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Entries beginning with S

1. s-automaton
   Defined in automaton | Owned by bci1
2. scalar
   Defined in vector | Owned by bloftin
3. scalar
   Defined in Scalars and Vectors in Mechanics | Owned by bloftin
4. scalar component and vector projection on an Axis
   Owned by bloftin
5. scalar multiplication of vectors
   Owned by bloftin
6. scalar product
   Synonym for dot product | Owned by bloftin
7. Scalars and Vectors in Mechanics
   Owned by bloftin
8. scalar triple product
   Owned by bloftin
9. scanning electron microscopy
   Defined in electron microscope | Owned by bci1
10. scanning force microscopy (SFM)
    Owned by bci1
11. scanning microscopy with a cantilever
    Defined in scanning force microscopy (SFM) | Owned by bci1
12. scanning probe microscopy
    Defined in DNA molecular models | Owned by bci1
13. scattering
    Defined in Scattering Geometry and Impact Parameter | Owned by bloftin
14. scattering angle
    Defined in Scattering Geometry and Impact Parameter | Owned by bloftin
15. scattering function
    Defined in Differential Cross Sections and Rutherford Scattering | Owned by bloftin
16. Scattering Geometry and Impact Parameter
    Owned by bloftin
17. Schr\"odinger equation wtih ramp potential
    Owned by bloftin
18. Schr\"odinger operator
    Defined in quantum Hamiltonian operator | Owned by bci1
19. Schroedinger d-system
    Defined in CCR representation theory | Owned by bci1
20. Schroedinger representation
    Defined in canonical commutation and anti-commutation relations: their representations | Owned by bci1
21. Schwartz space of rapidly decreasing $C_{\infty}$ functions
    Defined in canonical commutation and anti-commutation relations: their representations | Owned by bci1
22. Schwarz-Christoffel transform
    Synonym for Schwarz--Christoffel transformation | Owned by pahio
23. Schwarz--Christoffel transformation
    Owned by pahio
24. scintigraphy
    Defined in Atomic and nuclear structure | Owned by bci1
25. sea quark
    Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
26. sea quarks
    Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
27. second-order differential equations
    Defined in time-dependent harmonic oscillators | Owned by bci1
28. section
    Defined in isomorphism | Owned by bci1
29. section formula
    Defined in point division and position vectors | Owned by bloftin
30. section functor
    Owned by bci1
31. self-adjoint quantum operator
    Defined in algebraic quantum field theories (AQFT) | Owned by bci1
32. self-duality
    Defined in duality and triality | Owned by bci1
33. SEM
    Defined in electron microscope | Owned by bci1
34. sentence
    Defined in ETAC | Owned by bci1
35. separable Hilbert space
    Defined in groupoid representation theorem | Owned by bci1
36. separation of variables
    Defined in Riccati equation | Owned by pahio
37. sequence of different categories
    Defined in variable category | Owned by bci1
38. sequence of topological spaces
    Defined in $\Omega$-spectrum | Owned by bci1
39. sequential machine
    Defined in category of automata | Owned by bci1
40. sequential machine
    Defined in category of automata | Owned by bci1
41. sequential machine
    Defined in automaton | Owned by bci1
42. sequential machine
    Defined in automaton | Owned by bci1
43. sequential machine
    Synonym for automaton | Owned by bci1
44. Serre duality
    Defined in duality and triality | Owned by bci1
45. Set
    Owned by bloftin
46. set of automaton states
    Defined in automaton | Owned by bci1
47. set of based homotopy classes of based maps
    Defined in cohomology group theorem | Owned by bci1
48. SFM
    Defined in scanning force microscopy (SFM) | Owned by bci1
49. SGA
    Defined in index of algebraic geometry | Owned by bci1
50. SGA1
    Defined in index of algebraic geometry | Owned by bci1
51. SGA2
    Defined in index of algebraic geometry | Owned by bci1
52. SGA3
    Defined in index of algebraic geometry | Owned by bci1
53. SGA4
    Defined in index of algebraic geometry | Owned by bci1
54. SGA5
    Defined in index of algebraic geometry | Owned by bci1
55. SGA6
    Defined in index of algebraic geometry | Owned by bci1
56. SGA7
