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A device fitted to a pipeline or orifice in which the closure member is either rotated or moved transversely or longitudinally in the waterway so as to control or stop the flow.
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| valetudinary |
Tendency to be in poor health or to be overly concerned about one's health.
Ãâó: www.neonatology.org/classics/old.terms.html
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| validity |
An indication of the extent to which a test or other measure does the job for which it was intended. There are several kinds of validity. Predictive validity is the extent to which test scores, for instance, are able to predict a criterion variable such as grades or faculty ratings. Validity is expressed as a correlation coefficient between the predictor variable, such as test scores, and the criterion variable. ...
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| validity |
(synonym: internal validity) Validity is the degree to which a result (of a measurement or study) is likely to be true and free of bias (systematic errors). Validity has several other meanings, usually accompanied by a qualifying word or phrase; for example, in the context of measurement, expressions such as "construct validity", "content validity" and "criterion validity" are used. ...
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| valency |
The capacity of a verb to take particular combinations of case-functions. Transitive and intransitive are different valencies.
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