Entertainment / Music / Duration: Length of time something lasts: e.g., the vibration of a musical sound.
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Science / Tides and Currents / Duration Of Flood And Duration Of Ebb: Duration of flood is the interval of time in which a tidal current is flooding, and duration of ebb is the interval in which it is ebbing, these intervals being reckoned from the middle of the interve MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Duration Of Rise And Duration Of Fall: Duration of rise is the interval from low water to high water, and duration of fall is the interval from high water to low water. Together they cover, on an average, a period of 12.42 hours for a semi MORE
Business / Finance / Mortgage Duration: A modification of standard duration to account for the impact on duration of MBS of changes in prepayment speed resulting from changes in interest rates. MORE
Business / Finance / Modified Duration: The ratio of Macaulay duration to (1 + y), where y = the bond yield. Modified duration is inversely related to the approximate percentage change in price for a given change in yield. MORE
Business / Finance / Dollar Duration: The impact of importing from foreign countries more than exporting to them. The money required to finance the import purchases removes dollars from the importing nation. MORE
Business / Finance / Effective Duration: The total debt owed by a firm to its creditors. MORE