    Defined in index of algebraic geometry | Owned by bci1
57. sheaf theory
    Defined in Nicolae Popescu | Owned by bci1
58. short exact sequence of Lie groups
    Defined in spin and spin group mathematics | Owned by bci1
59. short range antiferromagnetic fluctuations and symmetry breaking
    Defined in magnons | Owned by bci1
60. sidereal day
    Defined in The length of the day | Owned by bloftin
61. sidereal time
    Owned by bloftin
62. sidereal time
    Defined in timescales based on Earth's rotation | Owned by bloftin
63. example of sidereal time and solar time
    Owned by bloftin
64. $sigma$-algebra
    Defined in Borel G-space | Owned by bci1
65. sigma-algebra of Borel sets
    Defined in Borel G-space | Owned by bci1
66. $\sigma$-finite Borel and Radon measures
    Owned by bci1
67. $\sigma$-finite Borel measure
    Defined in $\sigma$-finite Borel and Radon measures | Owned by bci1
68. signal-to-noise ratio
    Defined in Observational Foundations for Binary Stars | Owned by bloftin
69. similarity and analogous systems: dynamic adjointness and topological equivalence
    Owned by bci1
70. Similarity Transformation of the Inertia Tensor
    Owned by bloftin
71. Simple Derivation of the Lorentz Transformation
    Owned by bloftin
72. simple harmonic oscillator
    Owned by rspuzio
73. simple incidence structure
    Defined in hypergraph | Owned by bci1
74. simple incidence structure
    Synonym for hypergraph | Owned by bci1
75. simple proposition
    Defined in differential propositional calculus | Owned by Jon Awbrey
76. simplicial
    Defined in geometrically defined double groupoid with connection | Owned by bci1
77. simplicial complex
    Defined in geometrically defined double groupoid with connection | Owned by bci1
78. simplicial CW-complex
    Defined in spin networks viewed as CW-complexes | Owned by bci1
79. single-ion qubits
    Defined in qubit and qudit | Owned by bci1
80. single molecule detection
    Defined in Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) | Owned by bci1
81. single stage rocket burnout height
    Owned by bloftin
82. singular chains
    Defined in generalized Van Kampen theorems (HD-GVKT) -- higher dimensional | Owned by bci1
83. singular complex of a space
    Defined in generalized Van Kampen theorems (HD-GVKT) -- higher dimensional | Owned by bci1
84. singular proposition
    Defined in differential propositional calculus | Owned by Jon Awbrey
85. Sir Michael Atiyah
    Owned by bci1
86. SIT equations
    Defined in quantum solitons | Owned by bci1
87. SI unit prefixes
    Owned by bloftin
88. SI units and derivations
    Owned by Wkbj79
89. sketch of a program
    Synonym for Esquisse d'un Programme | Owned by bci1
90. skew-symmetric matrix
    Defined in matrix | Owned by bloftin
91. SL(3
    Defined in Baum-Connes conjecture | Owned by bci1
92. small category
    Owned by bci1
93. small category
    Defined in category | Owned by bci1
94. small category
    Defined in alternative definition of small category | Owned by bci1
95. small category
    Synonym for alternative definition of small category | Owned by bci1
96. SMB
    Defined in George Karreman | Owned by bci1
97. Snell's law
    Owned by bloftin
98. $SO(2,1)$ gauge-covariant derivative
    Defined in quantum geometry | Owned by bci1
99. soft X-rays
    Defined in X-ray microscope | Owned by bci1
100. solar day
     Defined in The length of the day | Owned by bloftin
101. solar gravitational parameter
     Defined in Why the Astronomical Unit Form of Kepler's Third Law Has No Explicit G | Owned by bloftin
102. solar time
     Defined in timescales based on Earth's rotation | Owned by bloftin
103. solenoidal
     Defined in vector potential | Owned by pahio
104. solenoidal vector field
     Synonym for vector potential | Owned by pahio
105. sole sufficient connective
     Synonym for sole sufficient operator | Owned by Jon Awbrey
106. sole sufficient operator
     Owned by Jon Awbrey
107. solid
     Defined in Table of categories and functor properties | Owned by bci1
108. solid He-4
     Defined in bibliography for theoretical physics | Owned by bci1
109. solid object
     Defined in center of mass | Owned by bci1
110. soliton
     Owned by invisiblerhino
