ban
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9.9
- noun
- /bæn/
- Specialized
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- In information theory, a ban measures the level of uncertainty in a system.
Examples
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The researchers used a ban to quantify the information gained from their experiments.
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Each event in the study was assigned a ban to indicate its significance based on probability.
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The weapons design laboratories can calculate what value of alpha would be allowed under the test ban.
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Such a proviso was said to be necessary to gain support for a total test ban from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary William Perry.
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In October, in recognition of its test-ban potential, IRIS received a special Congressional appropriation of $21 million.
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In the estimation of individuals who have devoted much of their adult lives to this issue, the time may be ripe at last for a comprehensive test ban to be concluded.
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One example of a ban was the limited chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) ban imposed by the Food and Drug Administration in 1978.
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The tuna-dolphin ruling evaluated the appropriateness of using trade measures, such as import bans, to encourage environmentally sound behavior when it also impedes and restricts trade.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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9.9
A unit for measuring information equal to choosing one of ten equally likely options
A unit of information equal to one digit in base ten
A unit that measures information using base ten
Compounds
- Formal
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3.7
An agreement where countries promise not to explode nuclear bombs to see if they work
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ban (unit of information) is a unit that measures information using base ten, so one simple decimal digit is one ban. That's why scientists use the ban to talk about how much information a decimal choice gives you.