Improve
Encyclopedia
Improve means to make something better
. It is also used in the names of:
Betterment
Betterment, making better, is a general term used particularly in connection with the increased value given to real property by causes for which a tenant or the public, but not the owner, is responsible; it is thus of the nature of unearned increment...
. It is also used in the names of:
Improved
- Improved clinch knotImproved clinch knotThe improved clinch knot is a knot that is used for securing a fishing line to the fishing lure, but can also affix fishing line to a swivel, clip, or artificial fly.-External links:* * *...
, a knot - Most Improved Player (disambiguation), a sports award
- Improved Order of HeptasophsImproved Order of HeptasophsThe Improved Order of Heptasophs is a fraternal organization established in 1878 when its founding members split from the Order of Heptasophs in a dispute over offering mutual aid to its membership...
, a fraternal organization established in 1878 - Improved Multi-Band Excitation, a vocoder
Technology
- LNWR Improved Precedent ClassLNWR Improved Precedent ClassThe London and North Western Railway Improved Precedent Class or "Jumbo" Class is a class of 2-4-0 steam locomotive originally designed for express passenger work....
, a steam locomotive - Improved-definition televisionImproved-definition televisionImproved-definition television or enhanced-quality television transmitters and receivers exceed the performance requirements of the NTSC standard, while remaining within the general parameters of NTSC emissions standards....
(IDTV) - Improved TouringImproved TouringImproved Touring is a category of classifications for cars in amateur road racing defined by the Sports Car Club of America. The class is used by other sanctioning bodies with compatible rules, such as the International Conference of Sports Car Clubs....
, a category of classifications for cars in amateur road racing - Improved OrionImproved OrionImproved Orion is the designation of an American sounding rocket. It has a maximum flight altitude of 85 km, a liftoff thrust of 7.00 kN, a total mass of 400 kg, a core diameter of 0.35 m and a total length of 5.60 m....
, a sounding rocket
Improvement
- Improvement EraImprovement EraThe Improvement Era was an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1897 and 1970....
, magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1897–1970 - Home improvementHome improvementHome improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating or making additions to one's home.-Types of home improvement:...
, the process of renovating or making additions to a home - Home Improvement, a 1990s television show
- Airport Improvement FeeAirport Improvement FeeAn Airport Improvement Fee or Embarkation Fee or Airport Tax or Service charge or Service fee is an additional fee charged to departing and connecting passengers at an airport. It is levied by government or an airport management corporation and the proceeds are usually intended for funding of major...
- Natural vision improvementBates MethodThe Bates method is an alternative therapy aimed at improving eyesight. Eye-care physician William Horatio Bates attributed nearly all sight problems to habitual strain of the eyes, and felt that glasses were harmful and never necessary...
Government
- Improvement commissionersImprovement commissionersBoards of improvement commissioners were ad-hoc boards created during the 18th and 19th centuries in the United Kingdom. They were an early form of local government.The first Improvement Commission was the Manchester Police Commission, established in 1765...
, a form of government in 18th-century Britain - Improvement and Development AgencyImprovement and Development AgencyLocal Government Improvement and Development is one of the six bodies that form the Local Government Group overseen by the Local Government Association in England and Wales...
, a British governmental agency established in 1998 - Improvement district (disambiguation)
- Land improvementLand improvementLand improvement or land amelioration refers to investments making land more usable by humans. In terms of accounting, land improvements refer to any variety of projects that increase the value of the property...
- Capital Improvement PlanCapital Improvement PlanA Capital Improvement Plan , or CIP, is a short-range plan, usually four to ten years, which identifies capital projects and equipment purchases, provides a planning schedule and identifies options for financing the plan...
- Environmental Quality Improvement ActEnvironmental Quality Improvement ActThe Environmental Quality Improvement Act is a United States environmental law that amended the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.Among other provisions, the Act added additional responsibilities to the Council on Environmental Quality. The head of this council is appointed by the President...
Healthcare
- Quality improvement organizationsQuality improvement organizationsQuality Improvement Organizations monitor the appropriateness, effectiveness, and quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. They are private contractor extensions of the federal government that work under the auspices of the U.S...
- The Health Improvement NetworkThe Health Improvement NetworkThe Health Improvement Network is a large database of anonymised medical records collected at GP surgeries around the UK. The THIN database is similar in structure and content to the larger General Practice Research Database , which is managed by the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare...
, a United Kingdom medical database
Organizational
- Achievement Improvement MonitorAchievement Improvement MonitorThe Achievement Improvement Monitor program is used to monitor the development of literacy and numeracy skills of school students in Victoria, Australia....
, an Australian educational testing system - Improvement trustImprovement trustImprovement trust is a type of trust that improves something, and may refer to:* Bombay City Improvement Trust* Singapore Improvement Trust...
- Ontario Swine Improvement
- Organic Crop Improvement AssociationOrganic Crop Improvement AssociationThe Organic Crop Improvement Association is a member-owned, nonprofit organization, which provides research, education and certification services to organic growers, processors and handlers around the world. OCIA certifies farm, livestock, processor/handlers, broker-traders, Community Grower...
- South Improvement CompanySouth Improvement CompanyThe South Improvement Company was a Pennsylvania corporation in 1871-1872. It was created by major railroad interests, but was widely seen as part of John D. Rockefeller's early efforts to organize and control the oil and natural gas industries in the United States which eventually became Standard...
, a railroad-oil-related Pennsylvania corporation in the early 1870s - Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities LeagueUniversal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities LeagueThe Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League is a black nationalist fraternal organization founded by Marcus Garvey. The organization enjoyed its greatest strength in the 1990s, prior to Garvey's deportation from the United States of America, after which its...
Business management
- Business Process ImprovementBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness Process Improvement is a systematic approach to help an organization optimize its underlying processes to achieve more efficient results. The methodology was first documented in H. James Harrington’s 1991 book Business Process Improvement. It is the methodology that both Process...
- Continual improvement
- Performance improvementPerformance improvementPerformance improvement is the concept of measuring the output of a particular process or procedure, then modifying the process or procedure to increase the output, increase efficiency, or increase the effectiveness of the process or procedure...
/Performance improvement plan - Focused improvementFocused improvementFocused improvement in Theory of Constraints is the ensemble of activities aimed at elevating the performance of any system, especially a business system, with respect to its goal by eliminating its constraints one by one and by not working on non-constraints.The method to achieve focused...
- Quality improvementQuality managementThe term Quality management has a specific meaning within many business sectors. This specific definition, which does not aim to assure 'good quality' by the more general definition , can be considered to have four main components: quality planning, quality control, quality assurance and quality...
Technology
- Network ImprovementNetwork ImprovementNetwork Improvement is a large subject that encompasses all actions that can be taken to improve computer or digital networks.-Network Traffic Control:...
, in telecommunications - Preemphasis improvementPreemphasis improvementIn FM broadcasting, preemphasis improvement is the improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio of the high-frequency portion of the baseband, i.e., modulating, signal, which improvement results from passing the modulating signal through a preemphasis network....
, in radio- FM improvement threshold
- FM improvement factor
- Improvement Support SystemsImprovement Support SystemsImprovement Support Systems are computerized or electronic specialized systems that help to improve processes, resources, products, businesses, and so on.Examples of ISS are systems that help to improve:*Industrial production...