111. solvation forces
     Defined in scanning force microscopy (SFM) | Owned by bci1
112. example of solving the heat equation
     Owned by bloftin
113. solving the wave equation due to D. Bernoulli
     Owned by bloftin
114. SO(n)
     Defined in spin and spin group mathematics | Owned by bci1
115. source map
     Defined in small category | Owned by bci1
116. source map
     Defined in alternative definition of small category | Owned by bci1
117. sources and sinks of vector field
     Owned by pahio
118. source universe
     Defined in differential propositional calculus | Owned by Jon Awbrey
119. South Celestial Pole
     Defined in Celestial Poles | Owned by bloftin
120. south circumpolar zone
     Defined in Celestial Poles | Owned by bloftin
121. Sp(1)
     Defined in spin and spin group mathematics | Owned by bci1
122. Space and Time in Classical Mechanics
     Owned by bloftin
123. space of groupoid objects
     Defined in groupoid | Owned by bci1
124. space telescopes
     Owned by bloftin
125. space-time
     Synonym for category of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds | Owned by bci1
126. spacetime interval is invariant for a Lorentz transformation
     Owned by bloftin
127. space-time quantization
     Defined in space-time quantization in quantum gravity theories | Owned by bci1
128. space-time quantization in quantum gravity theories
     Owned by bci1
129. spacetimes
     Synonym for category of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds | Owned by bci1
130. Special and General Principle of Relativity
     Owned by bloftin
131. special epimorphisms
     Defined in Table of categories and functor properties | Owned by bci1
132. special relativity
     Synonym for category of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds | Owned by bci1
133. specific angular momentum
     Defined in Conservation of Angular Momentum and Central Force Motion | Owned by bloftin
134. specific impulse
     Defined in Variable Mass Systems and the Rocket Equation | Owned by bloftin
135. Specific Mechanical Energy, the Eccentricity Vector, and the Conic-Orbit Equation
     Owned by bloftin
136. SPECT
     Defined in Atomic and nuclear structure | Owned by bci1
137. spectral color
     Defined in Color in Astrophysics | Owned by bloftin
138. spectral imaging
     Defined in spectroscopy areas | Owned by bci1
139. spectral luminosity
     Defined in luminosity | Owned by bloftin
140. spectral resolving power
     Defined in Observational Foundations for Binary Stars | Owned by bloftin
141. spectroscopic binary
     Defined in Binary Stars as Physical Laboratories | Owned by bloftin
142. spectroscopy areas
     Owned by bci1
143. Spectroscopy fields
     Synonym for spectroscopy areas | Owned by bci1
144. spectroscopy in astronomy
     Owned by bloftin
145. spectroscopy topics
     Owned by bci1
146. spectrum
     Defined in $\Omega$-spectrum | Owned by bci1
147. speed
     Defined in velocity | Owned by vip6
148. speed
     Defined in Velocity in Mechanics | Owned by bloftin
149. speed of light
     Defined in Axioms of Physics | Owned by bci1
150. spherical coordinate motion example of generalized coordinates
     Owned by bloftin
151. spherical coordinates
     Defined in Coordinate Systems for Mechanics | Owned by bloftin
152. spin
     Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
153. Spin(3)
     Defined in spin and spin group mathematics | Owned by bci1
154. Spin(4)
     Defined in spin and spin group mathematics | Owned by bci1
155. spin and spin group mathematics
     Owned by bci1
156. spin foam
     Defined in spin networks viewed as CW-complexes | Owned by bci1
157. spin foam
     Defined in CW-complex of spin networks (CWSN) | Owned by bci1
158. spin foam
     Synonym for CW-complex of spin networks (CWSN) | Owned by bci1
159. spin foams
     Synonym for spin networks viewed as CW-complexes | Owned by bci1
160. spin group
     Defined in spin and spin group mathematics | Owned by bci1
161. Spin(n)
     Defined in spin and spin group mathematics | Owned by bci1
162. spin networks
     Defined in spin networks viewed as CW-complexes | Owned by bci1
163. spin networks and spin foams
     Owned by bci1
164. spin networks viewed as CW-complexes
