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Gateway City: A city that operates as an arrival or departure point for international flights.

Periodicity: The level of detail in terms of time at which data is forecast or reported, specified as months, quarters, or years.

Oral Toxicity: Ability of a chemical to cause injury when ingested by mouth.

Phenotypic Plasticity: The capacity of an individual to produce different phenotypes under different conditions. Non-genetic potential variability within the range of a single individual.

Photo Elasticity: Method of determining stress patterns in structures with the aid of polarized light.

Price Elasticity Of Demand: The relationship between the change in the price of a commodity and the corresponding change in the quantity that is sold. If a small change in the price is accompanied by a relatively large . . . View Full Definition

Positive Vorticity Advection: The advection of higher values of vorticity into an area. It is also known as cyclonic vorticity.

Option Elasticity: The percentage increase in an option's value, given a 1 percentage point change in the value of the underlying security.

Optimum Capacity: The amount of manufacturing output that creates the lowest cost per unit.

Molar Heat Capacity: The heat required to raise the temperature of one mole of a substance by 1°C is called the molar heat capacity of the substance. Molar heat capacity is an intensive property with SI system u . . . View Full Definition