lumber member that bolts onto the face of a foundation wall and supports the wood structural floor.

Noise Floor: Normally the lowest threshold of useful signal level (although sometimes audible signals below the noise floor may be recovered).

Pelvic Lift: A warm-up pose. Lie with your back flat on the floor. Bend your knees and stand with the soles of your feet flat on the floor. Raise pelvis upwards off the floor.

Sea-Floor Spreading: The horizontal movement of oceanic crust

Subfloor: The framing components of a floor to include the sill plate, floor joists, and deck sheeting over which a finish floor is to be laid.