Category: A
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Appraisal
An accurate determination of values. A judgment or opinion on something or somebody, especially one which decides how effective or useful they are. A judgment about the relative significance of an event.
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Apportionment
The system or plan by which funds, materials, supplies, or services are distributed to the operating units of the organization.
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Appointive office
A person in a school system or health agency filled by appointment by a constituted board rather than by an election, elective office.
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Appointive board
A board whose members are appointed by an official who possesses constituted authority, e.g., a board of education appointed by a mayor. Sometimes such appointments must be approved or rejected by the electors of the school district.
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Applied science
The application of discovered laws to the matters of everyday living.
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Applied research
Study intended to solve immediate practical problems of a limited nature.
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Applied kinesiology
A pseudoscience that promotes the idea that muscular imbalance is a major factor in most diseases, kinesiology. A diagnostic and therapeutic approach to health care that focuses on neuromuscular problems. Kinesiology is the study of human movement, and applied kinesiology is a relatively new form of holistic medicine derived from that study. Applied kinesiology is…
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Applied anatomy
Using knowledge of human anatomy as an aid in diagnosing and treating illness. The detailed study of body structures in order to determine how the body’s construction influences its optimal performance characteristics and its susceptibility to disease.
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Application form
In career counseling, a series of questions to be completed by the applicant to supply personal history and work experience.
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Application
In education, the act of concentrating attention on the material at hand. The process of putting a medication or bandage on a body part. The process of asking officially for something, usually in writing. A term which, when used to describe computer software, refers to a program designed to accomplish a given task not related…