Definition of Black box

1. Noun. Equipment that records information about the performance of an aircraft during flight.


Medical Definition of Black box

1. (Jargon) descriptive of a method of reasoning or studying a problem, in which the methods and procedures, as such, are not described, explained, or perhaps even understood: conclusions relate solely to the empirical relationships observed, in some contexts, the term can mean a piece of apparatus or an experimental animal in which the pharmacologic or toxicologic pathway has not yet been worked out. CAAT box, a sequence of nucleotides found in a conserved region of DNA located "upstream" (5' direction) of the start points of eukaryotic transcription units; specific transcription factors appear to associate with it; found in many promoters at -75 bp with the consensus sequence: GG(T/C)CAATCT. Fracture box, an obsolete means of supporting a fractured leg, consisting of a container with only bottom and sides. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Box

black bass
black bead
black bean
black bear
black bearberry
black bee
black beech
black belt
black bile
black bindweed
black birch
black body
black book
black book
black box (current term)
black box (current term)
black bread
black bream
black bryony
black buck
black buffalo
black calla
black caraway
black carpet beetle
black cat
black cataract
black catechu
black cherry
black cherry tree
black cock

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