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cobweb model
(economics) An economic model that ascribes the periodic price fluctuations in certain types of market to cyclical supply and demand where the amount produced must be chosen before prices are observed, and producers' expectations about prices are assumed to be based on observations of previous prices.
Cobweb plot
A cobweb plot, known also as Lémeray Diagram or Verhulst diagram is a visual tool used in the dynamical systems field of mathematics to investigate the qualitative behaviour of one-dimensional iterated functions, such as the logistic map.
cobweb houseleek
Succulent plant with rosette formation.
cobweb lawn
Lawn covered with spider webs.
cobweb site
Website outdated, neglected, rarely updated.
cobweb micrometer
cobweb spider
Any spider of the world-spanning family Theridiidae, that build tangle space webs and have a comb of serrated bristles (setae) on the tarsus of the fourth leg.
Triangulate cobweb spider
The triangulate cobweb spider (scientific name: Steatoda triangulosa; also called the triangulate bud spider) is a common spider in the genus Steatoda.
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