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41Small-angle neutron scattering — (SANS) is a laboratory technique, similar to the often complementary techniques of small angle X ray scattering (SAXS) and light scattering. These are particularly useful because of the dramatic increase in forward scattering that occurs at phase …
42model — mod‧el [ˈmɒdl ǁ ˈmɑːdl] noun 1. [countable] a particular type or design of a vehicle or machine: • the cheapest model in the Volkswagen range • Our photocopier is the latest model. see also brand1, make2 …
43scale — Ⅰ. scale [1] ► NOUN 1) each of the small overlapping plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles. 2) a thick dry flake of skin. 3) a white deposit formed in a kettle, boiler, etc. by the evaporation of water containing lime. 4) tartar formed… …
44Model output statistics — (MOS) is an omnipresent statistical technique that forms the backbone of modern weather forecasting. The technique pioneered in the 1960s and early 1970s is used to post process output from numerical weather forecast models. Generally speaking,… …
45Model dwellings company — Model Dwellings Companies (MDCs) were a group of private companies in Victorian Britain that sought to improve the housing conditions of the working classes by building new homes for them, at the same time receiving a competitive rate of return… …
46scale up something — scale up (something) to make something larger, esp. a design or model. A number of companies manufacturing a line of popular small cars have simply scaled up those models. Engineers did not completely understand what would happen if they scaled… …
47scale up — (something) to make something larger, esp. a design or model. A number of companies manufacturing a line of popular small cars have simply scaled up those models. Engineers did not completely understand what would happen if they scaled their… …
48Scale-free network — A scale free network is a network whose degree distribution follows a power law, at least asymptotically. That is, the fraction P ( k ) of nodes in the network having k connections to other nodes goes for large values of k as P ( k ) k − γ where… …
49Scale-invariant feature transform — Feature detection Output of a typical corner detection algorithm …
50Physical model — Model of a burning house at Bekonscot, Beaconsfield, UK …
