Look up: detriment

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   Detriment
   A measure of the expected harm or loss associated with an adverse event, usually in a manner chosen to facilitate meaningful addition over different events.
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   detriment
   [n] - a damage or loss
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   Detriment
   a planet is in detriment in a sign opposite its home sign(s), and its energy is in some way hampered by the quality of that sign, while still being strong; see also rulership, exaltation, fall.
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   detriment
   Estimated measure of the expected harm or loss associated with an adverse event, usually in a manner chosen to facilitate meaningful addition over different events. It is generally the integrated product of arbitrary values of risk and hazard and is often expressed in terms such as costs in US dollars, loss in expected years of life or loss in productivity, and is needed for numerical exercises such as cost-benefit analysis.
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   detriment
   term used by ICRP in a very wide sense.The 'detriment' in a population is defined as the mathematical concept 'expectation' of the harm incurred from an exposure to radiation,taking into account not only the probability of each type of deleterious effect,but the severity of the effect.These deleterious effects include both the effects on health and other effects. Category: Nuclear industry (wit...
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   Detriment
   Det'ri·ment (dĕt'rĭ*m e nt) noun [ Latin detrimentum , from deterere , detritum , to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: confer French détriment . See Trite .] 1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals ...
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   Detriment
   Det'ri·ment transitive verb To do injury to; to hurt. [ Archaic] « Other might be determined thereby.» Fuller.
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   detriment
   noun a damage or loss
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   Detriment
   • (n.) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. • (n.) That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc. • (v. t.) To do injury to; to hurt.
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    detriment
    detriment 1. Damage, harm, or disadvantage. 2. Something that causes harm or injury. 3. Etymology: from Latin detrimentum, from detri-, stem of detere, 'to wear away'; from de-, 'away' + terere, 'to rub, to wear'.
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