| MISS | Medical Interview Satisfaction Scale; Modified Injury Severity Scale |
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| NRS | neurobehavioral rating scale; normal rabbit serum; normal reference serum; numerical rating scale |
| PAS | para aminosalicylate; Parent Attitude Scale; patient administration system; patient appointments and... |
| SAC | saccharin; sacrum; screening and acute care; Self-Assessment of Communication [scale]; short-arm cas... |
| SAD | Scale of Anxiety and Depression; seasonal affective disorder; Self-Assessment Depression [scale]; se... |
| coma scale | A clinical scale to assess impaired consciousness; assessment may include motor responsiveness, verbal performance, and eye opening, as in the Glasgow (Scotland) c.s., or the same three items and dysfunction of cranial nerves, as in the Maryland (U.S.) c.s. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hardness scale | A qualitative scale in which minerals are classified in order of their increasing hardness, based on the fact that the harder of two materials will scratch the softer and will not be scratched by it. The scale lists 15 substances: 1, talc; 2, gypsum; 3, calcite; 4, fluorite; 5, apatite; 6, orthoclase, periclase; 7, vitreous pure silica; 8, quartz, stellite; 9, topaz; 10, garnet; 11, tantalum carbide, fused zirconia; 12, fused alumina; 13, silicon carbide; 14, boron carbide; 15, diamond. Synonym: Mohs scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homigrade scale | A special thermometer scale in which 100 |
| Shipley-Hartford scale | A test of intellectual and conceptual aptitude. Origin: Hartford Retreat, CT, where Shipley was employed (05 Mar 2000) |
| small scale energy loan program | (SELP) A low-cost loan and technical assistance program administered by the Oregon Department of Energy. (05 Dec 1998) |
| Sorensen scale | The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, used as a scale for expressing acidity and alkalinity. See: pH. Synonym: pH scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stanford-Binet intelligence scale | A standardised test for the measurement of intelligence consisting of a series of questions, graded according to the intelligence of normal children at different ages, the answers to which indicate the mental age of the person tested; primarily used with children, but also contains norms for adults standardised against adult age levels rather than those of children, as formerly was the case. Synonym: Binet test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| digital gray scale | 1. Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. "Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part." (Sir H. Wotton) 2. Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. "In human actions there are no degrees and precise natural limits described, but a latitude is indulged." (Jer. Taylor) 3. Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc. "No discreet man will believe Augustine's miracles, in the latitude of monkish relations." (Fuller) 4. Extent; size; amplitude; scope. "I pretend not to treat of them in their full latitude." (Locke) 5. <geography> Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. 6. <astronomy> The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. Ascending latitude, Circle of latitude, Geographical latitude, etc. See Ascending. Circle, etc. High latitude, that part of the earth's surface near either pole, especially. That part within either the arctic or the antarctic circle. Low latitude, that part of the earth's surface which is near the equator. Origin: F. Latitude, L. Latitudo, fr. Latus broad, wide, for older stlatus; perh. Akin to E. Strew. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| interval scale | Like a temperature scale in centigrade or Fahrenheit units, a scale on which the intervals are equal but which has an arbitrary zero point; e.g., intelligence quotient values are values along an interval scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ordinal scale | A scale that is based on classification of persons or things into ordered qualitative categories, such as socioeconomic status. (05 Mar 2000) |
| test anxiety scale | A self-reporting test consisting of items concerning fear and worry about taking tests and physiological activity, such as heart rate, sweating, etc., before, during, and after tests. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Fahrenheit scale | A thermometer scale in which the freezing point of water is 32캟 and the boiling point of water 212캟; 0캟 indicates the lowest temperature Fahrenheit could obtain by a mixture of ice and salt in 1724; 캜 = (5/9)(캟 -32). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Karnofsky scale | A performance scale for rating a person's usual activities; used to evaluate a patient's progress after a therapeutic procedure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Udden-Wentworth scale | <plant biology> A geometric scale of grain sizes which classifies particles of siliciclastic sediment from 4096 millimetres (boulders) in size down to 0.00006 millimetres (clay). This scale is almost universally accepted by modern sedimentologists (a type of geologist). It was first proposed in 1898 by Udden and then modified and extended in 1922 by Wentworth. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Kelvin scale | Temperature scale in which the triple point of water is assigned the value of 273.16 K; 캜 = K -273.15. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scaler |
An electronic instrument for counting radiation induced pulses from radiation detectors such as a Geiger-M?ler tube.
출처: www.lbl.gov/abc/wallchart/glossary/glossary.html
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An aggregate measure that assigns a value to a case based on a pattern obtained from a group of related measures.
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The part of the map display that shows the scale of the map figure as either an expression of values (the representative fraction as a number) or as a graphic, usually a line on the map labeled with an equivalent and whole-number length on the ground, such as 1 kilometer or 1 mile.
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The size or apparent size of an object seen in relation to other objects, people, or its environment or format. Also used to refer to the quality or monumentality found in some objects regardless of their size. In architectural drawings, the ratio of the measurements in the drawing to the measurements in the building.
출처: www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glossary.html
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A hard coating or layer of materials on surfaces of boiler pressure parts.
출처: www.cleaver-brooks.com/GlossRW.html
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| scale | mosslike liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves |
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| scale | an ordered reference standard |
| scale | increase proportionally |
| scale | a value on some scale of measurement |
| scale | partly refined paraffin wax |
| scale | used of armor |
| scale | (zoology) having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles |
| scale | destitute of scales |
| scale | reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale |
| scale | of or relating to any of the scalene muscles |
| scale | (mathematics) of a triangle having three sides of different lengths |
| scale | any of four pairs of muscles extending from the cervical vertebrae to the second rib |