lod

name

1. A city in Israel.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Law of Demeter.

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of logarithm of odds, a measure of likelihood calculated by taking the log of the ratio of the probability of a hypothesis being true given the observed data over the probability that the hypothesis is false.

   “Some computer programs furnish p-values rather than maximum lod scores.”

   “Markers were analysed in decreasing order of informativeness; a marker was only added to the map when it could be localized to a unique interval with a lod score of >= 3.0.”

   “Note that only recombinantion fractions between 0 and 0.5 are meaningful, and that all lod scores are zero at (theta)=0.5 (because they are then measuring the ratio of two identical probabilities, and log₁₀(1)=0).”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of level of detail.

   “Multiresolution techniques exploit the additional information that becomes available through a level-of-detail (LoD) representation either by choosing an appropriate resolution for given quality (complexity) requirements or by considering the difference between two levels of detail as a separate geometricfrequency band which contains the detail information that is added or removed when switching between hierarchy levels.”

   “They include geometric drills which allow the user to navigate between the different LoDs (Level of Detail) associated with an object or to the different geometries of a same LoD that are aimed at different purposes.”

   “In the first case, we consider the complete transformation of a layer at a certain LoD in another representation of the same layer at a consecutive LoD.”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of limit of detection; the smallest concentration that can be detected using a specific method.

   “The lowest response region in the spectrum is that which has the LOD as the upper bound. It is clear that if a response that is smaller than the response associated with the LOD is observed, the analytical result should be reported as "less than the LOD" or "not detected."”

   “PFOS exceeded the LOD in potatoes, canned vegetables, eggs, sugars, and preserves, with highest levels detected in potatoes (10 ng/g ww).”

   “When calculating the LOD, one uses the determined S/N ratio for the investigated analytical procedure [2].”

4. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of lod (“logarithm of odds”).

   “In practice, the LOD score is computed over a wide range of values for 6.”

   “For historical reasons, the LOD score functions LOD(Θ) = log ʌ(Θ) is preferred in genetic epidemiologial applications over LR(Θ) = 2ln ʌ(Θ).”

   “One would expect that LOD (logarithm of odds) scores based on small sample sizes would be unstable and contribute to lack of replication.”

5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of level of detail.

   “We have worked hard to tweak the weights on the first LOD until Kila deforms accurately as she moves.”

   “The paper proposes a time-controlling algorithm for large-scale terrain rendering, which can't be efficiently dealt with by LOD technique.”

   “Graphical level of detail (LOD) is a set of techniques for coping with the issue of limited computational resources by reducing the graphical detail of the scene far from the observer. Simulation LOD reduces quality of the simulation at the places unseen. Contrary to graphical LOD, simulation LOD has been almost unstudied.”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of length of day.

   “On very long time scale, tidal friction is responsible for a secular decrease in the Earth's rotation rate and thus for an increase in the length of day (LOD) (for more details, see for instance Brosche and Sṻndermann [1978]).”

   “This long-term change in the LOD must be reomoved from the total change to obtain the short period and decade variations.”

   “Artificial satellites now provide a direct measure of changes in LOD (Fig. 4. lb), and laser ranging to the Moon underpins calculations of changes in the mean angular velocity of the Moon.”

7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of line of duty; an official determination of whether something occurred in the line of duty.

   “Additionally, commanders should note that a LOD proceeding is neither a substitute for, nor a bar to, such disciplinary action as may be warrented.”

   “LOD investigations are usually a result of a soldier or other personnel being killed or injured, and the investigation is necessary to determine if the cause was in the line of duty, or if the actions that caused the casualties or injuries were a result of neglect or misconduct and not in the line of duty.”

   “An unfavorable LOD determination disqualifies a service member from receiving disability compensation.”

8. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of linked open data.

   “While most LOD metadata employs multiple vocabularies and metadata schemas for description, for the sake of simplicity this exploration of RDF will use only a single metadata schema, Dublin Core.”

   “LOD (Linked Open Data) is an international endeavor to interlink structured data on the Web and create the Web of Data on a global level. In this paper, we report about our experience of applying existing LOD frameworks, most of which are designed to run only in European language environments, to Korean resources to build linked data.”

   “The LOD Cloud is a collection of the available datasets of the Semantic Web.”

9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of line of dance; a counterclockwise direction for circuiting the dance floor.

   “Position: Intro, Left-Open, M on outside, M's L and W's R hands joined, both facing LOD.”

   “Beginners will often use a box step or not get too involved in the LOD until they get a feel of matching their steps with the musical measures.”

   “If the dance floor is very crowded and you cannot travel forward in a counterclockwise direction around the perimeter of the room, or in the LOD, the leader needs to select from the stationary variations that are known so far.”

10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of last order date, part of the product lifecycle.