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Measures of security markets that are created by taking averages of prices of selected securities. Example: Dow Jones Industrial Average. Narrow-based indexes are made up of stocks in one sector or industry within the economy, while broad-based indexes cover a far larger range of companies.
Ãâó: https://vip.lasallebank.com/vip_trade/service/glos...
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| index case |
First disease case in an epidemic within a population.
Ãâó: science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih1/disease...
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| index case |
(aka proband) The family member whose *phenotype* leads to a family study. Ketosis is the accumulation of excessive amounts of ketones, as show by elevated blood levels of beta-hydroxybutyric and acetoacetic acids.
Ãâó: www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/biochem/...
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| index of refraction |
ratio of the speed of Light in a Vacuum to the speed of Light in a given material. The degree to which a Light Ray entering a material is bent depends on Index of Refraction. Index of Refraction for a given material depends on the Wavelength of the Light due to Dispersion.
Ãâó: www.icknowledge.com/glossary/i.html
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| index of refraction |
A property of a medium that measures the degree that light bends when passing between it and a vacuum.
Ãâó: www.vistek.ca/glossary/default.asp
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