ExpertGlossary terms starting with S

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Subdrainage A land area (basin) bounded by ridges or similar topographic features, encompassing only part of a watershed.
Subdrilling Overdrilling or drilling below final grade. Sometimes necessary to assure that final grade is obtained when blasting.
Subdural hematoma A collection of blood on the surface of the brain.
subependymal (SUB-eh-PEN-dih-mul) Describes the layer of cells just under the ependyma (the thin membrane that lines the fluid-filled spaces in the brain and spinal…
suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SOO-ber-oyl-AN-ih-lide hy-drok-SA-mik A-sid) A drug that is used to treat cutaneous T-cell lymphoma that does not get better, gets worse, or comes back…
subform A form-building shortcut that lets designers store regularly used fields, sections, actions, and other form elements together.
Subframe A secondary frame set within a masonry opening.
subgenomic promoter A promoter added to a virus for a specific heterologous gene, resulting in the formation of mRNA for that gene alone.
subglottis (SUB-glot-is) The lowest part of the larynx; the area from just below the vocal cords down to the top of the trachea.
Subgrade Soil prepared and compacted to support a structure or pavement system.
Subgrade surface The surface of the earth or rock prepared to support a structure or a pavement system.
subheading A secondary heading used as the division of a subject to delineate a particular group under the major heading See also secondary subject.
Subirrigation Applying irrigation water below the ground surface either by raising the water table within or near the root zone, or by use of a buried perforated or…
Subject The Subject of an email message should be a short summary of its contents. Email clients usually display it in a mailbox display together with the sender.
subject authority An authority recognized in a Security Domain as a trusted source of security information concerning security subjects (human beings and Applications)…
subject classification system A plan for the classification and coding of documents by subject See also classification system, file classification system, and taxonomy.
subject entry A heading under a person, place, or thing that represents the content of the item being indexed
subject filing A file system in which each document relates to a specific subject matter and is arranged in alphabetic order by subject
Subject Security Level A subject's security level is equal to the security level of the objects to which it has both read and write access.
Subject-Matter Expert (SME) A subject-matter expert (SME) is a person knowledgeable about a given topic or subject area.
Subjective Coding The coding of a document using legal interpretation as the data that fills a field, versus objective data that is readily apparent from the face of the…
subjective improvement An improvement that is reported by the patient, but cannot be measured by the healthcare provider (for example, "I feel better").
sublayer In a layered open communications system, a specified subset of the services, functions, and protocols included in a given layer. 2.
Sublimation The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor phase, or vice versa, without passing through an intermediate liquid phase.
Sublimation of ice The transition of water from solid to gas without passing through the liquid phase.
Submarine- Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) A ballistic missile launched from a submarine, with a range of 3,000 to 6,000 miles.
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) Aquatic vegetation, such as sea grasses, that cannot withstand excessive drying and therefore live with their leaves at or below the water surface.
Submission any single delivery of evidence in a specific investigation.
Submission queue A persistent queue that is used by the categorizer in Exchange Server 2007 to gather all messages that have to be resolved, routed, and processed by…
Submission Service Any agent which submits your site to many search engines and directories. Useful to get listed with many of the minor search engines, but don't rely on…
Submit-for-Rate An application for flood insurance on a building for which no risk rate is published in the Flood Insurance Manual.
Submitted The term used to collectively describe those FDM disclosure report Review Statuses that are not Draft.
Submitted Date The original date the filer electronically submitted a financial disclosure report.
Submitting submitting a web page address to a search engine in the hopes that it will index it.
Submitting Agency any agency that submits evidence for examination to any ADFS office. Also referred to as the “Contributing Agency, Contributor, or Customer”.
submucosa (sub-myoo-KOH-suh) The layer of tissue under the mucosa (inner lining of some organs and body cavities that makes mucus).
subnet A segment of the IP address range of a VPC that EC2 instances can be attached to.
Subnet Address In computer networks, a subnetwork or subnet is a range of logical addresses within the address space that is assigned to an organization.
subnet mask A number that is used to identify a subnetwork so that IP addresses can be shared on a local area network.
subnetwork 1. A collection of equipment and physical transmission media that forms an autonomous whole and that can be used to interconnect systems for purposes of…
Subordinate To place in a rank of lesser importance or to make one claim secondary to another.
Subordinate Certification Authority (CA) In a hierarchical PKI, a Certification Authority whose certificate signature key is certified by another CA, and whose activities are constrained by that…
Subordinate Financing Any mortgage or other lien with lower priority than the first mortgage.
subordinate inner class An inner class that performs well-defined subordinate tasks on behalf of its enclosing class.
subordinate station Synonym slave station.
Subordinated debt Subordinated debt generally refers to debt securities that have a secondary or lesser claim to the issuer's assets than more senior debt, should the…
subpattern A component of a "regular expression" pattern.
Subpoena A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
subpoena duces tecum A subpoena ordering a person to produce certain documents, records, or other items described therein for evidence (also under penalty for failure to…
Subprime “Prime” and “Subprime” refers to the interest rate and terms of the loan based on the borrower’s credit history.
