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11rule of three — noun a) If two ratios are equal, then the denominator of the second equals its numerator times the reciprocal of the first ratio: if then . b) A rule for clinical trials used for determining the rate of adverse side effects when no such side… …
12rule of succession — Principle used by Laplace in his Essai philosophique sur les probabilités (1814), and named by Venn, for determining a probability of the repetition of an event from its frequency of occurrence in some kind of trial. It is an ‘inverse method’,… …
13rule of four — Working rule devised by Supreme Court for determining if a case is deserving of review; the theory being that if four justices find that a legal question of general importance is raised, that is ample proof that the question has such importance.… …
14rule — A criterion, standard, or guide governing a procedure, arrangement, action, etc. SEE ALSO: law, principle, theorem. [O. Fr. reule, fr. L. regula, a guide, pattern] Abegg r. the tendency of the sum of the …
15rule of 72 — Financial formula for determining how long it will take for an investment to double in value. Dividing 72 by the interest rate will yield the number of years needed …
16Net capital rule — The uniform net capital rule is a rule created by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) in 1975 to regulate directly the ability of broker dealers to meet their financial obligations to customers and other creditors.[1] Broker… …
17Rapoport's rule — Rapoport’s rule is an ecological hypothesis that states that latitudinal ranges of plants and animals are generally smaller at low than at high latitudes. BackgroundStevens (1989) [Stevens, G. C. (1989). The latitudinal gradients in geographical… …
1818-Electron rule — The 18 electron rule is a rule of thumb used primarily in transition metal chemistry for characterizing and predicting the stability of metal complexes. Valence shells of a transition metal can accommodate 18 electrons: 2 in each of the five d… …
19Lead and copper rule — The Lead and Copper Rule , or LCR, is a United States federal regulation which limits the concentration of lead and copper allowed in public drinking water at the consumer s tap, as well limiting the permissible amount of pipe corrosion occurring …
20exclusionary rule — n: any of various rules that exclude or suppress evidence; specif: a rule of evidence that excludes or suppresses evidence obtained in violation of a defendant s constitutional rights see also fruit of the poisonous tree, good faith exception,… …