     Owned by bci1
165. spinor
     Defined in \'{E}lie Joseph Cartan | Owned by bci1
166. spinor fields
     Defined in superfields | Owned by bci1
167. spin temperature
     Defined in temperature | Owned by bloftin
168. spin-wave excitations
     Defined in superconductivity | Owned by bci1
169. spin-wave excitations
     Defined in magnons | Owned by bci1
170. SPM
     Defined in DNA molecular models | Owned by bci1
171. spontaneous symmetry breaking
     Defined in Quantum topological order and extended quantum symmetries | Owned by bci1
172. Spring Force and Hooke's Law
     Owned by bloftin
173. example of Spring Force and Hooke's Law
     Owned by bloftin
174. SPS
     Defined in large hadron collider | Owned by bci1
175. square
     Defined in geometrically defined double groupoid with connection | Owned by bci1
176. square diagram
     Defined in commutative square diagram | Owned by bci1
177. square matrix
     Defined in matrix | Owned by bloftin
178. SR
     Defined in category of pseudo-Riemannian manifolds | Owned by bci1
179. stability properties
     Defined in Table of categories and functor properties | Owned by bci1
180. stable attractor
     Defined in general dynamic systems | Owned by bci1
181. stable automaton
     Defined in automaton | Owned by bci1
182. stable bound quantum states
     Defined in Efimov states | Owned by bci1
183. stable space-time structure
     Synonym for general dynamic systems | Owned by bci1
184. stacks
     Defined in Grothendieck's ``Esquisse d'un Programme'' | Owned by bci1
185. standard Borel space
     Defined in Borel G-space | Owned by bci1
186. Standard Model of physics
     Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
187. standard topos
     Synonym for topos axioms | Owned by bci1
188. standard topos
     Defined in topos axioms | Owned by bci1
189. Standing Waves
     Synonym for Wave Mechanics: Standing Waves | Owned by bloftin
190. star names
     Synonym for Stellar Designations and Names | Owned by bloftin
191. state function
     Defined in operator algebra and complex representation theorems | Owned by bci1
192. state functions
     Defined in principles of thermodynamics | Owned by bci1
193. Statement of the Object of the Work
     Owned by bloftin
194. state of $C^*$-algebra
     Defined in algebraic quantum field theories (AQFT) | Owned by bci1
195. state of matter
     Defined in plasma | Owned by bci1
196. states of molecular sets
     Defined in category of molecular reactions | Owned by bci1
197. state space
     Defined in automaton | Owned by bci1
198. state space
     Defined in automaton | Owned by bci1
199. state vectors
     Synonym for Observables and States | Owned by rspuzio
200. static friction
     Defined in Friction | Owned by bloftin
201. static magnetic field
     Defined in nuclear magnetic resonance principles | Owned by bci1
202. statics
     Owned by bloftin
203. Statistical Entropy
     Owned by woodgrain
204. Statistical Entropy
     Defined in Statistical Entropy | Owned by woodgrain
205. statistical mechanics
     Synonym for principles of thermodynamics | Owned by bci1
206. Stefan-Boltzamann law
     Owned by bloftin
207. Stefan's law
     Synonym for Stefan-Boltzamann law | Owned by bloftin
208. Stellar Designations and Names
     Owned by bloftin
209. stellar luminosity
     Defined in luminosity | Owned by bloftin
210. stellar magnitude
     Owned by bloftin
211. stellar parallax
     Synonym for parallax | Owned by bloftin
212. Stephen Hawking
     Synonym for Stephen William Hawking | Owned by bci1
213. Stephen William Hawking
     Owned by bci1
214. stereographic projection
     Defined in representations of 4-D spaces | Owned by bci1
215. steronet
     Defined in representations of 4-D spaces | Owned by bci1
216. Stieltjes-Fourier transforms
     Defined in generalized Fourier and measured groupoid transforms | Owned by bci1
217. Stieltjes transform
     Synonym for generalized Fourier transform | Owned by bci1
218. Stokes' theorem
     Owned by bloftin
219. strange matter
     Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
220. strangeness
     Defined in quantum chromodynamics (QCD) | Owned by bci1
221. strangeness
     Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
