Meaning Tail
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1. A slender appendage, such as the tail of the pancreas. 2. The appendage that protrudes from the buttocks of animals. People can appear to have a tail due to the presence of supernumerary segments of the coccyx.
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The last page or pages on a log print, which may contain data about the well, the recording parameters and the calibration of the measurements.
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The remaining reserves after a project financing has been repaid. Sometimes refers to the residual value.
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Bottom edge of the text block.
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Claims from workers compensation and liability exposures in a given period can arise for many years thereafter. The aggregate of such incurred but not reported (IBNR) losses is often called tail lia [..]
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"hindmost part of an animal," Old English tægl, tægel "a tail," from Proto-Germanic *tagla- (source also of Old High German zagal, German Zagel "tail," dialectal German Z [..]
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"limitation of ownership," a legal term, early 14c. in Anglo-French; late 13c. in Anglo-Latin, in most cases a shortened form of entail.
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1520s, "attach to the tail," from tail (n.1). Meaning "move or extend in a way suggestive of a tail" is from 1781. Meaning "follow secretly" is U.S. colloquial, 1907, fro [..]
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/ˈteɪl/ noun plural tails 1 tail /ˈteɪl/ noun plural tails Learner's definition of TAIL 1  [count] : the part of an animal's body that extends from the animal's back end a monkey wi [..]
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stream of gas or dust debris behind a comet.
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A tail is made up of dust and gas from a comet’s coma. A tail forms when the solar wind separates dust and gas from the coma, pushing it outward and away from the Sun in either a slightly curved path [..]
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the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body chase: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman c [..]
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the part that comes out at the end of anything, like the tail of an animal, a kite or an aeroplane
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A tail is made up of dust and gas from a comet’s coma. A tail forms when the solar wind separates dust and gas from the coma, pushing it outward and away from the Sun in either a slightly curved path [..]
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The bottom of the spine, also called the foot, of either the book or jacket
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ek
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vidl
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The end of a shot or a roll is called the tail.
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To dream of seeing only the tail of a beast, unusual annoyance is indicated where pleasures seemed assured. To cut off the tail of an animal, denotes that you will suffer misfortune by your own carelessness. To dream that you have the tail of a beast grown on you, denotes that your evil ways will cause you untold distress, and strange events will c [..]
Source: dreams-dictionary.org (offline)

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[Anglo-French, literally, cutting, from Old French, from taillier to cut, prune] 1 : the condition of being limited or restricted by entailing [a tenant in ] 2 : entail
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the rear of the skateboard, from the back truck bolts to the end
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See "Head and Tail".
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Rear of a container or trailer-opposite the front or nose.
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Rear of a container or trailer-opposite the front or nose.
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The period of time that elapses between the writing of an insurance policy and the payment of the claim or between the loss occurrence (or the insurer's knowledge of the loss) and the payment of the claim.
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The remaining reserves after the project financing has been repaid.  Sometimes called the residual.
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(n) the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body(n) the time of the last part of something(n) any projection that re [..]
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Any unaccented syllables at the end of an intonation phrase.
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See Vane. The proper term is actually Vane, but Tail is commonly used.
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The thin, tapered portion of a fillet that normally does not contain bones.
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penis
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Lion’s tail. Lions, according to legend, wipe out their footsteps with their tail, that they may not be tracked.
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The thin narrow portion of fillets toward the tail end of the fish.
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Rear of a container or trailer opposite the front or nose.
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In insurance, a tail refers to claims and losses that have not yet been reported or discovered.
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the back side of the board
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The remaining reserves after the project financing has been repaid. Sometimes means the residual.
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The end of a theme.
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Feathers extending from the rear of the bird.
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See "Head and Tail".
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The posterior filiform portion of the Spermatozoon (Spermatozoa) that provides Sperm Motility.
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A towed array sonar. Also called a "TAS Tail".
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Pulling on a line after the winch; as in: With self-tailing winches on our boat the crew does not need to tail the lines.
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The end of a line.
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Towed sonar array.
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The end of a line.
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The rear of a container.
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This term has been used to describe both the exposure that exists after expiration of a policy and the coverage that may be purchased to cover that exposure. One "occurrence&quot [..]
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A loose term used to describe any noticeable extension at the rear of the caterpillar.
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A tube-like protein structure that extends from the phage capsid. Generally, the tip of the tail attaches or adsorbs to the host, and the DNA is injected through the tail into the host cytoplasm. The type of tails in tailed-phages is used for morphologically-based classification. The Siphoviridae have long flexible non-contractile tails. Myoviridae [..]
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Output the last part of files, see Section 3.3.4.3
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Shadow, follow
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n. "tail," s.v. tail sb.\1 OED. KEY: tail@n
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n 18 tayl 15 tayle 1 tayles 2
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The part of the airplane to which the rudder and elevators are attached. The tail has vertical and horizontal stabilizers to keep the airplane from turning about its lateral axis.
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noun. A players’ term, as used in marble games, “a line drawn for a starting point in games like Long Ring” (Beard, The Outdoor Handy Book) sometimes also called a Tie Line, or Pitch Line in the game [..]
Source: americantoymarbles.com

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A model for the universe in which a repulsive force counteracts the attractive force of gravity, driving all the matter in the universe apart at speeds that increase with time. Recent observations of distant supernova explosions suggest that we may live in an accelerating universe.
Source: amazing-space.stsci.edu (offline)

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That portion of an oil which vaporizes near the end of distillation, the heavy end.
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The rear end of the surfboard, where the fins are located.
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The dangling end of rope left over after tying a knot. Tidy it away with a stopper knot.
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1. Often refers to extreme risk. In terms of a distribution, the left tail represents extreme negative realizations. Importantly, there are two tails. The right tail refers to extreme positive realiza [..]
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