Subprime Mortgages A classification of mortgages with a higher perceived risk of default than prime and Alt-A loans.
Subrefraction The bending of the radar beam in the vertical which is less than under standard refractive conditions.
SUBROC Submarine Rocket.
Subrogation The process of recovering the amount of claims damages paid out to a policyholder from the legally liable party.
subroutine A named or otherwise accessible piece of program that can be invoked from elsewhere in the program in order to accomplish some sub-goal of the program.
subscribe In computer conferencing, to add one's address to a distribution list, or to join a forum. [2382-pt.35]
Subscribed Edge Transport server An Edge Transport server that has been subscribed to the Exchange Server 2007 organization.
Subscriber A party who receives a credential or token from a CSP and becomes a claimant in an authentication protocol.
subscriber access number A number that is configured in a Private Branch eXchange (PBX) that allows a subscriber to access their Microsoft Exchange mailbox over the telephone.
subscriber data key See subscriber key.
subscriber key A key encrypting key or data key transported in a multiple center CSM for eventual distribution to a pair of subscribers. [After X9.28]
subscriber line Synonym loop. 2. A communication channel between a telephone station, PBX or TWX station and the central office which serves it. Synonym exchange line.
Subscriber Line Charge (SLC) A monthly fee paid by telephone subscribers that is used to compensate the local telephone company for part of the cost of installation and maintenance of…
subscript A "value" that indicates the position of a particular "array" "element" in an array.
subscription A request for notification when changes are made to a document, the contents of a folder, a category, or a search results list.
subscription aggregator source An aggregator source (included in WS MDS) that collects data from a WSRF service via WSRF subscription/notification.
subscription application A Notes application (HEADLINE.NSF) stored in the Notes data directory that contains subscription information
Subscription button An HTML-coded button that enables an easy way to charge customers a recurring fee.
Subscription price The subscription price is the discounted price at which a current shareholder can buy additional shares of company stock before these newly available…
Subscription right If a corporation's charter has a preemptive rights clause, before the company offers a new issue of securities to the public, it must offer existing…
subsequent designation A request by the holder of an international trademark registration for an extension of protection of the registration to additional Contracting Parties.
subseries A division of records within a larger system that is readily separable in terms of physical form, type, subject, or filing arrangement
subserosa (sub-seh-ROH-suh) The layer of tissue under the serosa (outer lining of some organs and body cavities).
subset analysis In a clinical study, the evaluation of results for some but not all of the patients who participated.
Subsidence Sinking or settlement of the land surface, due to any of several processes. As commonly used, the term relates to the vertical downward movement of…
Subsidence Inversion A temperature inversion that develops aloft as a result of air gradually sinking over a wide area and being warmed by adiabatic compression, usually…
Subsidies The monetary grants paid by government agencies to private business or to government enterprises at another level of government.
Subsidized Coverage Health coverage that's obtained through financial assistance from programs to help people with low and middle incomes.
Subsidy See Subsidies
Subsistence The practices by which a group or individual acquires food, such as through hunting and gathering, fishing, and agriculture.
Subsite A named subdirectory of the top-level Web site that is a complete Web site. Each subsite can have independent administration, authoring, and browsing…
subspecies Population(s) of organisms sharing certain characteristics that are not present in other populations of the same species.
substance abuse (SUB-stunts uh-BYOOS) The use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs or alcohol for purposes other than those for which…
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Federal agency within HHS that administers programs in substance abuse and mental health.
Substantial assistance The United States Sentencing Commission's sentencing guidelines contain a policy statement allowing the court to depart from the guidelines and impose a…
Substantially Similar A voter’s name as listed on the photo ID the voter presents for voting is considered substantially similar to the form of the name as listed on the list…
Substantiated facts The facts that have been verified.
substantive consolidation Putting the assets and liabilities of two or more related debtors into a single pool to pay creditors.
Substantive Examination The examination of a patent application by a patent office to determine whether a patent should be granted on the claimed invention.
Substantive law The statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.
substantive reasons for refusal There are several substantive reasons for refusing registration of a mark. These include: likelihood of confusion; primarily merely descriptive or…
substantive records See program records.
Substation An electrical installation containing power conversion (and sometimes generation) equipment, such as transformers, compensators, and circuit breakers.
Substation capacity The substation capacities are given in kVA (kilovolt-amperes). To determine the load in kilowatts, which could be served from the transformers, the…
substitute character (SUB) A control character that is used in the place of a character that is recognized to be invalid or in error or that cannot be represented on a given device.
Substitute check A substitute check is a paper copy of the front and back of the original check.
Substitute Check or Share Draft A substitute check is a paper copy of the front and back of the original check.
Substitute Patent Application an application which is in essence a duplicate of a prior (earlier filed) application by the same applicant abandoned before the filing of the substitute…
Substitute Service When the actual person being sued is not personally served, she/he may properly be served by handing the summons and complaint to "a person of suitable…
Substitute Specification A rewritten specification of a patent application filed after the filing date of the application that corrects some error but that does not introduce new…