CERCLA |
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
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comp |
comparative; compensation, compensated; complaint; complete; composition; compound, compounded; comp... |
C&P |
compensation and pension; complete and pain free [joint movement]; cystoscopy and pyelography |
CPE |
cardiac pulmonary edema; chronic pulmonary emphysema; clinical progress exercise; compensation, pens... |
FC |
fasciculus cuneatus; fast component [of a neuron]; febrile convulsions; feline conjunctivitis; ferri... |
WCB |
Worker's Compensation Board |
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WC |
Workers' Compensation |
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In interference microscopy, compensation for the phase difference introduced by the object, measured by introducing a quarter wavelength plate and rotating the analyser: the angle of rotation is proportional to the optical path difference. (18 Nov 1997) |
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compensation neurosis |
The development of symptoms of neurosis believed to be motivated by the desire for, and hope of, monetary or interpersonal gain. (05 Mar 2000) |
attenuation compensation |
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gene dosage compensation |
workers' compensation |
depth compensation |
dosage compensation |
time compensation gain |
time-gain compensation |
Synonyms : Redress and Compensation
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something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors recompense: the act of compensating for service or loss or injury
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Receiving an advantage for what may seem a disadvantage. For example, sacrificing a pawn may seem like a disadvantage, but it may be an advantage if it gives increased mobility to one's pieces.
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A defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, by which one attempts to make up for real or fancied deficiencies. Also a conscious process in which one strives to make up for real or imagined defects of physique, performance skills, or psychological attributes. The two types frequently merge. See also overcompensation.
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1. The GATT principle that members who violate GATT rules must compensate other countries by lowering tariffs or making other concessions, or be subject to retaliation. 2. The actual or potential payment by the winners from a change in trade or other policy to the losers, intended to undo the harm to the latter. Actual compensation is rare, but the potential for compensation is used as the basis for most evaluations of the gains from trade.
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Description: Compensation shall mean payment of damages by a Party who has caused injury to another and must therefore make the other whole. Source: Convention on Biological Diversity CBD
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