Glossary
Terms starting with C
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- Cooperating Broker
- A real estate broker who registers a prospective buyer with the auction company, in accordance with the terms and conditions for that auction. The broker is paid a commission only if his prospect is the high bidder and successfully closes on the property…
- COOPERATIVE
- A residential multi-unit building whose title is held by a trust or corporation that is owned by and operated for the benefit of persons living within the building, who are the beneficial owners of the trust or stockholders of the corporation, each…
- COOPERATIVE (Electric utility)
- A joint venture organized by consumers to make electric utility service available in their area.
- COP (COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE)
- Used to rate the performance of a heat pump, the COP is the ratio of the rate of useful heat output delivered by the complete heat pump unit (exclusive of supplementary heating) to the corresponding rate of energy input, in consistent units and under…
- copper fist
- Configuration of a DNA-binding protein that resembles a fist closed around a penny. In this case the penny is copper ions; the knuckles of the fist of the yeast ACE1 protein interact with the promoter of the metallothionein gene, enhancing its transcription.
- copy-choice hypothesis
- An incorrect hypothesis that stated that recombination resulted from the switching of the DNA-replicating enzyme from one DNA homologue to the other.
- copy-choice model
- A model of the mechanism for crossing over, suggesting that crossing over occurs during chromosome division and can occur only between two supposedly new nonsister chromatids; the experimental evidence does not support this model.
- CORD
- A measure of volume, 4 by 4 by 8 feet, used to define amounts of stacked wood available for use as fuel. Burned, a cord of wood produces about 5 million calories of energy.
- core
- the central region of a planet, brown dwarf, star, or galaxy
- CORE MENU CONCEPT
- The main product line of your menu. This concept could be a style of food such as Italian, Mexican, American or Japanese. It can also be a type of food (hamburgers, chicken or pizza, etc.) The rest of the menu (beverages, appetizers, deserts, etc) is…
- corepressor
- The metabolite that when bound to the repressor (of a repressible operon) forms a functional unit that can bind to its operator and block transcription.
- Coriander
- Coriander is one of the world's most commonly used herbs - in spite of the fact that the name comes from the Greek, koris, meaning bed bug! Native to southern Europe and the Middle East, the plant is now grown worldwide. Coriander tends to be associated most…
- Corn syrup
- A common ingredient in the US made by adding enzymes to corn starch, turning it into a thick syrup of dextrose, maltose and/or glucose. It comes in two styles - dark and light. Light corn syrup is very sweet, like golden syrup while dark corn syrup has a…
- Cornbread
- A type of bread made from cornmeal flour. Maize (corn) is a major crop in the US and the southern states in particular use cornmeal (which is the product of ground, dried maize) to make a wide variety of dishes, including cornbread. Cornbread can include…
- Cornflour
- Cornflour - or cornstarch as it's known in the US - is the finely powdered white starch extracted from maize kernels, which are soaked and ground to separate the germ and the bran. It's virtually tasteless and is used as a thickening agent. It cuts down the…
- corona
- the outer atmosphere of the sun or a star
- coronagraph
- an instrument designed to block light from the solar disk, allowing the corona to be observed
- coronagraphic mask
- an disk-shaped instrument designed to block light from the disk of a star, allowing the region very close to a target star to be studied
- coronal mass ejection
- a huge eruption of electrified, magnetic gas ejected from the solar corona; this gas is hurled into space with speeds from 12 to 1,250 miles per second (about 20 to 2,000 kilometers per second); CMEs can produce geomagnetic storms and auroral displays on Earth
- coronal mass ejections
- huge eruptions of electrified, magnetic gas ejected from the solar corona; this gas is hurled into space with speeds from 12 to 1,250 miles per second (about 20 to 2,000 kilometers per second); CMEs can produce geomagnetic storms and auroral displays on Earth
- CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY (CAFE)
- A sales-weighted average fuel mileage calculation, in terms of miles per gallon, based on city and highway fuel economy measurements performed as part of the federal emissions test procedures. CAFE requirements were instituted by the Energy Policy and…
- Corporate Culture
- The sum of the beliefs, values and expectations shared amongst employees of a company. It's the corporate culture that sets the norm for employee behavior and is an important deciding factor for a job seeker when evaluating whether or not a position is…
- CORPORATION
- A legal entity that exists separately from the owners. Legally, a corporation is like a person: It can be sued, own property, or acquire debts. Setting up a corporation is expensive initially, but is usually well worth it if you are going to be in business…
- CORPORATION
- An entity or organization, created by operation of law, whose rights of doing business are essentially the same as those of an individual. The entity has continuous existence until it is dissolved according to legal procedures.
- correction
- The production (possibly by excision and repair) of a properly paired nucleotide pair from a sequence of hybrid DNA that contains a mismatched base pair. See mismatch repair
- CORRECTION LINES
- Provisions in the rectangular survey (government survey) system made to compensate for the curvature of the earth's surface. Every fourth township line (at 24-mile intervals) is used as a correction line on which the intervals between the north and south…
- correlation coefficient
- A statistic that gives a measure of how closely two variables are related. A statistical measure of the extent to which variations in one variable are related to variations in another.
