| longitudinal study |
A study conducted over a long period
Ãâó: www.dcri.duke.edu/patient/glossary.jsp
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| long-term care facility |
a facility that provides a range of health, personal care, social, and housing services to people who are unable to care for themselves independently as a result of chronic illness or mental/physical disabilities
Ãâó: www.mywhatever.com/cifwriter/content/66/4620.html
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| Long |
refers to the ownership of stock, futures, cash commodities or financial instruments, specifically to the purchase of such securities with the intention of holding them in anticipation of a price increase. "I am long 100 Freddie Mac," means the investor owns 100 shares of Freddie Mac stock. See short.
Ãâó: www.ots.treas.gov/glossary/gloss-l.html
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| longitudinal wave |
A type of wave where the material it is passing through moves in the same direction as the wave. Sound waves are longitudinal waves.
Ãâó: www.natureshift.org/robotLab/glossary.html
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| longevity |
Life span of an organism; in plants annual, biennial or perennial.
Ãâó: www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/taes/tracy/610/glossL.html
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