capacity correction
capacity correction
[kə′pas·əd·ē kə′rek·shən] (engineering)
The correction applied to a mercury barometer with a nonadjustable cistern in order to compensate for the change in the level of the cistern as the atmospheric pressure changes.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The COP correction factor coefficients were found using the same procedure as the
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capacity correction, bringing supply and demand into closer alignment.
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Cause for optimism: This
capacity correction will reduce the burning need for players to compete in the risky credit game that destabilized our industry to begin with.
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