222. strange particles
     Defined in Elementary particles topic | Owned by bci1
223. strange quark
     Defined in notations of fundamental concepts in physics | Owned by bci1
224. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: Attitude Kinematics from Gyroscope Measurements
     Owned by bloftin
225. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: Discrete Quaternion and Finite-Increment Propagation
     Owned by bloftin
226. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: Earth Rotation and Navigation Frames
     Owned by bloftin
227. Strapdown Inertial Navigation Examples: Comparing DCM, Euler-Angle, Quaternion, and Rotation-Vector Propagation
     Owned by bloftin
228. Strapdown Inertial Navigation Examples: Earth Rotation and Navigation Frames
     Owned by bloftin
229. Strapdown Inertial Navigation Examples: Effective Gravity and Navigation Equations
     Owned by bloftin
230. Strapdown Inertial Navigation Examples: Gyroscope Angular-Rate Sensing and Attitude Propagation
     Owned by bloftin
231. Strapdown Inertial Navigation Examples: Rotating-Frame Derivatives, Coriolis, and Centrifugal Acceleration
     Owned by bloftin
232. Strapdown Inertial Navigation Examples: Specific Force and Accelerometer Physics
     Owned by bloftin
233. Strapdown Inertial Navigation Examples: Vectors, Frames, and Direction Cosine Matrices
     Owned by bloftin
234. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: Gravity, Gravitation, and the Rotating Earth
     Owned by bloftin
235. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: Roadmap, Frames, and the Mechanization Problem
     Owned by bloftin
236. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: Time Derivatives in Rotating Frames
     Owned by bloftin
237. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: Vectors, Coordinate Frames, and Direction Cosine Matrices
     Owned by bloftin
238. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: What a Gyroscope Actually Measures
     Owned by bloftin
239. Strapdown Inertial Navigation: What an Accelerometer Actually Measures
     Owned by bloftin
240. string theory
     Defined in M-theory | Owned by bci1
241. strong epis, reflected properties
     Defined in Table of categories and functor properties | Owned by bci1
242. strong interactions
     Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
243. strongly correlated clean systems
     Defined in Quantum topological order and extended quantum symmetries | Owned by bci1
244. structure of the atom
     Owned by bloftin
245. example of structure of the atom: energy of a photon
     Owned by bloftin
246. SU(2)
     Defined in quantum groups and Hopf algebras | Owned by bloftin
247. SU(2)
     Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
248. SU(3)
     Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
249. subsystem
     Defined in general dynamic systems | Owned by bci1
250. summary of vector algebra
     Owned by bloftin
251. summation convention
     Synonym for Einstein summation notation | Owned by bloftin
252. summation notation
     Synonym for Einstein summation notation | Owned by bloftin
253. supefluid $^3$He
     Defined in superfluid | Owned by bci1
254. superalgebroid
     Defined in superalgebroids in higher dimensions | Owned by bci1
255. superalgebroids in higher dimensions
     Owned by bci1
256. super-categories
     Synonym for supercategory theories | Owned by bci1
257. super-category
     Defined in supercategory | Owned by bci1
258. supercategory
     Owned by bci1
259. supercategory
     Synonym for superdiagrams as heterofunctors | Owned by bci1
260. supercategory
     Synonym for supergroupoid | Owned by bci1
261. super-category
     Defined in supercategory theories | Owned by bci1
262. supercategory
     Defined in supercategory theories | Owned by bci1
263. supercategory
     Defined in axiomatic theories of metacategories and supercategories | Owned by bci1
264. supercategory
     Defined in axioms of metacategories and supercategories | Owned by bci1
265. supercategory of variable molecular sets
     Owned by bci1
266. supercategory theories
     Owned by bci1
267. supercomputer
     Defined in supercomputers | Owned by bci1
