Glossary
Terms starting with S
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- Stock
- A flavoured liquid base for making a sauce, stew or braised dish. Made by simmering beef, chicken or fish with vegetables, aromatic ingredients and water. Vegetable stock is made exclusively with vegetables. Fresh stocks, stock cubes and powders can be…
- STOCK INSURANCE COMPANY
- An insurance company owned by its stockholders who share in profits through earnings distributions and increases in stock value.
- Stock Market
- A stock market, or stock exchange, is a venue wherein shares of corporation stock are traded. The New York Stock Exchange is one of the oldest stock markets in existence. Stock trades occur in a public manner, according to fixed and known regulations…
- stop
- On the organ, hand-operated levers that activate different means of sound production, thereby varying the tone color.
- STORAGE TYPE WATER HEATER
- A water heater that heats and stores water at a thermostatically controlled temperature for delivery on demand. [See California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 1602(f)(6)]
- STP
- Shielded Twisted Pair. Cabling consisting of pairs of insulated wires wrapped in metal to minimize interference.
- straight legs
- Pant legs are cut an equal width from waist to ankle.
- Straight or Straight Bet
- A bet of 3 or 4 numbers that must be drawn in the exact order. The player attempts to match both the numbers drawn and the order in which they are selected. For example, if the numbers 1, 2, 3 are selected in a three-digit game, a ticket bearing 1, 2, 3 will…
- STRANDED BENEFITS
- Public interest programs and goals which could be compromised or abandoned by a restructured electric industry. These potential "stranded benefits" might include: environmental protection, fuel diversity, energy efficiency, low-income ratepayer assistance…
- STRANDED COSTS STRANDED ASSETS
- See embedded Costs Exceeding Market Prices.
- STRANDED COSTS/STRANDED ASSETS
- See embedded Costs Exceeding Market Prices.
- Strange Quark (s)
- The third flavor of quark (in order of increasing mass), with electric charge -1/3.
- STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
- The strategic petroleum reserve consists of government owned and controlled crude oil stockpiles stored at various locations in the Gulf Coast region of the country. These reserves can be drawn down in response to sever oil supply disruptions. The target is…
- Streaming
- Playing multimedia files (audio and video) without requiring a full download. Audio and video are compressed but they still may require a lot of bandwidth. Most popular streaming media formats are Real Audio/Video.
- STREETFIGHTING
- Marketing your store in your actual neighborhood (distributing flyers on car windshields, donating food to businesses, working with community based organizations, etc.
- string quartet
- (1) Ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello; (2) a work composed for this ensemble.
- strings
- Family of bowed or plucked instruments in which thin strings are stretched over a wooden frame.
- Strong Interaction
- The interaction responsible for binding quarks, antiquarks, and gluons to make hadrons. Residual strong interactions provide the nuclear binding force.
- strophic form
- Vocal form in which each stanza of a poem is set to the same music. structure A term often used in music to mean shape or form.
- STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT
- Legal agreement to pay a designated person, usually someone who has been injured, a specified sum of money in periodic payments, usually for his or her lifetime, instead of in a single lump sum payment. (See Annuity)
- Strudel
- An Austrian dessert made from very thin layers of strudel pastry - similar to filo pastry - wrapped around a filling of fresh fruit, most famously apple, dried fruit and spices. Strudels are usually sweet but savoury versions can be made too.
- Student Loan
- A student loan is made to college students for payment or assistance with college tuition and expenses. The loans are guaranteed under the federal law. The Student Loan Marketing Association, also known as Sallie Mai, was set up in 1972 to administer the…
- style
- The result of the interaction among rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, color, and shape that gives the music of a particular period or composer its distinctiveness.
- Subatomic Particle
- Any particle that is small compared to the size of the atom.
- Subdomain
- Subdomain is a way to divide your site into sections with short and easy to remember names. For example, a section of this site for new users could be at newbies.webhostingratings.com. Other use of subdomains might be to let somebody else use your account…
- subdominant
- (1) The fourth degree of the diatonic scale- (2) the triad built on this degree; (3) the key oriented around this degree.
- subject
- The main theme of a fugue.
