Jack

Any species of bony fishes in the family Carangidae (which also includes the pompanos). Jacks are cosmopolitan in warm and temperate marine waters, some even venturing into ...

jack

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A receptacle for a plug. A plug (a male connector) is inserted into a jack (a female connector) to complete a circuit or removed from it to break a circuit.

jack

Telecommunications; General telecom

A female fitting or connector that accepts a male mating component ("plug") to facilitate an electrical connection. Note: The term jack is frequently applied in applications ...

range

Transportation; Boats &ships

Distance a boat can travel at cruising speed on a tank of fuel. Also, the distance to an object. Lastly, in intracoastal navigation, a set of two markers that, when lined up one ...

variation

Transportation; Boats &ships

Compass variable that accounts for the difference in degrees between true north and magnetic north.

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Femoro-acetabular impingements

A pathologic mechanical process that can lead to hip failure. It is caused by abnormalities of the acetabulum and/or femur combined with rigorous hip ...