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WEIGHTED MEASURE [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
DEF

A measure of a probability distribution's location defined as a weighted average of the distribution's median and its two quartiles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Economic Fluctuations
DEF

Measure of trend inflation [that] corresponds to the percentage change in the CPI[ consumer price index] component at the midpoint of the cross-sectional distribution of weighted price variations.

OBS

This median price varies from month to month.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Fluctuations économiques
DEF

Mesure de l'inflation tendancielle qui correspond au taux de variation du prix de la composante de l'IPCdes prix à la consommation située au point médian de la distribution transversale des variations pondérées de prix.

OBS

Cette composante varie d'un mois à l'autre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

An overall measure of precipitation effectiveness for plant growth which takes into consideration the weighted influence of water surplus and water deficiency as related to water need and as they vary according to season.

OBS

For a given station, it is calculated by the formula: [Moisture index = humidity index less 6/10 of the aridity index].

OBS

The moisture index [was also] used by C. W. Thornthwaite in his 1948 climatic classification. It replaced Thornthwaite’s previously used (1931) precipitation-effectiveness index.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
CONT

Parfois on calcule l'indice d'humidité d'une année déterminée, défini comme le rapport du total annuel de la dite année au module moyen (calculé sur une longue période).

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
DEF

A measure of the hardness related to viscosity of bitumen as determined by an empirical test that gives the depth of penetration of a standard weighted needle vertically into a sample after a definite time and at a particular temperature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Pétroles bruts et dérivés
OBS

Les bitumes solides [sont classés] suivant la profondeur à laquelle pénètre une aiguille normalisée soumise à un poids de 100 g durant 5 s à 25 °C. Le bitume souvent employé est le bitume de pénétration 85-100, c'est-à-dire celui que l'aiguille a pénétré de 0,85 à 1,00 cm.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost of Living
DEF

The Buying Power Index(BPI) is a weighted measure that combines a metro area's total population, income and real sales and expresses it as a percentage of total U. S. potential.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coût de la vie

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

United Nations

DEF

A composite measure of human development containing indicators representing three equally weighted dimensions of human development-longevity(life expectancy at birth), knowledge(adult literacy and mean years of schooling), and income(purchasing power parity dollars per capita).

Key term(s)
  • United Nations human development index

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
OBS

Nations Unies

DEF

Mesure composite du développement humain contenant des indicateurs distincts représentant trois éléments du développement humain : longévité (espérance de vie à la naissance), connaissances (alphabétisation des adultes et moyenne d'années d'études), revenu (en parités de pouvoir d'achat exprimés en dollars par habitant).

OBS

Les 2 premiers équivalents : renseignement obtenu du Service de traduction des Nations Unies. Le terme «indice du développement humain» peut s'employer lorsqu'il s'agit d'un rapport de proportion; autrement on utilise «indicateur du développement humain».

OBS

«Indicateur composite de développement humain» : Rapport mondial sur le développement humain, 1991, page 2.

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operating Systems (Software)
CONT

The NIST Center for Computing and Applied Mathematics(CCAM), working under sponsorship of the AMRF, has developed AutoMan, a software package which allows investors to include non-financial and even non-quantitative criteria in their analysis.... AutoMan uses four steps to measure the impact of potential investments : define the decision model by identifying impact criteria; establish weights for the categories and for the criteria through pairwise comparisons; rate investment alternatives with respect to each criterion; and compute a weighted average rating for each investment alternative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)

Spanish

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Record 8 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage of Oil and Natural Gas
  • Oil and Gas Distribution Facilities
  • Measuring Instruments
CONT

To estimate the contents of an oil storage tank, he [the refiner] measured the depth with a weighted tape measure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stockage du pétrole et du gaz naturel
  • Install. de distrib. (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Appareils de mesure
CONT

Afin d'évaluer le contenu d'un réservoir de stockage, il [le raffineur] en mesurait la profondeur à l'aide d'un mètre à ruban lesté.

Spanish

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