Leading term

(noun)

The term in a polynomial in which the independent variable is raised to the highest power.

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Examples of Leading term in the following topics:

  • The Leading-Term Test

    • $a_nx^n$ is called the leading term of $f(x)$, while $a_n \not = 0$ is known as the leading coefficient.
    • The properties of the leading term and leading coefficient indicate whether $f(x)$ increases or decreases continually as the $x$-values approach positive and negative infinity:
    • In the leading term, $a_n$ equals $\frac {1}{4}$ and $n$ equals $3$.
    • which has $-\frac {x^4}{14}$ as its leading term and $- \frac{1}{14}$ as its leading coefficient.
    • Use the leading-term test to describe the end behavior of a polynomial graph

  • The bottom line

    • Simply put, short-term duplicity designed to fool customers and the public can lead to long-term pain.

  • The Business Cycle: Definition and Phases

    • The term business cycle refers to economy-wide fluctuations in production, trade, and general economic activity.
    • The term "business cycle" (or economic cycle or boom-bust cycle) refers to economy-wide fluctuations in production, trade, and general economic activity.
    • From a conceptual perspective, the business cycle is the upward and downward movements of levels of GDP (gross domestic product) and refers to the period of expansions and contractions in the level of economic activities (business fluctuations) around a long-term growth trend .
    • Business cycle fluctuations occur around a long-term growth trend and are usually measured by considering the growth rate of real gross domestic product.
    • The phases of a business cycle follow a wave-like pattern over time with regard to GDP, with expansion leading to a peak and then followed by contraction leading to a trough.

  • Impacts of Exercise on Muscles

    • Sustained, repeated overload of a muscle group leads to hypertrophy and strengthening of those muscles.
    • In the short term muscle can become fatigued and sore for reasons like impaired blood flow, ion imbalance within the muscle, nervous fatigue, loss of desire to continue exercising, and most importantly, the accumulation of lactic acid in the muscle.
    • Muscle hypertrophy, or the increase in muscle mass due to exercise , particularly weight training, is a noticeable long-term effect of exercise.
    • Increases in muscle mass are not the only long-term effect of exercise.
    • Differentiate between the short-term and long-term effects of exercise on muscles

  • Short-Term and Working Memory

    • Short-term memory decays rapidly and has a limited capacity.
    • Chunking of information can also lead to an increase in short-term memory capacity.
    • Though the term "working memory" is often used synonymously with "short-term memory," working memory is related to but actually distinct from short-term memory.
    • It also links the working memory to the long-term memory, controls the storage of long-term memory, and manages memory retrieval from storage.
    • The process of transferring information from short-term to long-term memory involves encoding and consolidation of information.

  • The Yield Curve

    • This expectation of higher inflation leads to expectations that the central bank will tighten monetary policy by raising short term interest rates in the future to slow economic growth and dampen inflationary pressure.
    • A flat yield curve is observed when all maturities have similar yields, whereas a humped curve results when short-term and long-term yields are equal and medium-term yields are higher than those of the short-term and long-term.
    • An inverted yield curve occurs when long-term yields fall below short-term yields.
    • Because of the term premium, long-term bond yields tend to be higher than short-term yields, and the yield curve slopes upward.
    • Prospective investors decide in advance whether they need short-term or long-term instruments.

  • Identifying Varying Conditions

    • Management uses policies and techniques for the management of working capital such as cash, inventory, debtors and short term financing.
    • Decisions relating to working capital and short-term financing are referred to as working capital management.
    • These involve managing the relationship between a firm's short-term assets and its short-term liabilities.
    • The policies aim at managing the current assets (generally cash and cash equivalents, inventories and debtors) and the short-term financing, such that cash flows and returns are acceptable.
    • Besides this, the lead times in production should be lowered to reduce work in process (WIP) and similarly, the finished goods should be kept on as low level as possible to avoid over production.

  • Terms of Trade

    • Terms of trade credit include the amount of time allowable for payment to be received, including any potential discounts.
    • Credit terms are often quoted as "net X" with X being a certain number of days.
    • Other common payment terms include Net 45, Net 60 and 30 days end of month.
    • Net 60 is less used because of its longer payment terms.
    • However, if sales are slow, leading to a month of low cash flow, then the operator may decide to pay within 30 days, obtaining a 10% discount, or use the money another 30 days and pay the full invoice amount within 60 days.The ice cream distributor can do the same thing, receiving trade credit from milk and sugar suppliers on terms of Net 30, 2% discount if paid within ten days.

  • Factors Associated with Divorce

    • Factors that may lead marriages to end in divorce are infidelity, adultery domestic violence, midlife crises, inexperience, and addictions.
    • While not conclusive, the predominate factors that lead marriages to end in divorce are infidelity, adultery domestic violence, midlife crises, inexperience, and addictions such as alcoholism and gambling.
    • A midlife crisis is a term that was coined by Elliott Jaques in 1965 that suggests it is a time when adults come to realize their own mortality and how much time is left in their lives.
    • Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing.
    • Discuss five factors that may lead marriages to end in divorce

  • Management versus Leadership

    • The terms "management" and "leadership" have been used interchangeably, yet there are clear similarities and differences between them.
    • Both terms suggest directing the activities of others.
    • One traditional way of understanding differences between managers and leaders is that people manage things but lead other people.
    • Their work includes planning, organizing, staffing, leading, directing, and controlling the activities of individuals, teams, or whole organizations for the purpose of accomplishing a goal.
    • In contrast, leaders take the long-term view and have responsibility for where a team or organization is heading and what it achieves.