Lactic (medicine) and Outfielder Hold Percentage - Baseball (gambling)

Lactic (medicine)

lactic
<physiology> Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc.

<biochemistry, physiology> Lactic acid, a sirupy, colourless fluid, soluble in water, with an intensely sour taste and strong acid reaction. There are at least three isomeric modifications all having the formula C3H6O3. Sarcolactic or paralactic acid occurs chiefly in dead muscle tissue, while ordinary lactic acid results from fermentation. The two acids are alike in having the same constitution (expressed by the name ethylidene lactic acid), but the latter is optically inactive, while sarcolactic acid rotates the plane of polarization to the right. The third acid, ethylene lactic acid, accompanies sarcolactic acid in the juice of flesh, and is optically inactive. Lactic ferment, an organised ferment (Bacterium lacticum or lactis), which produces lactic fermentation, decomposing the sugar of milk into carbonic and lactic acids, the latter, of which renders the milk sour, and precipitates the casein, thus giving rise to the so-called spontaneous coagulation of milk. Lactic fermentation. See Fermentation.

Origin: L. Lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. Lactique. See Lacteal, and cf. Galactic.

Source: Websters Dictionary

Outfielder Hold Percentage - Baseball (gambling)

A statistic used to evaluate outfielders' throwing arms. "Hold Percentage" is computed by dividing extra bases taken (by baserunners) by the number of opportunities. For example, if a single is lined to center field with men on first and second, and one man scores while the Other stops at second, that is one extra base taken on two opportunities, a 50.0 hold percentage.

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