a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base | having important effects or influence |
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) | the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value |
physical energy or intensity | a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force) |
a powerful effect or influence | a particular point in time |
(of a law) having legal validity | an indefinitely short time |
group of people willing to obey orders | at this time |
a unit that is part of some military service | |
a group of people having the power of effective action | |
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | |
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity | |