Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Obligate
Essential; not facultative; limited to a single life condition; able to survive only in a particular environment or to assume only a particular role, as an obligate anaerobe. (Of a life form or habitat requirement) restricted to this life form or habitat and not occurring as or in any other. Restricted to a certain habitat…
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OBJ
Simple data‐format file that represents 3D geometry alone: the position of each vertex, position of each texture coordinate vertex, normal, and the faces that make each polygon defined as a list of vertices, and texture vertices.
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NURBS (abbrev)
Nonuniform rational basis spline.
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Null hypothesis
Hypothesis being tested about a population, typically that no difference exists between the mean values of two groups. The assumption that any difference found between two samples or populations is due to chance rather than to a systematic variation. In epidemiology, a statement expressing no relationship between two or more variables. The assumption that the…
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NSAID (abbrev)
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug.
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Noxious
A deleterious or harmful substance; not wholesome. Used of particular weeds, also animal pests, that are universally disliked for the economic damage they cause, and generally implying the existence of a legal prohibition, or a requirement to take steps to control them.
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Normal distribution
Data that has a symmetrical, bell‐shaped distribution where the mean, median, and mode are identical. A frequency distribution. A bell-shaped curve that graphically rep¬ resents statistical data called norms, such as test scores; an ideal form that tends to result when large numbers of data are depicted on a graph. This form, like an upturned…
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Nonworking side interference
Undesirable contacts of the opposing occlusal surfaces on the nonworking side.
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Nonworking side condyle
The condyle on the nonworking side.
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Nonworking side
Segment of the dental arch (right or left) that is opposite the side at which the teeth occlude during mandibular function. Also known as balancing side.
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