Standard illuminant — A standard illuminant is a profile or spectrum of visible light which is published in order to allow images or colors recorded under different lighting to be compared.CIE illuminantsThe International Commission on Illumination (usually… … Wikipedia
External ballistics — is the part of the science of ballistics that deals with the behaviour of a non powered projectile in flight. External ballistics is frequently associated with firearms, and deals with the behaviour of the bullet after it exits the barrel and… … Wikipedia
Method ringing — (also known as scientific ringing) is a form of change ringing (the practice of ringing a series of mathematical permutations on tuned bells, rather than a melody). In method ringing, the ringers are guided from permutation to permutation by… … Wikipedia
Standard American — (also Standard American Yellow Card, abbreviated SAYC) is a common bidding system for the game of bridge in the United States, also widely used in the rest of the world. This system, or a slight variant, is learned first by most beginners in the… … Wikipedia
Standard Cantonese — is the standard variant of the Cantonese (Yuet) language. It is spoken natively in and around the cities of Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau in Southern China. Standard Cantonese is the de facto official language of Hong Kong and Macau, and a… … Wikipedia
Standard deviation — In probability and statistics, the standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of a collection of values. It can apply to a probability distribution, a random variable, a population or a data set. The standard deviation is usually denoted… … Wikipedia
Method engineering — Not to be confused with Methods engineering, a subspecialty of Industrial engineering Example of a Method Engineering Process. This figure provides a process oriented view of the approach used to develop prototype IDEF9 method concepts, a… … Wikipedia
Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement — The Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement (SCAMPI) is the official SEI method to provide benchmark quality ratings relative to CMMI models. SCAMPI appraisals are used to identify strengths and weaknesses of current processes,… … Wikipedia
Method signature — In computer programming, especially object oriented programming, a method is commonly identified by its unique method signature, which usually includes the method name, and the number, types and order of its parameters.[1] A method signature is… … Wikipedia
Standard cell — For the battery used as a voltage reference, see Weston cell. In semiconductor design, standard cell methodology is a method of designing Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) with mostly digital logic features. Standard cell… … Wikipedia
Method of lines — The method of lines (MOL, NMOL, NUMOL) (Schiesser, 1991; Hamdi, et al., 2007; Schiesser, 2009 ) is a technique for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) in which all but one dimension is discretized. MOL allows standard, general purpose… … Wikipedia