Sentences with phrase «terms of means»

«We see the superiority of cryptocurrencies in terms of a means of exchange, so that part is fine.

NDCs can be framed either in terms of means or of desired outcomes.

«b is a quite rigorous measure of the similarity between two variables, measuring their correspondence not only in terms of the relative departures from mean values (as does the correlation coefficient r) but also in terms of the means and absolute variance of the two series.

It is based on their monthly income, and for higher earning debtors, in terms of a means test that measures the debtor's income against the average income for the state in which they live.

He told the Winnipeg Free Press that his stake in the team is «beyond any measure in terms of its meaning and its significance.»

In terms of meaning and origin, our Saturday and the Sabbath day have nothing in common.

The early term of meaning was centered around «social conformity» its examples of meaning laid in the intolerence of difference for the social well being of a group.

Mathematics, astronomy, architecture, law, education, medicine, and government emerged as quite new outward achievements of a reflective consciousness freed to think in terms of meanings given by the structures in the observable world.

This is a word that we use frequently but don't always stop to think about in terms of its meaning.

Using Object Pronouns in Informal English «There are three situations where the object pronoun is sometimes used (especially in informal English) although it is the subject in terms of meaning:

This is a horrible devaluation, both in terms of the damage it inflicts and especially in terms of a mean - spirited execution.

Trading visual for conceptual power, these works are more colorful than Ms. Formisano's previous efforts, but they are also less specific in terms of meaning.

And in terms of meaning, things are accelerated now.

Such openness in terms of meaning is also apparent in Kamath's paintings.

The CAMx model and the LIRIC algorithm results were compared in terms of mean mass concentration profiles, center of mass and integrated mass concentration in the boundary layer and the free troposphere.

James McWilliams — eminent climate scientist that he is — is entirely in the realm of dense (in terms of meaning) and precise language.

Climate - Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years.

Both NCEP reanalyses are deficient over the oceans in terms of the mean, the variability and trends, and the structures of variability are not very realistic.

Fourth, I think they really need to do the statistical test in terms of mean - square - error or something in the time domain, not in the frequency or wavelet domain.

So not only do we see «shall» used to try to express any of the meanings found in numbers one through five above, (note the vast differences) but many lawyers sprinkle «shall» around in documents like some sort of pixie dust, hoping it will magically make the document seem more «lawyerly,» and therefore less likely to be challenged in terms of its meaning.

Employee Satisfaction — employees rate their jobs in terms of meaning, stress levels, and challenges.

Not exact matches

But Macron, at his first EU summit, said being an attractive destination for investment did not mean exposing Europe to what he termed «the disorder of globalisation», as he seeks to make good on a campaign pledge with a so - called protective Europe.

In many cases, it means arguing with your Canadian provider about unlocking your phone, paying a hefty fee to do so, or voiding its warranty and violating the carrier's terms of service by jail - breaking it.

In simple terms, porting meant that RIM wouldn't have to build much of the underlying software from scratch.

«Companies like Rubikloud are trying to figure out, now that we have all of these devices and objects connected to the Internet, what does this mean in terms of the data points that are being collected, and what can we bring to a shopper's experience to help optimize it,» explains McGill.

It got hot, even if many of the major corporations throwing the term around still don't appear to understand what it means.

When [terms of trade] goes up, it means basically we can turn a barrel of oil into 60 shirts instead of three,» he says.

Flow is a term coined by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience to mean complete absorption in a given task where concentration is «so intense that there is no attention left over to think about anything irrelevant.»

That means interleaving not only produces better short - term results, it also results in much greater long - term retention — which is incredibly important in the real world where the point of learning isn't to simply remember something long enough to pass a test.

I mean we're going to see this continued back and forth between the Fed talking about raising interest rates and therefore markets trying to absorb that higher term structure of rates, that's going to continue.

Cynthia Collins, social media editor of the New York Times, told the Tow researchers that this relationship means «We surrender so much control in terms of what gets read.»

In terms of color coordination (as highlighted in this KISSmetrics graphic), this would mean creating a visual structure consisting of base analogous colors and contrasting them with accent complementary colors (or you can use tertiary colors):

And strategically, meaning long - term, irrespective of the environment, we also recommend clients have an overweight to US equities.

Too often «waste» is a politically coded term meaning «program we disapprove of.»

«We're creating a lot of structure that wasn't there before, but it is by no means a long - term solution,» Dalton Hesley, a scientist working on reef restoration in the Caribbean at the University of Miami, told Business Insider for a recent story on coral restoration efforts.

He saw the moment as a means to build a mutually - beneficial partnership of long term investment and trade.

In Laloux's terms, Zappos pre-Holacracy was a Green organization that operated with a traditional pyramid structure but focused on culture as a means of empowering employees.

The term «responsive design» means a website is designed to adapt itself across a variety of devices.

For business leaders, increasingly this means balancing two very different perspectives: shareholders who expect executives to deliver better short - term financial performance and stakeholders who want more attention paid to the longer - term human and environmental consequences of business.

Trudeau backs the Keystone pipeline as «an extremely important initiative... in terms of getting our raw resources to market,» which, in turn, could mean good jobs for a greater number of people.

The influence of such titans has created the expectation that to be successful in business, one must be able to be, for lack of a better term, mean.

What that means is that you are in an environment that is going to have further trouble in terms of investment returns that are in areas that are based on economic growth and areas that do relatively well like bonds... Broadly speaking, I think that investors should be looking for lower prices on most risk assets in these developed countries with the exception of Japan.»

In the House, former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R - WI) took the gavel on the Ways and Means Committee at the start of this year, beginning a six - year term as its chairman.

Fourteen percent of our sales are really digital — what does that mean for a country in terms of enhancing our overall competitiveness when you can buy your goods and completely avoid the Canadian tax net?

While deficit reduction may take a back seat at the Treasury under Hammond, it does not necessarily mean the end of austerity in terms of welfare spending.

Half of the people who use this term likely don't even know what it means.

And it means distilleries need to have long - term plans for investments and financing — all of which could be thrown into turmoil in a single day, Sept. 18, when Scotland votes on whether to leave Britain.

As a commercial diver, this was the end of my career and I really struggled to try and come to terms with what this meant.

The problem perpetuated by the show, argues Kopke, is that it contributes to a business culture that revolves entirely around the pitch, a short - sighted approach that barely scratches the surface of what an entrepreneur has to offer, or what it means to grow an idea into a long - term business plan.

It doesn't mean that you should hide behind the fine print of your terms and conditions.