Law of demandIn microeconomics, the law of demand is a fundamental principle which states that there is an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. In other words, "conditional on all else being equal, as the price of a good increases (↑), quantity demanded will decrease (↓); conversely, as the price of a good decreases (↓), quantity demanded will increase (↑)". Alfred Marshall worded this as: "When we say that a person's demand for anything increases, we mean that he will buy more of it than he would before at the same price, and that he will buy as much of it as before at a higher price".
DemandIn economics, demand is the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a given time. The relationship between price and quantity demand is also called the demand curve. Demand for a specific item is a function of an item's perceived necessity, price, perceived quality, convenience, available alternatives, purchasers' disposable income and tastes, and many other options. Innumerable factors and circumstances affect a consumer's willingness or to buy a good.
Cross elasticity of demandIn economics, the cross (or cross-price) elasticity of demand measures the effect of changes in the price of one good on the quantity demanded of another good. This reflects the fact that the quantity demanded of good is dependent on not only its own price (price elasticity of demand) but also the price of other "related" good. The cross elasticity of demand is calculated as the ratio between the percentage change of the quantity demanded for a good and the percentage change in the price of another good, ceteris paribus:The sign of the cross elasticity indicates the relationship between two goods.
Price elasticity of demandA good's price elasticity of demand (, PED) is a measure of how sensitive the quantity demanded is to its price. When the price rises, quantity demanded falls for almost any good, but it falls more for some than for others. The price elasticity gives the percentage change in quantity demanded when there is a one percent increase in price, holding everything else constant. If the elasticity is −2, that means a one percent price rise leads to a two percent decline in quantity demanded.
Demand curveIn a demand schedule, a demand curve is a graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity (the y-axis) and the quantity of that commodity that is demanded at that price (the x-axis). Demand curves can be used either for the price-quantity relationship for an individual consumer (an individual demand curve), or for all consumers in a particular market (a market demand curve). It is generally assumed that demand curves slope down, as shown in the adjacent image.
Offre et demandeL'offre et la demande est un modèle économique de détermination des prix dans un marché. Notamment utilisé en microéconomie, ce modèle énonce que, certaines hypothèses étant respectées, le fonctionnement d'un marché permet au prix unitaire du bien vendu sur ce marché de varier jusqu'à ce que où la quantité demandée soit égale à la quantité fournie. Il résulte ainsi un équilibre économique entre le prix offert et la quantité demandée.
Demande agrégéePour la macroéconomie, la demande agrégée (notée ) représente la demande totale de biens et services dans une économie (notée ) pour un temps et un niveau de prix donnés. C'est la quantité de biens et services dans l'économie qui sera achetée à tous les niveaux de prix. Il s'agit donc de la demande pour le produit intérieur brut (PIB) d'un pays lorsque les niveaux d'inventaires sont statiques. Elle est souvent appelée demande effective, quoique ce terme soit parfois considéré comme différent.
Architecture contemporainethumb|200px|upright 0.8|L'architecture du Musée Guggenheim à Bilbao, Frank Gehry, 1997. L'architecture contemporaine est par définition l'architecture produite maintenant, et cette qualification est donnée aux courants architecturaux de ces dernières décennies appartenant à l'histoire immédiate. Mais d'une façon encore plus générale, le est l'époque contemporaine définissant pour son architecture alors son caractère « contemporain », et dans ce cas voir l'Histoire de l'architecture.
Verrethumb|Une bouteille de verre coloré. thumb|Bouteille en verre utilisée pour le vin. On appelle verre : un matériau dur, fragile (cassant) et transparent, à base de dioxyde de silicium et de fondants. Cette définition est celle du sens commun et c'était aussi celle des scientifiques jusqu'au . Avant le en effet les verres silicatés (verres sodocalciques) étaient pratiquement les seuls matériaux transparents que l'on savait produire industriellement, et encore aujourd'hui ce sont les verres produits en plus grande quantité (vitrages, vaisselle et verrerie de laboratoire, notamment).
Cold workingIn metallurgy, cold forming or cold working is any metalworking process in which metal is shaped below its recrystallization temperature, usually at the ambient temperature. Such processes are contrasted with hot working techniques like hot rolling, forging, welding, etc. The same or similar terms are used in glassmaking for the equivalents; for example cut glass is made by "cold work", cutting or grinding a formed object. Cold forming techniques are usually classified into four major groups: squeezing, bending, drawing, and shearing.
