- In meteorology,
prevailing wind in a
region of the Earth's
surface is a
surface wind that
blows predominantly from a
particular direction. The dominant...
- Look up
prevailing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Prevailing may
refer to:
Prevailing winds Prevailing visibility Prevailing wage This disambiguation...
- In
United States government contracting, a
prevailing wage is
defined as the
hourly wage,
usual benefits and overtime, paid to the
majority of workers...
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Prevailing visibility in
aviation is a
measurement of the
greatest distance visible throughout at
least half of the horizon, not
necessarily continuously...
- self-locking nut,
prevailing torque nut,
stiff nut or
elastic stop nut, is a nut that
resists loosening under vibrations and torque.
Prevailing torque nuts...
- The westerlies, anti-trades, or
prevailing westerlies, are
prevailing winds from the west
toward the east in the
middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees...
- The
trade winds or
easterlies are
permanent east-to-west
prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's
equatorial region. The
trade winds blow
mainly from...
-
where typically the
maximum the plan will pay for a
claim is
based on the
prevailing rates in the area or UCR.
These statistics are
available from private...
- authorizes, but does not require, the
court to
award attorneys' fees to "the
prevailing party" in a
copyright action. In Fogerty, the
Court held that such attorneys'-fees...
-
States federal law that
establishes the
requirement for
paying the
local prevailing wages on
public works projects for
laborers and mechanics. It applies...
