(n.) A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing.
(n.) A lower stay of rope or chain for the jib boom or flying jib boom, fastened to, or reeved through, the dolphin striker. Also, the dolphin striker itself.
(n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness.
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Martingale
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Martingal
Example Sentences:
(1) Asymptotic efficiency differences between the two martingale techniques are considered.
(2) The martingale theory can then be applied to obtain the desired results.
(3) The intensity of this process and the corresponding martingales were derived by Gómez and Van Ryzin (1987).
(4) Outlines of the necessary asymptotic theory are presented and for this we use the tools of martingale theory.
(5) In his first outing, 1962's Cover Her Face , he is dispatched to Martingale manor house in Essex to investigate the violent death of a young woman; in The Private Patient , published in 2008, he lights out for Cheverell Manor in Dorset to apply his brand of thoughtful, practical logic to a similar crime.
(6) Wright's model for the effects of random fluctuations in gene frequency in a population of fixed size is generalized to randomly fluctuating population size, and treated from the viewpoint of G. Malécot, using a martingale convergence theorem.
(7) Here two related martingale-based techniques are used to derive estimates and associated standard errors for the initial relative infection rate.
(8) Adoboli's reckless manner was like that of a "martingale" gambler, a reckless system of betting in which a loss on a position is followed up by a double-sized punt on the same outcome, on the assumption it will eventually recoup losses.