268. supercomputer architercture
     Defined in supercomputers | Owned by bci1
269. supercomputer code
     Defined in supercomputers | Owned by bci1
270. supercomputers
     Owned by bci1
271. superconducting flux qubit
     Defined in qubit and qudit | Owned by bci1
272. superconducting loop
     Defined in qubit and qudit | Owned by bci1
273. superconductivity
     Defined in Feynman's Lectures on Physics | Owned by bci1
274. superconductivity
     Defined in Quantum topological order and extended quantum symmetries | Owned by bci1
275. superconductivity
     Defined in superfluid | Owned by bci1
276. superconductivity
     Defined in superconductivity | Owned by bci1
277. superconductivity
     Owned by bci1
278. superdiagram
     Defined in superdiagrams as heterofunctors | Owned by bci1
279. superdiagrams as heterofunctors
     Owned by bci1
280. superfields
     Defined in superspace and supergravity | Owned by bci1
281. superfields
     Owned by bci1
282. superfluid
     Defined in topic on computational physics | Owned by bci1
283. superfluid
     Owned by bci1
284. supergravity
     Defined in superspace and supergravity | Owned by bci1
285. supergroup
     Synonym for supergroupoid | Owned by bci1
286. supergroupoid
     Owned by bci1
287. supergroups
     Synonym for groupoids topic | Owned by bci1
288. supergroups
     Synonym for superdiagrams as heterofunctors | Owned by bci1
289. superimposed confocal images
     Defined in Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) | Owned by bci1
290. superposition function
     Defined in time-dependent harmonic oscillators | Owned by bci1
291. Super Proton Synchrotron
     Defined in large hadron collider | Owned by bci1
292. superselection sector
     Defined in algebraic quantum field theories (AQFT) | Owned by bci1
293. superselection sector
     Defined in algebraic quantum field theories (AQFT) | Owned by bci1
294. supersolid
     Defined in bibliography for theoretical physics | Owned by bci1
295. superspace
     Defined in superspace and supergravity | Owned by bci1
296. superspace and supergravity
     Owned by bci1
297. superstring
     Defined in M-theory | Owned by bci1
298. supersymmetric gauge theories
     Defined in superfields | Owned by bci1
299. supersymmetries
     Synonym for supersymmetry | Owned by bci1
300. supersymmetry
     Synonym for superspace and supergravity | Owned by bci1
301. supersymmetry
     Owned by bci1
302. supersymmetry superalgebra
     Defined in superfields | Owned by bci1
303. supra-molecular events
     Defined in Walter Elsasser | Owned by bci1
304. surface mass density
     Defined in Moment of Inertia of Discrete and Continuous Bodies | Owned by bloftin
305. surjective
     Defined in Baum-Connes conjecture | Owned by bci1
306. surjective
     Defined in relation theory | Owned by Jon Awbrey
307. surjectivity
     Defined in Baum-Connes conjecture | Owned by bci1
308. SUSY
     Defined in quantum space-times | Owned by bci1
309. SUSY
     Defined in gluons, quarks and QCD | Owned by bci1
310. SUSY
     Defined in High energy physics | Owned by bci1
311. SWR
     Defined in magnons | Owned by bci1
312. symmetric matrix
     Defined in matrix | Owned by bloftin
313. symmetry and groupoid representations in functional biology
     Owned by bci1
314. symmetry group
     Defined in quantum symmetry | Owned by bci1
315. system
     Defined in general dynamic systems | Owned by bci1
316. system biology and bionetworks
     Synonym for automata theory and computer simulation applications to biomedicine | Owned by bci1
317. system boundary
     Defined in free body diagram | Owned by bloftin
318. system components
     Defined in general dynamic systems | Owned by bci1
319. system dynamics
     Synonym for general dynamic systems | Owned by bci1
320. system kinetic energy
     Defined in Energy Methods for Particle Systems | Owned by bloftin
321. system of differential equations
     Defined in differential equations | Owned by bloftin
322. system of morphisms
     Defined in category of additive fractions | Owned by bci1
323. systems biology
     Synonym for complex systems biophysics | Owned by bci1
324. systems biology
     Defined in complex systems biophysics | Owned by bci1