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Sense of TouchnounMWEthe faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)verified
Sense OrgannounMWEan organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulationverified
Sense TaggernounMWEa tagging program whose labels indicate the meanings of words or expressionsverified
Sensing ElementnounMWEany device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive mannerverified
Sensitive Compartmented InformationnounMWEClassified information concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes, which is required to be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of National Intelligence.verified
Sensitive Compartmented Information FacilitynounMWEAccredited area, room, or group of rooms, buildings, or installation where SCI may be stored, used, discussed, and/or processed.verified
Sensitive customer informationnounMWEA customer’s name, address, or telephone number, in conjunction with the customer’s social security number, driver’s license number, account number, credit or debit card number, or personal identification number or password that would permit access to the customer’s account. Sensitive customer information also includes any combination of components of customer information that would allow someone to log into or access the customer’s account, such as user name and password or password and account number.verified
sensitive datanounMWEInformation whose loss, misuse, unauthorized access to, modification, or destruction, could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of federal programs, or privacy to which individuals are entitled, but which has not been specifically authorized to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, etc.verified
Sensitive FernnounMWEbeautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europeverified
Sensitive InformationnounMWEInformation, the loss, misuse, or unauthorized access to or modification of, that could adversely affect the national interest or the conduct of federal programs, or the privacy to which individuals are entitled under 5 U.S.C. Section 552a (the Privacy Act), but that has not been specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order or an Act of Congress to be kept classified in the interest of national defense or foreign policy. (Systems that are not national security systems, but contain sensitive information, are to be protected in accordance with the requirements of the Computer Security Act of 1987 [P.L.100-235].)verified
Sensitive PInounMWEThis is PI that requires a higher duty of care when it comes to processing and controlling, for example, for personal health information including known medical or health conditions, financial information, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, union membership, sexual preferences or interests, or information related to prior criminal arrests and convictions.verified
Sensitive PlantnounMWEsemi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touchverified
Sensitivity AnalysisnounMWEA “what-if” type of analysis to determine the sensitivity of the outcomes to changes in parameters. If a small change in a parameter results in relatively large changes in the outcomes, the outcomes are said to be sensitive to that parameter.verified
Sensitivity LabelnounMWEInformation representing elements of the security label(s) of a subject and an object. Sensitivity labels are used by the trusted computing base (TCB) as the basis for mandatory access control decisions. See Security Label.verified
Sensorimotor AreanounMWEan area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functionsverified
Sensorimotor RegionnounMWEan area of the cortex including the precentral gyrus and the postcentral gyrus and combining sensory and motor functionsverified
Sensory AphasianounMWEaphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written wordsverified
Sensory DeprivationnounMWEa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory inputverified
Sensory DigitizationnounMWEThe conversion of typically analog or human sensory perception (e.g., vision, speech) to a digital format useful for machine-to-human interaction or machine processing of traditionally analog sensory information [e.g., optical character recognition (OCR)].verified
Sensory HairnounMWEa long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a catverified
Sensory NervenounMWEa nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous systemverified
Sensory ReceptornounMWEan organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulationverified
Separation EnergynounMWEthe energy required to separate particles from a molecule or atom or nucleusverified
separation of dutynounMWEPractice of dividing steps in a function among different individuals, so as to keep a single individual from being able to subvert the process.verified
Septal DefectnounMWEa congenital abnormality in the septum between the left and right sides of the heartverified
Septicemic PlaguenounMWEan especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstreamverified
Sergeant at ArmsnounMWEan officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commandsverified
Sergeant First ClassnounMWEa sergeant in the Army above the rank of staff sergeant and below master sergeantverified
Sergeant MajornounMWEa noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Armyverified
Serial KillernounMWEsomeone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short intervalverified
Serial MonogamynounMWEa succession of short monogamous relationships (as by someone who undergoes multiple divorces)verified
Serial MurderernounMWEsomeone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short intervalverified
Serial MusicnounMWE20th century music that uses a definite order of notes as a thematic basis for a musical compositionverified
Serial PortnounMWEan interface (commonly used for modems and mice and some printers) that transmits data a bit at a timeverified
Serial ProcessingnounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansverified
Sericea LespedezanounMWEperennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor landverified
Serious MusicnounMWEtraditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical tasteverified
Serpent FernnounMWEtropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green frondsverified
Serpent StarnounMWEan animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central discverified
Serrate LeafnounMWEa leaf having a margin notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apexverified
Serratus Posterior InferiornounMWEa thin quadrilateral muscle at the junction of the thoracic and lumbar regionsverified
Serratus Posterior SuperiornounMWEa thin quadrilateral muscle of the upper and dorsal part of the thoraxverified
Serum DiseasenounMWEa delayed allergic reaction to the injection of an antiserum caused by an antibody reaction to an antigen in the donor serumverified
Serum GlobulinnounMWEglobulins occurring in blood serum and containing most of the antibodies of the bloodverified
Serum HepatitisnounMWEan acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluidsverified
Serum SicknessnounMWEa delayed allergic reaction to the injection of an antiserum caused by an antibody reaction to an antigen in the donor serumverified
Servant's EntrancenounMWEan entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuseverified
Service AreanounMWEplace on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilitiesverified
Service CallnounMWEa trip made by a repairman to visit the location of something in need of serviceverified
Service ChargenounMWEa percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for serviceverified
Service ClubnounMWEa club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public servicesverified
service contractnounMWEA formal agreement between a service provider and consumer that specifies the details of the service performed by the provider.verified
Service delivery objectivenounMWEDirectly related to the business needs, SDO is the level of services to be reached during the alternate process mode until the normal situation is restoredverified
Service DoornounMWEan entrance intended for the use of servants or for delivery of goods and removal of refuseverified