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Definitions (3/9) - Grouped by first letter "G"
50 Definitions Grouped by first letter "G" ➔ Glossary of frequently used abbreviations...
A collection of computer hardware, software, geographic data and personnel assembled to capture, store, retrieve, update, manipulate, analyse and ...
A Geographic information system (GIS) is
· a system for input, storage, manipulation, and output of geographic information · a class of software · ...
GISCO, the "Geographic Information System of the Commission", is a permanent service of Eurostat that fulfils the requirements of both Eurostat and ...
A user-defined geographic feature or phenomenon that can be represented in a geographic database. Examples include streets, land parcels, wells and ...
A digital, tabular master file that lists the names, geographic codes and possibly attributes of all geographic entities that are relevant to census ...
Article 35 of Council Directive 91/674/EEC. From the perspective of the home Member State the gross premiums written are broken down as follows: ...
Article 35 of Council Directive 91/674/EEC. From the perspective of the home Member State the gross reinsurance premiums accepted, premiums written ...
Article 36 of Council Directive 91/674/EEC. From the perspective of the home Member State the reinsurers' share of gross premiums written is broken ...
Characterisation of the statistical units according to geographical criteria.
Harmonised multi-resolution grid with a common point of origin and standardised location and size of grid cells.
The variable geographical location is considered to be the territorial unit where the accident has occurred. The specified level for the NUTS ...
The number of enterprises according to geographical area of activity can be broken down as follows:
- Enterprises operating primarily in their own ...
Describes two or more geographic features that share the same location or boundary. For instance, some reporting or statistical units may also be ...
Geometric depreciation is a depreciation profile based on a constant annual rate of capital consumption over the life of the asset.
Geometric growth refers to the situation where successive changes in a variable differ by a constant ratio (as distinct from a constant amount for ...
A weighted geometric average of the price relatives using the expenditure shares of the price reference period as weights. Also called "Logarithmic ...
Nomenclature of countries and territories for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States.
Nomenclature of countries and territories for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States (GEONOM)
The process of determining the relationship between page coordinates and real-world coordinates. Georeferencing is necessary after digitizing, for ...
A term that is sometimes used to describe information of a geographic or spatial nature.
An Earth satellite that remains in a fixed position above a point on the Earth’s surface. Also called a geosynchronous orbit.
Geothermal energy comprises energy available as heat emitted from within the earth's crust, usually in the form of hot water or steam. It is exploited ...
Primary energy production is the enthalpy difference between the fluid produced in the production borehole and of the fluid eventually disposed of ...
Geothermal energy comprises energy available as heat emitted from within the earth's crust, usually in the form of hot water or steam. It is exploited ...
The average price aggregation method used in the 1975 Eurostat comparison of EU Member States. International prices are calculated as the geometric ...
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D in a given year at the regional level.
Applicable only to aggregation methods that use either a reference price structure, whereby each country’s quantities are valued by a uniform set of ...
A time-series data exchange model which allows to exchange and identify time series through a multidimensional key and various associated metadata.
"Gestational age" means the duration of gestation, measured from the first day of the last normal menstrual period
Interval in completed weeks between the first day of the last menstrual period of the mother and the day, month and year of delivery, irrespective of ...
Gross fixed capital formation
Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfs/manual/index.htm
Measure of (income) inequality or concentration. The Gini coefficient is derived from the Lorenz curve, which plots cumulative shares of the ...
The EKS method is named after the three individuals who independently advocated its use in the mid-1960s. The formula, however, was actually proposed ...
Substance which, when applied to the external surface of a foodstuff, imparts a shiny appearance or provides a protective coating.
Bond that is issued simultaneously on the domestic and euro market.
Unit where the strategic decisions referring to an enterprise group are taken. The term UCI, ultimate controlling institutional unit, is equivalent to ...
Large business that operates across different countries. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-GQ-20-002&mode=view
Parent Legal Unit which is not controlled either directly or indirectly by any other Legal Unit.
System that makes it possible to find the geographic position of a point on the earth’s surface by longitude and latitude.
Problems of confidentiality can be tackled by changing the structure of data. Thus, rows or columns in tables can be combined into larger class ...
Central and discoverable repository for SDMX structural metadata.
Combination of all defined local score functions, i.e., score functions defined for individual variables.
Pattern of organisation of production involving international trade and investment flows whereby the different stages of the production process are ...
Changes in the surface-air temperature, referred to as the global temperature, brought about by the greenhouse effect which is induced by the emission ...
The global yield factor by type of consumption (e.g. crops, pasture, fisheries, timber) translates a product (or waste) into an area (local hectares) ...
International integration of financing, factor supply, R&D, production, and trade of goods and services.
The process through which an increasingly free flow of ideas, people, goods, services, and capital leads to the integration of economies and ...
Alphabetised list of terms with definitions. http://www.sdmx.org
Structural timber product obtained by gluing together a number of wood laminations having their grain essentially parallel. Laminations of curved ...