event-based

Adjective

event-based (comparative more event-based, superlative most event-based)

1. Synonym of event-driven.
   • event-based programming

   Synonyms:

   event-driven

2. Taken only when sexual activity creates a risk; on demand.
   • event-based PrEP
   • For MSM preferring event-based PrEP dosing, the nurse should counsel that this is an off-label use of the medication.2020, Courtney J Pitts, Sexually Transmitted Infections, An Issue of Nursing Clinics, page 435
3. (public health) Pertaining to exposure (to toxic substances, radiation, etc.) that results from a (usually accidental) event, as opposed to chronic or regularly-occurring exposure.
   • A chief advantage of the microdosimetric event-based approach is that one measures directly the energy deposition responsible for the carcinogenic effect and thus there is no need to know the kind of particle or the energy of the carcinogenic effect and thus there is no need to know the kind of...2001, Fluence-based and Microdosimetric Event-based Methods for Radiation Protection in Space, page 39
   • Event-based intake values are converted to final intake values by multiplying the intake per event by the frequency of exposure events, over the timeframe being considered in an exposure assessment.2002, K. Asante-Duah, Public Health Risk Assessment for Human Exposure to Chemicals, page 109
4. Pertaining to training that involves simulated situations as opposed to drill in specific skills.
   • It should not become what is known as "event-based training."2000, Dorothy L. Finley, Combined Arms Structured Simulation-based Training Programs, page 39
   • The event-based approach to training (EBAT) is used to guide the design of scenario- or simulation-based training.2004, Jennifer E.Fowlkes, C.Shawn Burke, “Event-Based. Approach. to. Training. (EBAT).”, in Neville Anthony Stanton, Alan Hedge, Karel Brookhuis, editor, Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics...