(energy efficiency) The energy that is lost due to standby electronic activity of equipment that is "off", on standby or sleep mode.

(cosmology, astrophysics, astronomy, physics) A category of dark energy, where dark energy is not fixed in amount nor in density, and continuously increases over time.

Synonym of state of matter

a type of small wader, (Phalaropus lobatus)

Phalaropus fulicarius, a small wading bird.

Alternative form of windshield phenomenon

(automotive, entomology, colloquial) The anecdotal observed decrease in the number of insects splattering across windshields during road trips across the years.

(US, Australia) A pharmacy in which therapeutic drugs are created in small batches, generally when the patient needs a formulation which is not readily available from manufactured drugs.

A species of pheasant, Catreus wallichii, of the western Himalayas.

A village in Caerphilly county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1403).