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Definitions (6/10) - Grouped by first letter "M"
50 Definitions Grouped by first letter "M" ➔ Glossary of frequently used abbreviations...
Method for calculation of obligation (calculated)
whereas METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE CRUDE OIL EQUIVALENT OF IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
The crude ...
Method for Emergency Stocks held by the MS
Other petroleum included in the stock count shall be calculated according to two methods: whereas 1 Annex ...
Metadata describing methods used in a statistical process for generation of the data.
The extent to which the methodology used to compile statistics complies with the relevant international standards. http://sdmx.org/
Structured approach to solve a problem. http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/stats/publications/53metadaterminology.pdf
A metric d for a set X is defined as non-negative function that measures how far two pints in X are apart.
Quality indicators that measure the efficacy and efficiency of a data validation procedure. The indicators may refer either to a single rule or to the ...
An electric railway for the transport of passengers with the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic and characterised by exclusive rights-of-way, ...
An electric rail line mainly for urban transport with the capacity for heavy volumes of traffic involving very frequent train movements. Metro lines ...
Electric railway vehicle designed for use on a metroline.
Single NUTS level 3 region or an aggregation of NUTS level 3 regions in which 50 % or more of the population live in a functional urban area (FUA) ...
See: "Material flow accounting", "Material flow analysis" http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-34-00-536-__-I-EN.pdf
Moisture content on a fat-free basis http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31997D0080:EN:HTML
Exhaustive check to find errors by inspecting each individual observation.
Method that matches data on individual statistical units from different sources, to obtain a combined data file with better information.
Finding errors by inspection of individual observations. Editing done at the record, or questionnaire level.
Any microbiological entity, including lower fungi and viruses, cellular or non-cellular, capable of replication or of transferring genetic material. ...
Records are grouped based on a proximity measure of variables of interest, and the same small groups of records are used in calculating aggregates for ...
Treatment of waste water or sludge to reduce pathogenic activity below a certain level.
Non‐aggregated observations or measurements of characteristics of individual units, without direct identifier
Establishing connections between data sets at microdata level (individual statistical units such as enterprises or persons).
Database containing microdata. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/coded_files/UNECE_TERMINOLOGY_STAT_METADATA_2000_EN.pdf
Approach that focuses on factors that affect the decisions made by firms and individuals.
Process of reducing the average diameter of a solid material’s particles to the micrometer scale
See "Average (or mid-year or mean) population" http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-CC-03-005-EN.pdf
Procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a State Party of ...
Migrant workers are persons admitted by a country other than their own for the specific purpose of exercising an economic activity.
In the strictest sense, these transfers are not transactions between two parties but contra-entries to flows of goods and changes in financial items ...
Migrants for family reunification are persons admitted by a country other than their own for the purpose of accompanying or joining close relatives ...
Foreigners granted the permission to stay for a lengthy or unlimited period, who are subject to virtually no limitations regarding the exercise of an ...
See: "Foreigners having the right to free establishment" http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesM-58-rev1-EN.pdf
Migrants with the right to free movement are persons who have the right to enter, stay and work within the territory of a State other than their own ...
A long-term international migrant is a person who moves to a country other than that of his/her usual residence for a period of at least a year (12 ...
See: "Foreign migrant workers" http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesM-58-rev1-EN.pdf
Loans and other credits extended for military purposes.
A flight by an aircraft used in either regular or reserve service by the armed forces of a particular State.
This is a sub-class of Institutional Households. Military institutions consist of military installations or bases etc.
Military inventories consist of single-use items, such as ammunition, missiles, rockets, bombs, etc., delivered by weapons or weapons systems (§ ...
An arrival of a military aircraft.
Quantities of milk and cream (in milk equivalent) collected direct from farms.
A measure of the quantity of fluid milk used in a processed dairy product. http://www.cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/05jun/97-905.pdf
Ewes which are kept exclusively or principally to produce milk for human consumption and/or for processing into dairy products. This includes cast ...
Known deposits of oil resources, natural gas resources, coal and peat resources, non-metallic minerals and metallic minerals.
The value of expenditures on exploration for petroleum and natural gas and for nonpetroleum deposits. These expenditures include prelicence costs, ...
Mineral exploration and evaluation consists of the value of expenditures on exploration for petroleum and natural gas and for non-petroleum deposits ...
Fertiliser containing one or more major plant nutrients in inorganic form, including calcium, sulfur, calcium cyanamide or urea.
Fertilizer prepared from inorganic materials manufactured through an industrial process.
Because of the more complicated process, mini biological treatment plants are often applied in semi-collective treatment and not as individual ...
Passenger road motor vehicle designed to carry 10- 23 seated or standing persons (including the driver).
A mini-market or self-service shop is defined as a shop selling almost exclusively food, with a floor space of:
- Belgium: 100 to 400 ...