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Look up: Compensation


  1. compensation
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kom′pen-sā′shŭn Definitions: 1. A process in which a tendency for a change in a given direction is counteracted by another change so that the original change is not evident. 2. An unconscious mechanism by which one tries to make up for fancied or real ...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=19369

  2. Compensation
    [psychology] In psychology, compensation is a strategy whereby one covers up, consciously or unconsciously, weaknesses, frustrations, desires, feelings of inadequacy or incompetence in one life area through the gratification or (drive towards) excellence in another area. Compensation can cov...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compensation_(psychology)

  3. Compensation
    [engineering] In engineering, compensation is planning for side effects or other unintended issues in a design. The design of an invention can itself also be to compensate for some other existing issue or exception. One example is in a voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO), which is n...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compensation_(engineering)

  4. Compensation
    1. The GATT principle that members who violate GATT rules must compensate other countries by lowering tariffs or making other concessions, or be subject to retaliation. 2. The actual or potential payment by the winners from a change in trade or other policy to the losers, intended to undo the harm t...
    Found op http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/c.html

  5. Compensation
    Refers to adjusting for measurement effects external to the instrument (e.g., surface color compensation for atmospheric propagation). Interpretation. Refers to applying the correlation between a sensed physical parameter and a related phenomenon (e.g., ocean color interpretation for phyto-plankton ...
    Found op http://www-v0ims.gsfc.nasa.gov/v0ims/glossary.of.terms.html

  6. Compensation
    The ability of plants or plant parts to make up for the yield producing function of other plant or plant parts.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  7. compensation
    [n] - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors 2. [n] - something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=compensation

  8. Compensation
    A monetary award given to the victim of a civil wrong which varies according to the degree of harm done. See Damages.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474

  9. Compensation
    money you pay someone to make up for a loss or injury you have caused them
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  10. Compensation
    The utilization of supplementary devices, materials, or process to minimize known sources of error.
    Found op http://www.appmeas.co.uk/glossary.html

  11. compensation
    In law, money paid to a person who has suffered injury, loss, or damage. If a crime has been committed, compensation can be claimed from various official bodies and through...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  12. compensation
    pseudo-adaptation Adaptation of an organism to changing conditions of the environment (especially chemical) is accompanied by the emergence of stresses in biochemical systems which exceed the limits of normal (
    Found op http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacglossary/glossaryc.html



  1. Compensation
    Something given (usually money) to make up for harm done.
    Found op http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/utilities/glossary/index.htm?search=c

  2. Compensation
    A sum of money paid to make amends for loss, breakage, hardship, inconvenience or personal injury caused by another.
    Found op http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/glossary.htm

  3. compensation
    money paid to someone to make up for something, to make up for a loss
    Found op http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/greatwar/glossary/

  4. Compensation
    An addition of specific materials or devices to counteract a known error.
    Found op http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/flowmeter_technical_glossary/flowmeter_te

  5. compensation
    A mental math strategy in which you change one addend to a multiple of ten and then adjust the other addend to keep the balance
    Example:
    16 + 9
    (16 – 1) + (9 + 1)
    15 + 10 = 25
    Found op http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index6.html

  6. compensation
    An award made by a court in compensation for, amongst other things, personal injury sustained as a result of occupational activities.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  7. Compensation
    Usually a sum of money offered in recompense (to make amends) for an act, error or omission that harmed someone. The harm suffered may have been loss, personal injury or inconvenience
    Found op http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/infoabout/glossary/legal.htm

  8. Compensation
    Money paid for damage caused by any wrong or breach of contract, or to persons defrauded or injured by any criminal offence.
    Found op http://www.tssa.org.uk/en/what-we-can-do-for-you/your-workplace/employment-

  9. Compensation
    A sum of money you receive if you give something up such as your employment or the right to use an asset.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20949

  10. compensation
    A sum of money you receive if you give something up such as your employment or the right to use an asset.
    Found op http://www.digita.com/payrollcentral/home/reference/glossary/glossaryc/defa

  11. Compensation
    Com`pen·sa'tion noun [ Latin compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts.] 1. The act or principle of compensating. Emerson. 2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack o...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/121

  12. compensation
    In interference microscopy, compensation for the phase difference introduced by the object, measured by introducing a quarter wavelength plate and rotating the analyser: the angle of rotation is proportional to the optical path difference. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?compensation

  13. compensation
    noun something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=compensation

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