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  • queen's university — A Canadian University. Source of GVL, NIAL, Pasqual, Q'NIAL and TXL.
  • radius of gyration — the distance from an axis at which the mass of a body may be assumed to be concentrated and at which the moment of inertia will be equal to the moment of inertia of the actual mass about the axis, equal to the square root of the quotient of the moment of inertia and the mass.
  • range of stability — the angle to the perpendicular through which a vessel may be heeled without losing the ability to right itself.
  • rear its ugly head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • reduction strategy — (theory)   An algorithm for deciding which redex(es) to reduce next. Different strategies have different termination properties in the presence of recursive functions or values. See string reduction, normal order reduction, applicative order reduction, parallel reduction
  • reflection density — a measure of the extent to which a surface reflects light or other electromagnetic radiation, equal to the logarithm to base ten of the reciprocal of the reflectance
  • registered charity — official aid organization
  • registered company — a company which has officially registered its business
  • reinsurance treaty — A reinsurance treaty is a contract that defines the terms of reinsurance business.
  • respiratory arrest — cessation of breathing
  • respiratory system — the system by which oxygen is taken into the body and an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place; in mammals the system includes the nasal passages, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs.
  • restoration comedy — English comedy of the period of the Restoration, stressing manners and social satire.
  • restriction enzyme — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA molecules at specific sites: used for gene splicing in recombinant DNA technology and for chromosome mapping.
  • revolutionary wars — American Revolution.
  • rotary clothesline — an apparatus of radiating spokes that support lines on which clothes are hung to dry
  • safety regulations — regulations or rules that are put in place to ensure a product, event, etc, is safe and not dangerous
  • saint george's day — April 23, celebrated in parts of the British Commonwealth in honor of the patron saint of Britain and especially in New Zealand as a bank holiday.
  • schwarz inequality — Also called Cauchy's inequality. the theorem that the inner product of two vectors is less than or equal to the product of the magnitudes of the vectors.
  • science dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms in the life, earth, and physical sciences, such as the online Science Dictionary on Dictionary.com. A science dictionary includes many technical terms with precise, specialized meanings—terms not normally found in general dictionaries—making it an invaluable resource for students and professionals in scientific fields.
  • scottish secretary — the Secretary of State for Scotland, head of the Scotland Office, a UK government department with responsibility for some Scottish affairs
  • secondary industry — manufacturing, services, etc.
  • secretarial agency — a recruiting business which deals with jobs for secretaries
  • securities analyst — an expert who advises on investment in securities such as stocks, shares and bonds
  • security agreement — business: contract
  • security clearance — access to top secret information
  • security of tenure — (in Britain) the right of a tenant to continue to occupy a dwelling or site unless the landlord obtains a court order for possession of the property or termination of the tenancy agreement
  • self-contradictory — an act or instance of contradicting oneself or itself.
  • self-deprecatingly — in a self-deprecating manner
  • separation anxiety — the normal fear and apprehension expressed by infants when removed from their mothers or approached by strangers.
  • september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
  • set priority level — (SPL) The way traditional Unix kernels implement mutual exclusion by running code at high interrupt priority levels and thus blocking lower level interrupts.
  • shop till you drop — If you shop till you drop, you do a large amount of shopping.
  • short story writer — author of short fiction
  • silvery spleenwort — a fern, Diplazium pycnocarpon, of eastern North America, having fronds from 20 to 30 inches (50.8 to 76.2 cm) long on yellowish-green stalks.
  • six-finger country — an isolated area considered as being inhabited by people who practise inbreeding
  • skinny-rib sweater — a tight-fitting ribbed woollen jumper or pullover
  • sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet-bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air.
  • slow-motion replay — a showing again in slow motion of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens
  • society of friends — a Christian denomination, founded in England c. 1650 by George Fox, that has no formal creed, liturgy, or priesthood and rejects violence in human relations, esp. warfare
  • solitary sandpiper — a North American sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, of inland wetlands, having a brownish-gray, white-spotted back and whitish underparts.
  • solubility product — the maximum number of undissociated ions, of an electrolyte in a saturated solution, capable at a given temperature of remaining in equilibrium with the undissolved phase of the solution.
  • special relativity — the state or fact of being relative.
  • spectrocolorimetry — the quantitative measure of colors by spectrophotometry.
  • spectroheliography — the process of obtaining an image of the sun in light of a particular wavelength, such as calcium or hydrogen, showing the distribution of the element over the surface and in the solar atmosphere, using a spectroheliograph
  • speech synthesizer — device that imitates human voice
  • sperry corporation — (company)   The company which merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation. Divisions included Sperry Univac, Sperry Flight Systems, and others. Some of these were sold off after the merger.
  • spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
  • static electricity — a stationary electric charge built up on an insulating material.
  • stationary bicycle — an exercise bike
  • statutory sick pay — the pay an employee is legally entitled to when sick
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