Statistical Terms Glossary

All the structures (canals or pipes and their appurtenant works, such as intakes, distributors, drops and discharge structures) which ensure delivery of water to the irrigators of an irrigation area from the main canal.

The triangular land area at the mouth of a river. Typically associated with heavy sediment deposits (as the main river branches off into multiple thinner distributaries the water slows down, and therefore provides a larger opportunity for sediment to fall out of suspension).

A deposit which may be withdrawn by the depositor immediately and without notice.; Deposits payable within thirty days.

Demand deposits comprise funds deposited at a depository institution that are payable on demand (immediately or within a very short period). The most common forms of demand deposits are checking accounts

Percentage of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) World Health Organization [WHO] are sexually active and World Health Organization [WHO] have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods.

The programmes adopted to achieve effective management of the use of water resources in order to meet the general objectives of economic efficiency, environmental conservation, and community and consumer satisfaction.

Policies and programmes for influencing the demand for goods and/or services. In the energy sector, DSM aims at reducing the demand for electricity and energy sources. DSM helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

See computerized entry of ownership.

Found near sea bed (demersal trawl = bottom trawl).

Demersal fisheries is a fishery concentrating on the capture of demersal species.

Species living in close relation with the bottom and depending on it.

Species living in close relation with the bottom and depending on it. Example: Cods, Groupers and lobsters are demersal resources. The term “demersal fish” usually refers to the living mode of the adult.

Limited legitimacy of democracy and impact of an inadequate gender balance, i.e. of overrepresentation of men and underrepresentation of women, on the legitimacy of democracy.

Demographic access is defined in many ways and methods that differ in its expressions and terminology but all agree in the content that is summarized, "It is the stage in which a society reaches the peak in the size of the working-age population versus the lowest percentage of the dependent population of children and the elderly,".

The historical shift of birth and death rates from high to low levels in a population. The mortality decline usually precedes the fertility decline, resulting in rapid population growth during the transition period.

The first syllable "demo" means in Greek the "people" and the second syllable which is "graphical" and means "study", that is, the scientific study of population societies.

If authorities release monetary gold from their holdings for non-monetary purposes e.g. for sale to private holders or users, they are deemed to have demonetised gold.

See Anti-monopoly, Antitrust, Deconcentration

An attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or people to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely. Perpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways, and even root nameservers.

In computer security, attack against a website designed to impair, slow down or paralyze its operations.