| sociometric distance | Some measurable degree of mutual or social perception, acceptance, and understanding; hypothetically, greater sociometric distance is associated with more inaccuracy in evaluating a relationship (e.g., it is easier to understand and deal with a native than a foreigner). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sociometric techniques | Methods for quantitatively assessing and measuring interpersonal and group relationships. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sociometry | The study of interpersonal relationships in a group. Origin: socio-+ G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| sociopath | Former designation for a person with an antisocial personality type of disorder. See: antisocial personality, psychopath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sociopathy | An obsolete term for the behavioural pattern exhibited by persons with an antisocial personality type of disorder. See: personality disorder. Origin: socio-+ G. Pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
| sockdolager | 1. That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like. 2. A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. Origin: A corruption of doxology Alternative forms: sockdologer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| socket | 1. The hollow part of a joint; the excavation in one bone of a joint which receives the articular end of the other bone. 2. Any hollow or concavity into which another part fits, as the eye socket. Origin: thr. O. Fr. Fr. L. Soccus, a shoe, a sock (05 Mar 2000) |
| socket joint | A multiaxial synovial joint in which a more or less extensive sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone, as in the hip joint. Synonym: articulatio spheroidea, articulatio cotylica, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, socket joint, spheroid articulation, spheroid joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sod | <zoology> The rock dove. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sod slabs | Pieces of sod dug out from natural grassland. (09 Oct 1997) |
| soda | <chemistry> Sodium oxide or hydroxide. Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Caustic soda, sodium hydroxide. Cooking soda, sodium bicarbonate. Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium. <chemical> Soda alum, a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda. Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort (Salsola). See Sodium. Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc. Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making. Soda niter. See Nitratine. Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts. Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; called also alkali waste. Soda water, originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate, with some acid to cause effervescence; now, in common usage, a beverage consisting of water highly charged with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid). Fruit sirups, cream, etc, are usually added to give flavor. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. Washing soda, sodium carbonate. Origin: It, soda, in OIt, ashes used in making glass, fr. L. Solida, fem. Of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See Solid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| soda lime | A mixture of calcium and sodium hydroxides used to absorb carbon dioxide in situations in which rebreathing occurs; e.g., in basal determinations or in certain types of anaesthesia circuits. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soda loading | A procedure adopted by a number of athletes of ingesting sodium bicarbonate in an attempt to buffer the production of protons during exercise. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sodalite | <chemical> A mineral of a white to blue or gray colour, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine. Origin: Soda: cf. F. Sodalithe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sodality | Origin: L. Sodalitas, fr. Sodalis a comrade. 1. A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood. 2. Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |