| 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) |
| grid | An electric utility's system for distributing power. (05 Dec 1998) |
| grid connection | Joining a plant that generates electric power to a utility system so that electricity can flow in either direction between the utility system and the plant. (05 Dec 1998) |
| grid ratio | In a radiographic scatter-absorbing grid, the ratio of the height to the width of the gaps between lead strips; a higher grid ratio removes more scattered radiation but requires more careful X-ray tube positioning to avoid grid cutoff of the primary radiation beam. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wetzel grid | Chart of growth, plotting height, weight, physical fitness and related aspects of young and adolescent children during growth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| focused grid | A grid in which the divergent beam of X-rays from a particular distance range will be parallel to the lead strips. (05 Mar 2000) |