(idiomatic) A well-thought-out reason for a person's seemingly illogical behavior.

Any of a group of statistical methods intended to improve the quality of manufactured goods, and more recently applied in other areas such as biotechnology and advertising.

Alternative form of pseudometaphysics

(numerical analysis) A root-finding algorithm used for functions of one real variable with a continuous second derivative.

(numerical analysis) Any of a class of iterative root-finding algorithms used for functions of one real variable with continuous derivatives up to some order d + 1, each method being characterized by the number d.

(biochemistry) A metabolite of an organism that is not used by that organism for growth, development &c

(chemistry) A poor metal, usually including gallium, indium, tin, thallium, lead, and bismuth, also known as B-subgroup metals, other metals, and p-block metals.

(chiefly British, slang) A small-time thief.

plural of gas meter bandit

(CB radio) To cause a meter to register its highest possible value.