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jackknife

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1. jackknife - Noun

2. jackknife - Verb

Meaning

A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear And he shows them pearly white Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear And he keeps it out of sight. Bertolt Brecht

One reason is that the disc's lack of self-assist makes brake force much more predictable, so peak brake force can be raised without more risk of braking-induced steering or jackknife on articulated vehicles. Source: Internet

It may therefore be better to stick with jackknife methods such as those proposed by Yitzhaki (1991) and Karagiannis and Kovacevic (2000). Source: Internet

Giles (2004) argued that the standard error of the estimate of A can be used to derive that of the estimate of G directly without using a jackknife at all. Source: Internet

Bootstrap methods: another look at the jackknife. Source: Internet

It is also known as a jackknife or jack-knife. Source: Internet

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