Associations to the word «Event»

EVENT, noun. An occurrence; something that happens.

EVENT, noun. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).

EVENT, noun. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.

EVENT, noun. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.

EVENT, noun. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

EVENT, noun. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

EVENT, noun. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.

EVENT DERIVATIVE, noun. Prediction market

EVENT HANDLER, noun. (computing) A method or subroutine that handles an event.

EVENT HANDLERS, noun. Plural of event handler

EVENT HORIZON, noun. (astrophysics) The gravitational sphere of a black hole within which the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light.

EVENT HORIZON, noun. (by extension) A point of no return.

EVENT HORIZONS, noun. Plural of event horizon

EVENT MARKETING, noun. The marketing discipline focused on face to face interaction via live events, trade shows and corporate meetings among other event types.

EVENT, noun. Something that happens at a given place and time.

EVENT, noun. A special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled".

EVENT, noun. A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.

EVENT, noun. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event".