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Split HorizonnounMWESplit horizon is a algorithm for avoiding problems caused by including routes in updates sent to the gateway from which they were learned.verified
Split InfinitivenounMWEan infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go')verified
Split KeynounMWEA cryptographic key that is divided into two or more separate data items that individually convey no knowledge of the whole key that results from combining the items.verified
Split KnowledgenounMWE1. Separation of data or information into two or more parts, each part constantly kept under control of separate authorized individuals or teams so that no one individual or team will know the whole data. 2. A process by which a cryptographic key is split into multiple key components, individually sharing no knowledge of the original key, which can be subsequently input into, or output from, a cryptographic module by separate entities and combined to recreate the original cryptographic key.verified
Split PersonalitynounMWEa relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emergeverified
Split ProcessingnounMWEThe ongoing operational practice of dividing production processing between two or more geographically dispersed facilities.verified
Split RunnounMWEa print run of a newspaper during which some articles or advertisements are changed to produce a different editionverified
Split SecondnounMWEa very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)verified
Split ShiftnounMWEa working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in betweenverified
Split TicketnounMWEa ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one partyverified
Split UpnounMWEan increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equityverified
Split-Brain TechniquenounMWEbrain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interruptedverified
Split-Half CorrelationnounMWEa correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a testverified
Spoils SystemnounMWEthe system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in powerverified
Sponge BagnounMWEa waterproof bag for holding bathrooms items (soap and toothpaste etc.) when you are travellingverified
Sponge GourdnounMWEany of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruitsverified
Sponge MorelnounMWEan edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridgesverified
Sponge MushroomnounMWEan edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridgesverified
Spontaneous CombustionnounMWEignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation processverified
Spoonbill CatfishnounMWElarge catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jawverified
Spore CasenounMWEspecialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangiaverified
Sport Utility VehiclenounMWEa high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassisverified
Sports MedicinenounMWEthe branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of injuries or illness resulting from athletic activitiesverified
Spot ChecknounMWEa check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warningverified
Spot MarketnounMWEa market in which a commodity is bought or sold for immediate delivery or delivery in the very near futureverified
Spotted BatnounMWEa large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous earsverified
Spotted Coral RootnounMWEcommon coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lipsverified
Spotted CranesbillnounMWEcommon wild geranium of eastern North America with deeply parted leaves and rose-purple flowersverified
Spotted FevernounMWEany of several severe febrile diseases characterized by skin rashes or spots on the skinverified
Spotted HemlocknounMWEtall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoesverified
Spotted Joe-Pye WeednounMWENorth American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower headsverified
Spotted OwlnounMWEa large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexicoverified