Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation information retrieval
  • abbreviation infrared

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  • noun The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Islamic Republic of Iran.
  • initialism business Initialism of Industrial Relations.
  • initialism business Initialism of Investor Relations.
  • initialism computer science Initialism of Information Retrieval.
  • initialism physics Initialism of infrared.
  • initialism physics Initialism of Infrared Radiation.

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Examples

  • For each non-GAAP financial measure discussed, a presentation of the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure and a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP financial measure discussed, and the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is available in the Investor Presentations section of the company's IR website at ir.immersion.com.

    Immersion Q3 2010 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010

  • In order to determine pixel values, SR uses the ratio between IR (800 nm) and red (680 nm), NDVI uses IR (800 nm) and red (680 nm) as input for the formula (IR - red)/(IR + red), and ARVI uses the bands IR (800 nm), red (680 nm), and blue (450 nm) as input for the formula (IR − 2*red + blue)/(IR+ 2*red − blue).

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Katie Barott et al. 2009

  • Both the TVs and Blu-ray player come with a new, large remote control that features RF connections to the TV (IR is also included for controlling other IR-based gear, such as A/V receivers or cable or satellite boxes), a full QWERTY keyboard, and a built-in optical mouse.

    Sony launches Google TV, promptly renames it Sony Internet TV 2010

  • Today, I officially asked the guardian council (who oversees the elections in IR) in a letter to nullify the outcome of this election and I regard this (the nullification) as the only possible way for regaining the people's trust and cooperation with the government.

    Iran Election Live-Blogging (Sunday June 14) The Huffington Post News Team 2009

  • I for one am a second field IR guy, and I have a real interest in IR theories and in international security.

    Theory Theory 2008

  • I agree with questioning the inclusion of "War of the Worlds," "I, Robot," "Blade Runner," and "Minority Report" as distopian. in IR, BR and MR the societies are normal, healthy and functioning.

    MEME: Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time 2007

  • Scary, evil, haunted-eyed child (ie my son in IR):

    Slave To Photography - :: gia’s blog :: 2007

  • I thought I would post a quick comment on the normalcy of a long term IR marriage.

    Bunch-O-Links (All Interracial Relationships Edition) 2006

  • IR is cheap, unregulated, low-risk and low-interference, and this is an order of magnitude faster than even 802. 11a, the new "high-speed" WiFi.

    Boing Boing: August 19, 2001 - August 25, 2001 Archives 2001

  • The information contained in IR 6 918 5058 73, regarding six American POW was obtained by U.S. officials on May

    McDonnell, John T. 1990

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