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1. Martingale
   [rigging] A martingale is a fore-and-aft stay lying directly beneath the bowsprit strengthening it and, if extended from the sprit a jibboom, against upward force created by the head stays. The martingale is part of a vessel`s standing rigging. Often a dolphin striker is used between the mar...
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2. Martingale
   [tack] A martingale is any of several designs of tack that are used on horses to control head carriage. Martingales may be seen in a wide variety of equestrian disciplines, both riding and driving. Rules for their use vary widely; in some disciplines they are never used, others allow them fo...
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3. martingale
   [n] - a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth
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4. Martingale
   the loop of tape or leather attached to the grip and held to prevent a non-electric foil from flying out of the hand in the event of being disarmed
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5. Martingale
   the loop of tape or leather attached to the grip and held to prevent a non-electric foil from flying out of the hand in the event of being disarmed
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6. martingale
   originally,a process known to gamblers under which the loser at a fair game doubled his stakes for the next,and so on at each loss,the paradox being that in the long run he appeared certain to win sooner or later and at that point would have a net gain.More recently the term has been given a precise...
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7. martingale
   noun a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head
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8. martingale
   Same as martingale difference sequence. Contexts: statistics; econometrics
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9. Martingale
   • (n.) Alt. of Martingal
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10. martingale
    (from the article `horsemanship`) Martingales are of three types: running, standing, or Irish. The running and standing martingales are attached to the saddle straps at one end and ...
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11. martingale
    (from the article `probability theory`) As a final example, it seems appropriate to mention one of the dominant ideas of modern probability theory, which at the same time springs directly ...
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12. Martingale
    [collar] A martingale is a type of dog collar that provides more control over the animal without the choking effect of a slip collar. It is similar in concept to a horse`s martingale. Martingale Dog collars are also known as Greyhound, Whippet or humane choke collars. The Martingale dog coll...
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13. Martingale
    [probability theory] In probability theory, a martingale is a model of a fair game where no knowledge of past events can help to predict future winnings. In particular, a martingale is a sequence of random variables (i.e., a stochastic process) for which, at a particular time in the realized...
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14. Martingale
    [betting system] Martingale refers to a class of betting strategies that originated from and were popular in 18th century France. The simplest of these strategies was designed for a game in which the gambler wins his stake if a coin comes up heads and loses it if the coin comes up tails. The...
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15. martingale
    (probability theory) a stochastic process in which the conditional expectation of the next value, given the current and preceding values, is the current value....
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16. Martingale
    A strap or set of straps, attached at one end to the noseband (standing martingale) or the reins (riding martingale) of a horse and at the other end to the girth. It is used to prevent the horse from raising it's head too high.
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17. Martingale
    A leather strap that goes from the girth to the bridle underneath the chin which prevents a horse from throwing his head up.
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18. Martingale
    (1) Piece of training equipment designed to fix a horse's head position Common types include running, standing, and German (2) Strap from cavesson to girth to keep horse from throwing its head up, or from hames to girth to help back load
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