Glossary
Terms starting with H
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- Hfr
- High frequency of recombination. A strain of bacteria that has incorporated an F factor into its chromosome and can then transfer the chromosome during conjugation. In Escherichia coli, a cell having its fertility factor integrated into the bacterial…
- Hi-Resolution CRT
- With hi-resolution CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), high definition image sources, such as HDTV, require a picture tube with a small dot pitch to adequately display the details in the picture.
- Hi-Resolution Projection CRT
- The new hi-resolution projection CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) reduces the electron beam spot size (over previous tubes) to provide an image with the fine details necessary for proper reproduction of digital television pictures.
- Hidden Job Market
- No more than around 5-20% of job openings are ever publicly announced; the hidden job market therefore covers 80-95% of the total employment market. Only by digging around and cold calling can such positions be uncovered.
- High Polish
- A surface that is polished to a mirror-like finish.
- high pressure system
- an area of high barometric pressure that rotates clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
- High Seas information
- The portion of the sea that is beyond the border of any country.
- High Speed Shutter
- Allows for a sharper picture of a recorded action when played back. Events recorded with a high speed shutter can be paused or played in slow motion with no visual blur. When using a faster shutter speed, more light is required.
- HIGH-IMPRESSION AREA
- A place in your restaurant that customers frequently see. In these areas, your customers get their impression about your restaurant's cleanliness.
- High-Pass Crossover
- A filter, often found in a powered subwoofer, that accepts the full-range audio signal heading for the main speakers. This filter only passes frequencies falling above a predetermined frequency and it attenuates those below. The goal is to prevent the main…
- High-Quality Digital Video
- Captures the full beauty of movies without sacrificing colour fidelity or detail. The DVD format assures over 500 lines of horizontal resolution, more than twice that of typical home video.
- HIGH-SULFUR COAL
- Coal whose weight is more than one percent sulfur.
- HII region
- an area filled with clouds of ionized hydrogen; the ionization is usually caused by radiation from newborn stars
- Himalayan
- A mammalian temperature-dependent coat phenotype, generally albino with pigment only at the cooler tips of the ears, feet, and tail.
- hip pockets
- Pockets which are sewn on the front of the garment at hip height.
- HIPPA, Records Confidentiality
- In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as the HIPPA law, was passed in order to address several concerns then existing in the medical field. The HIPPA act is intended to ensure continuity of healthcare insurance coverage for…
- HIPPARecords Confidentiality
- In 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known as the HIPPA law, was passed in order to address several concerns then existing in the medical field. The HIPPA act is intended to ensure continuity of healthcare insurance coverage for…
- His
- Histidine (an amino acid).
- histocompatibility antigen
- antigen that determines acceptance or rejection of a tissue graft by the immune system.
- histocompatibility gene
- A gene encoding an histocompatibility antigen.
- histone
- A type of basic protein that forms the unit around which DNA is coiled in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromosomes. Arginine and lysine rich basic proteins making up a substantial portion of eukaryotic nucleoprotein.
- Hit
- In the WWW world "hit" is used to describe a single request made by a web browser. The data transmitted by the web server in response to the request is a text file or a binary file (images, audio, video, executables and other data).
- hocket
- In late medieval polyphony, the alternation of short melodic phrases (or even single notes) between two voices.
- Hoisin sauce
- A thick, reddish-brown sweet and spicy sauce, widely used in Chinese cooking. It's a mixture of soya beans, vinegar, sugar, garlic, chilli peppers and various spices. Hoisin sauce is mainly used as a table condiment and for flavouring meat, poultry and…
- holandric trait
- Trait controlled by a locus found only on the Y chromosome. Involves father to son transmission.
- Hold Harmless information
- To indemnify another from responsibility for damage or other liability which exists or which may arise in the future.
- Hold information
- In real property usage, this means to possess lawfully. The term also refers to the ruling, or holding, that the court makes.
- HOLD TIME
- The length of time you can hold a product before it must be discarded. If a product has a hold time of 10 minutes, then from the time it is cooked until it must stop being served is 10 minutes.
- Holder For Value information
- The name of the person that has given value in exchange for the possession, legally, of a negotiable instrument and who is therefore entitled to receive payment thereon. The rights are defined by the UCC. "Giving value" may include giving a security interest.
- Holder In Due Course information
- The name of the person that has given value, in good faith, in exchange for the possession, legally, of a negotiable instrument, otherwise complete and regular on its face, and who is therefore entitled to receive payment thereon. You cannot be a Holder In…
- Holder information
- The name of the person that has possession, legally, of a negotiable instrument and who is therefore entitled to receive payment thereon.
