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In epidemiology of communicable (infectious) diseases, the time period between infection by an organism (pathogen) to the transmission (infectious) period.
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Serial interval — In epidemiology of communicable (infectious) diseases, the serial interval refers to the time between successive cases in a chain of transmission(1).The serial interval is generally estimated from the interval between clinical onsets, in which… … Wikipedia
Serial digital interface — (SDI) refers to a family of video interfaces standardized by SMPTE. [cite book | title = Digital Video and HDTV | author = Charles A. Poynton | publisher = Morgan Kaufmann | year = 2003 | isbn = 1558607927 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id … Wikipedia
Serial bond — Serial bonds are financial bonds that mature in installments over a period of time. In effect, a $100,000, 5 year serial bond would mature in a $20,000 annuity over a 5 year interval. [cite book|author=Horngren C.|date=2007|title=Accounting|pages … Wikipedia
Serial position effect — Graph showing the serial position effect. The vertical axis shows the percentage of words recalled; the horizontal axis shows their position in the sequence. The serial position effect, a term coined by Hermann Ebbinghaus through studies he… … Wikipedia
serial killer — noun someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval • Syn: ↑serial murderer • Hypernyms: ↑murderer, ↑liquidator, ↑manslayer • Hyponyms: ↑spree killer * * * … Useful english dictionary
Serial Bond With Balloon — A combination of a serial bond issue and a term bond issue. Essentially, the serial bond with balloon has bonds that mature at different intervals throughout the issue s life, and then a large percentage of the bonds (the term bonds) mature in… … Investment dictionary
serial murderer — noun someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval • Syn: ↑serial killer • Hypernyms: ↑murderer, ↑liquidator, ↑manslayer • Hyponyms: ↑spree killer … Useful english dictionary
interval — A time or space between two periods or objects; a break in continuity. [L. inter vallum, space between breastworks in a camp, an i., fr. vallum, a rampart, wall] a c i. the i. between the onset of the a wave and that of the c wave of the jugular… … Medical dictionary
Unit Interval — Einheit Norm Hilfsmaßeinheit Einheitenname Unit Interval Einheitenzeichen UI Das Unit Interval, abgekürzt UI, ist eine Hilfsmaßeinheit zur Bewertung von Jitter im Rahmen der digitalen Signalverarbeitung und wird unter anderem in der ITU T G.810… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Display Serial Interface — The Display Serial Interface (DSI) is a specification by the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance aimed at reducing the cost of display sub systems in a mobile device. This is commonly targeted at LCD and similar display… … Wikipedia