- sublimate
- the transition of a solid substance evaporating into a gas without passing through a liquid phase
- sublimated
- the transition of a solid substance evaporating into a gas without passing through a liquid phase
- sublimation
- the change of ice to vapor or vapor to ice without a liquid phase.
- sublimation
- the process by which a solid substance evaporates into a gas without passing through a liquid phase
- SUBROGATION
- The legal process by which an insurance company, after paying a loss, seeks to recover the amount of the loss from another party who is legally liable for it.
- SUBSCRIBER CUSTOMER
- Terms used interchangeably to mean any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative organization, or governmental agency supplied with communication service by a telecommunications company.
- SUBSCRIBER, CUSTOMER
- Terms used interchangeably to mean any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative organization, or governmental agency supplied with communication service by a telecommunications company.
- SUBSTATION
- A facility that steps up or steps down the voltage in utility power lines. Voltage is stepped up where power is sent through long-distance transmission lines. it is stepped down where the power is to enter local distribution lines.
- Subwoofer
- A speaker that is dedicated to reproducing the lowest octaves on a soundtrack. Powered subwoofers include their own amplification, while passive models must be driven by external amplification. Most powered subwoofers include crossover circuitry that blends…
- suite
- (I) A work consisting of a collection of dances, popular in the Baroque; (2) an abbreviated version of a longer work, for example, the suite from the film Star Wars.
- summer
- a season that begins around June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere
- Summer Jobs
- Teens often take summer jobs in order to earn some extra spending money but they're also valuable to the teen's future in that they offer work experience. This is especially so if the job is somehow related to the career the teen is planning. Teens are…
- Sun Screen
- Any substance applied to the skin which screens or protects it from the sun.
- SUNK COST
- In economics, a sunk cost is a cost that has already been incurred, and therefore cannot be avoided by any strategy going forward.
- sunspot
- a dark, temporary, relatively cool spot on the surface of the sun
- sunspot cycle
- a cycle averaging 11 years in which the number of sunspots increases and decreases
- Super affiliate
- an affiliate capable of generating a significant percentage of an affiliate program's activity.
- Super Invar Shadow Mask
- Achieves a breakthrough level of picture quality on a flat screen. By applying the optimal amount of vertical tension to the shadow mask inside the panel, this feature overcomes the colour shift problem common with conventional flat CRTs. It also raises the…
- Super-VHS ET Recording
- Super-VHS ET (expanded technology) recording allows recording of S-VHS signals on ordinary VHS tape. This expands the benefits of S-VHS to a larger audience. VHS-C tapes are widely available at a lower cost.
- supercluster
- an enormous congregation of galaxy clusters that stretches across hundreds of millions of light-years
- SUPERCONDUCTOR
- A synthetic material that has very low or no electrical resistance. Such experimental materials are being investigated in laboratories to see if they can be created at near room temperatures. If such a superconductor can be found, electrical transmission…
- Superfecta
- A wager in which the first four runners in a race must finish first, second, third or fourth.
- superfluid
- an unusual state of matter characterized by apparently frictionless flow, found only in liquid helium cooled to near absolute zero
- SUPERFUND
- A federal law enacted in 1980 to initiate cleanup of the nation’s abandoned hazardous waste dump sites and to respond to accidents that release hazardous substances into the environment. The law is officially called the Comprehensive Environmental Response…
- superior conjunction
- the configuration of an inferior planet when it lies on the far side of the sun
- superior planet
- a planet farther from the sun than Earth; includes Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto
- superluminal motion
- motion that appears to be faster than the speed of light
- supermassive black hole
- a black hole at the core of a galaxy that contains millions or billions of solar masses
- supernova
- the cataclysmic explosion of a star
- supernova remnant
- an expanding cloud of gas that represents the outer layers of an exploded star
- SUPERTANDKER
- A very large ship designed to transport more than 500,000 deadweight tonnage of oil.
- SUPPLY BID
- A bid into the PX indicating a price at which a seller is prepared to sell energy or ancillary services.
- SUPPLY-SIDE
- Activities conducted on the utility's side of the customer meter. Activities designed to supply electric power to customers, rather than meeting load though energy efficiency measures or on-site generation on the customer side of the meter.