- Holding information
- The kernel of truth the court concludes in a legal opinion.
- Holdover Tenant information
- A tenant that retains possession of the leased premises after the lease has expired or been terminated.
- Hollandaise sauce
- Hollandaise sauce is an emulsion of egg yolks, a vinegar reduction and hot melted butter. It's the basic sauce from which other sauces, such as béarnaise and mousseline, are made. It's traditionally served with fish cooked in a court bouillon, or with boiled…
- Hollywood waistband
- Characterized by a full elasticized back and a side zipper/button closure.
- holoenzyme
- The complete enzyme including all subunits. Often used in reference to RNA and DNA polymerases.
- Holographic Will information
- An un-witnessed, handwritten will. Some states do not recognize such documents as wills at all.
- Home Based Careers
- Work performed from a person's own home. These can be either on an employed or freelance basis and offer the kind of flexibility that allows more time with family. Always be on the lookout for scams when applying for home based positions. These jobs are…
- HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (HEAP)
- A centrally operated direct payment program that assists eligible households in offsetting the cost of heating and cooling their homes. Payments are generally made in the form of dual party warrants (checks) made payable to the applicant and their designated…
- Home Health Care
- Home Health Care is a broadly used medical service meant to lower health care costs for both long and short term patient rehabilitation. An employee from the home health care agency will come to the patient's home to provide the necessary medical follow-up…
- Home page
- the main page of a Web site.
- Home Page
- Main web page owned by a company, organization or an individual. This is the page that is initially displayed when user makes a request for a particular domain name.
- Home Theatre System
- Typically, an entertainment system that includes a big screen TV, a Hi-Fi VCR/DVD Player, five or six speakers, appropriate amplification and Dolby® Pro-Logic® Surround Sound.
- Homeless
- Persons from countries that do not have an American Embassy or Consulate where they can apply for immigrant visas are “homeless.” For example, the United States Government does not have an embassy in Iran. Residents of Iran are “homeless” for visa purposes.
- homeo-box
- A consensus sequence of about 180 base pairs discovered in homeotic genes in Drosophila. Also found in other developmentally important genes from yeast to human beings. A family of quite similar l80base-pair DNA sequences that encode a polypeptide sequence…
- homeo-domain
- An approximately sixty-amino acid protein domain translated from the homeo-box. A highly conserved family of protein domain sequences 60 amino acids in length found within a large number of transcription factors that can form a helix-turn-helix structure and…
- homeologous chromosomes
- Partially homologous chromosomes, usually indicating some original ancestral homology.
- homeosis
- The replacement of one body part by another. Homeosis can be caused by environmental factors leading to developmental anomalies, or by mutation.
- homeotic mutations (genes)
- Mutations (defining genes) with a phenotype in which a given cell develops along a pathway normally followed by a different cell type. Mutations that can change the fate of an imaginal disk in insect development.
- HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE POLICY
- The typical homeowners insurance policy covers the house, the garage and other structures on the property, as well as personal possessions inside the house such as furniture, appliances and clothing, against a wide variety of perils including windstorms…
- Homeowners' Association information
- A body created to maintain common areas and enforce private deed restrictions. Most condominium and town home developments and some newer single-family subdivisions have homeowners' associations, which are usually created when the development is built and…
- Homestead Exemption information
- In bankruptcy law, this is the exemption allowed a debtor seeking relief in an interest in the dwelling house and the adjoining land from the claims of creditors.
- Homestead information
- In property law, this is the dwelling house and the adjoining land.
- Homicide information
- The killing of a human being through the act of another human being.
- homogametic sex
- The sex with homomorphic (similarly shaped) sex chromosomes (for example, XX), producing only one kind of gamete in regard to the sex chromosomes.
- homologous chromosomes
- Members of a pair of essentially identical chromosomes that synapse during meiosis. Chromosomes that pair with each other at meiosis or chromosomes in different species that have retained most of the same genes during their evolution from a common ancestor.
- homologous recombination
- Breakage and reunion between homologous lengths of DNA mediated in Escherichia coli by products of the genes RecA and RecBCD, and functionally equivalent genes in other organisms.
- homologue
- A member of a pair of homologous chromosomes.
- homomorphic chromosomes
- Morphologically identical members of a homologous pair of chromosomes.
- homophony
- homophonic (ho-mof-ony;homo-fonick) Texture in which all the voices move more or less together (often referred to as the chordal style).