(finance, chiefly banking) A method of banking whereby the bank holds reserves that are only a fraction of its deposit liabilities.

(mathematical analysis, uncountable) The branch of mathematics that studies generalisations of calculus to allow noninteger (i.e., real or complex) powers of the differentiation operator D and the integration operator J; (countable) any one of said generalisations of calculus.

Alternative form of Franz Josef Land

(law, obsolete) Free bench.

(carpentry) A house frame constructed entirely of small timber.

A river in northeastern Brazil.

(music) An early form of drum with a drumhead width greater than its depth.

(photography) A shallow box, usually having a glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to light.

(law) A legal fiction describing a situation where a person or entity gained an unfair advantage over another by deceitful or unfair methods. Intent does not need to be shown.

(mathematics) A fraction which reduces to the form 0/0 for a particular value of the variable which enters it, usually in consequence of the existence of a common factor in both terms of the fraction, which factor becomes 0 for this particular value of the variable.