| moving | 1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power. 2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal. "I sang an old moving story. <mechanics>" (Coleridge) Moving force, a force that accelerates, retards, or deflects the motion of a body. <botany> Moving plant, a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans); so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| health facility moving | The relocation of health care institutions or units thereof. The concept includes equipment relocation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| boundary lamina | A basement membrane-like structure that invests muscle cells, fat cells, and Schwann cells. See: basement membrane, basal lamina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boundary layer | <radiobiology> In fluid flow, a narrow region next to a fixed boundary or surface where the fluid velocity rapidly changes from zero to some finite value. The term has been generalised to situations with similar mathematics. (09 Oct 1997) |
| urban growth boundary | A land use boundary surrounding a city. Urban land uses are permitted within the urban growth boundary. (05 Dec 1998) |