- Corrosion-resistant materials
- materials maintaining their original surface with prolonged influence of food, cleaning compounds, and bactericidal solutions they are in contact with.
- corset top boned bodice
- A form-fitting, usually strapless bodice with boning and either laces or snap closures, styled in the fashion of the ladies undergarment of the same name.
- Cortex
- The middle layer of the hair shaft.
- cosegregation
- The tendency for closely linked genes and genetic markers to segregate (be inherited) together.
- cosmic background radiation
- microwave radiation that permeates the universe and represents the still-cooling heat generated from the Big Bang
- cosmic microwave background
- microwave radiation that permeates the universe and represents the still-cooling heat generated from the Big Bang
- cosmic ray
- an atomic nucleus (most are protons) moving at a speed approaching that of light
- cosmid
- A hybrid plasmid that contains cos sites at each end. Cos sites are recognized during head filling of lambda phages. Cosmids are useful for cloning large segments of foreign DNA (up to 50 kb).
- cosmological constant
- a term in the equations of general relativity that represents a repulsive force in the universe
- cosmology
- the branch of science concerned with the structure and evolution of the universe
- Cosmology
- The study of the history of the universe
- cosmos
- a synonym for universe
- COST APPROACH
- The process of estimating the value of a property by adding to the estimated land value the appraiser's estimate of the reproduction or replacement cost of the building, less depreciation.
- Cost per click (CPC)
- the cost or cost-equivalent paid per click-through.
- Cost-per-action (CPA)
- online advertising payment model in which payment is based solely on qualifying actions such as sales or registrations.
- cot value
- (cot1/2); The product of Co (the original concentration of denatured DNA) and t (time in seconds), giving a useful index of DNA renaturation. Cot1/2 is the value when 50% renaturation has occurred which can be used to estimate the length of unique DNA in a…
- cotransduction
- The simultaneous transduction of two or more genes. The simultaneous transduction of two bacterial marker genes.
- cotransformation
- The simultaneous transformation of two bacterial marker genes.
- Coulis
- Smooth, thick fruit or vegetable sauce usually made by puréeing or sieving the fruit. All kinds of fruits or vegetables can be used, such as apricot, raspberry or red pepper. It can be served as it is, or used to enhance the flavour of a sauce.
- Counter Offer-Counter Proposal
- A negotiation process used between an employer and a potential employee. If the job seeker feels the employer's compensation package is too low, he should make a 'counter proposal' - usually higher than he actually expects to attain. The employer will then…
- COUNTEROFFER
- A new offer made in response to an offer received. It has the effect of rejecting the original offer, which cannot be accepted thereafter unless revived by the offeror.
- coupling
- Arrangement of wild-type and mutant alleles at two linked loci in which both mutants are on the same chromosome and both wild-type alleles on the homologue (ab/AB). See repulsion
- coupling conformation
- Linked heterozygous gene pairs in the arrangement, AB/ab.
- Court bouillon
- A spiced aromatic liquor or stock used mainly to poach fish and shellfish. It simply gives flavour that would be lacking if the fish were cooked in plain water. Wine, vinegar, lemon juice, sliced onion, herbs or spices may sometimes be added to the court…
- Couscous
- Couscous is a small granular type of pasta which is made by sprinkling durum or hard wheat semolina grains with cold salted water and rolling and coating them in fine wheat flour. It's a staple ingredient in North Africa. Couscous is also the name of a dish…
- covariance
- A statistical measure used in computing the correlation coefficient between two variables; the covariance is the mean of (x- x(bar))(y-y(bar)) over all pairs of values for the variables x and y, where x(bar) is the mean of the x values and y(bar) is the mean…
- COVENANT
- A written agreement between two or more parties in which a party or parties pledge to perform or not perform specified acts with regard to property; usually found in such real estate documents as deeds, mortgages, leases and contracts for deed.
- COVENANT OF QUIET ENJOYMENT
- The covenant implied by law by which a landlord guarantees that a tenant may take possession of leased premises and that the landlord will not interfere in the tenant's possession or use of the property.
- Cover Letter
- Whenever a job seeker contacts an employer, his or her resume should always be accompanied by a cover letter. A well written cover letter should give employers an insight into the job seeker's personality and entice them to read their CV. Uninvited Cover…
- COVERAGE
- Synonym for insurance.
- cowl neck
- A neckline featuring a piece of material attached to a garment at the neck, which may be used as a hood or draped loosely in a swag from shoulder to shoulder at the front neckline or back.
- cpDNA
- Chloroplast DNA.
- CPE
- Customer Premises Equipment. Used to describe the PC and/or other equipment, that the customer may want to connect to the cable modem.