Partial termination. A plan can suffer a partial termination if an employer closes a particular plant or division that results in the termination of employment of a substantial portion (usually 20% or more) of plan participants, or if a defined benefit plan stops or reduces future benefit accruals.
Metaphors and Analogies Metaphors and analogies are comparisons between unlike things that have some particular things in common. You can use metaphors and analogies to make new and unfamiliar concepts more meaningful to students by connecting what they already know to what they are learning.
Definition of analog. 1  1 : of, relating to, or being an analogue. 2  2a : of, relating to, or being a mechanism in which data is represented by continuously variable physical quantitiesb : of or relating to an analog computerc : being a timepiece having hour and minute hands an analog watch.