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Sound practicesnounMWEDefined in the "Interagency Paper on Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Financial System," which was issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Securities and Exchange Commission.RequirementRegulated
Sound PressurenounMWEthe difference between the instantaneous pressure at a point in a sound field and the average pressure at that pointverified
Sound RangingnounMWElocating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positionsverified
Sound ReflectionnounMWEthe repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound wavesverified
Sound SpectrumnounMWEthe distribution of energy as a function of frequency for a particular sound sourceverified
Soundboardnoun(music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrumentverified
Sounding BoardnounMWE(music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrumentverified
Sounding RocketnounMWEa research rocket used to obtain information about the atmosphere at various altitudesverified
Soundmannouna technician in charge of amplifying sound or producing sound effects (as for a TV or radio broadcast)verified
SoupfinnounPacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)verified
Soupfin SharknounMWEPacific shark valued for its fins (used by Chinese in soup) and liver (rich in vitamin A)verified
Sour BreadnounMWEmade with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is activeverified
Sour DocknounMWEEuropean sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greensverified
Sour FignounMWElow-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulpverified
Sour GrassnounMWEany of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicineverified
Sour GumnounMWEcolumnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fallverified
Sour-Gum FamilynounMWEa family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum treesverified
Source BooknounMWEa collection of historically important documents published together as a bookverified
Source codenounMWESoftware program instructions written in a format (language) readable by humans.Data
Source of IlluminationnounMWEany device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiationverified
Source PortnounMWEThe port that a host uses to connect to a server. It is usually a number greater than or equal to 1024. It is randomly generated and is different each time a connection is made.Network
Source programnounMWEA program written in a programming language (such as C, Pascal, or COBOL). A compiler translates the source code into a machine-language object program.Artifact
Source routing specificationnounMWEA transmission technique where the sender of a packet can specify the route that packet should follow through the networkNetwork
Sourdoughnouna settler or prospector (especially in western United States or northwest Canada and Alaska)verified
Sourdough BreadnounMWEmade with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is activeverified
Sourwoodnoundeciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leavesverified
South-Seeking PolenounMWEthe pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freelyverified
Southern Arrow WoodnounMWEdeciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrowsverified
Southern BeechnounMWEany of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leavesverified
Southern Beech FernnounMWEbeech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripesverified
Southern Bog LemmingnounMWEof low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canadaverified
Southern BuckthornnounMWEshrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruitverified