Having little flesh; lean; thin. / Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

(transitive) To make lean.

A bank which provides financial services for businesses.

(physics) The root mean square of the velocities of all the molecules in a volume of gas; directly proportional to its temperature in the case of an ideal gas.

a form of brass, being an alloy of about 80% copper and 20% zinc, produced in thin sheets and used to make cheap jewelry

(mathematics, of a set of numbers or values) The square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares.

An alloy with high magnetic permeability, consisting of nickel (77%) and iron (15%) with traces of copper and molybdenum.

(idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as.

(physics, chemistry) a membrane (e.g. of a chalcogenide glass) across which an electrical potential differs according to the concentration of a specific ion; used in ion-selective electrodes and in electrodialysis

A pre-cooked meal that is purchased frozen and then cooked in a microwave oven.