drop — 1 verb FALL/ALLOW TO FALL 1 (T) to stop holding or carrying something so that it falls: I must have dropped my scarf on the bus. | The dog dropped a stick at George s feet. 2 FALL (I) to fall suddenly, especially from a high place: A bottle… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Drop tank — A 330 US gallons (1,200 L) Sargent Fletcher drop tank being moved across the flight deck of an Aircraft carrier In aeronautics, a drop tank (external tank, wing tank, or belly tank) is used to describe auxiliary fuel tanks externally carried … Wikipedia
Drop — The difference in price between the front month and back month in a mortgage backed security (MBS) dollar roll trade. A dollar roll is a popular type of trade in the MBS pass through TBA market. According to forward securities pricing theory, the … Investment dictionary
Decreasing graduation completion rates in the United States — The Graduation completion rate is the measure reflecting the amount of students who complete their graduation and receive a degree from an educational institution. The drop out rate is the measure reflecting the amount of students who disengage… … Wikipedia
Dropping out — means leaving a group for either practical reasons, necessities or disillusionment with the system from which the individual in question leaves. Most commonly, dropping out refers to a student quitting school before he or she graduates. It cannot … Wikipedia
List of device bit rates — This is a list of device bit rates, or physical layer information rates, net bit rates, useful bit rates, peak bit rates or digital bandwidth capacity, at which digital interfaces of computer peripheral equipment and network devices can… … Wikipedia
One-drop rule — The one drop rule is a historical colloquial term in the United States for the social classification as black of individuals with any African ancestry; meaning any person with one drop of black blood was considered as black. The principle was an… … Wikipedia
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