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Strafing
Strafing is the delivery of automatic weapons fire by aircraft against ground targets, a tactic dating to World War I and still among the most dangerous for fighter pilots.
Straftat
Straftat: free 1v1/2v2 arena FPS by French brothers Sirius and Léonard Lemaitre (Lemaitre Bros), released on Steam October 24, 2024; Unity engine, 70+70 maps, disposable weapons, proximity chat, $5 map DLC, PC Gamer's best FPS of 2024.
Strageath
Strageath: Roman auxiliary fort, annexes and field system at Muthill, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the west end of the Gask Ridge. Flavian fort from AD 79, abandoned late 80s AD, twice reoccupied under Antoninus Pius as an Antonine Wall outpost; excavated 1973-86 by Frere and Wilkes.
Straggling
Straggling is the statistical broadening of energy loss, range, or direction of a beam of charged particles as it passes through matter, limiting depth resolution in ion beam analysis.
Straight ally
Straight ally: a heterosexual, cisgender supporter of LGBTQ+ people and rights, also called cishet ally. Key aspects: components of perceived allyship (nonprejudice, action, humility), performative allyship critique, ally flag, workplace and school programs.
Straight chain lepidopteran pheromones acetates
Straight chain lepidopteran pheromone acetates (SCLP acetates) are unbranched C9-C18 moth sex pheromones with a terminal acetate group, one of three SCLP groups. EU-approved low-risk active substances for mating disruption, expiring 30 August 2037.
Straight chain lepidopteran pheromones alcohols
Straight chain lepidopteran pheromones (SCLPs) alcohols: eight synthetic moth sex pheromones, unbranched C9–C18 chains with up to three double bonds ending in –OH, used for mating disruption of codling moth and other lepidopteran pests.
Straight chain lepidopteran pheromones aldehydes
Straight chain lepidopteran pheromones (SCLPs) aldehydes, EU active substance ID 1529, are unbranched C9–C18 moth sex pheromones with up to three double bonds and a terminal aldehyde group, used in mating disruption and traps; EU approval runs to 30 August 2037.
Straight edge
Straight edge (sXe) is a clean-living subculture from early-1980s Washington DC hardcore punk, named after Minor Threat's 1981 song, with adherents abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, recreational drugs, symbolized by X or XXX.
Straight flag
Straight flag: umbrella term for flags representing heterosexuality, chiefly the straight ally flag (black-and-white stripes with a rainbow "A" for ally) and the straight pride flag, a conservative counter-symbol to LGBTQIA+ pride; GLAAD lists the orange-black "super straight" variant as an online hate symbol.
Straight leg raise
The straight leg raise, also called the Lasègue sign, lifts a patient's extended leg to detect lumbosacral nerve root irritation, most often evaluated in low back pain with sciatica.
Straight man
Straight man (comedic foil): the serious performer in a double act, sketch, or farce who reacts rationally to a comic partner's absurdity, setting up jokes. Known in vaudeville, manzai (tsukkomi), and xiangsheng (penggen); alternatives include voice of reason.
Straight No Chaser (group)
Straight No Chaser (SNC) is an American a cappella group founded in 1996 at Indiana University's Singing Hoosiers; its 1998 "12 Days of Christmas" video went viral, leading to an Atlantic Records deal in 2008.
Straight Out of Brooklyn
Straight Out of Brooklyn is a 1991 American drama, the debut feature of 19-year-old Matty Rich, about a Red Hook teenager robbing a drug dealer to escape poverty; it won a 1991 Sundance Special Jury Prize and the 1992 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton (1988) is N.W.A's debut album on Ruthless/Priority, produced by Dr. Dre and DJ Yella; the FBI controversy over 'F tha Police' helped it sell three million without radio, defining gangsta rap.
Straight Outta Compton (film)
Straight Outta Compton (2015) is F. Gary Gray's Universal biographical drama about N.W.A, starring O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell; it opened No. 1 with $56.1 million and grossed $201.6 million worldwide.
Straight Outta Lynwood
Straight Outta Lynwood is a 2006 comedy album by Weird Al Yankovic, his twelfth studio album, released on Volcano Entertainment with the hit parody single "White & Nerdy".
Straight photography
Straight photography is a style of photography producing sharp, unmanipulated images from a single negative, most prominent in the United States from 1920 to 1940 through Group f/64.
Straight pride
Straight pride is a slogan and event format celebrating heterosexuality as a counterpart to LGBTQ Pride; documented instances include Boston's 2019 Super Happy Fun America parade, Greece's 2018 Anakatalipsi march, and Putin's 'straight pride' flag, typically linked to far-right organizing.
Straight razor
A straight razor, also called a cut-throat razor, is a shaving implement with a single steel blade that folds into its handle and must be honed and stropped by the user.
Straight Satans Motorcycle Club
The Straight Satans Motorcycle Club was a Southern California "one-percenter" outlaw club based in Venice and Santa Monica. Its history includes contact with the Manson Family in the late 1960s.
Straight Time
Straight Time (1978) is a Ulu Grosbard crime drama starring Dustin Hoffman as paroled burglar Max Dembo, adapted from Edward Bunker's novel No Beast So Fierce, with Bunker co-writing and acting.
Straight to Hell (地獄に落ちるはよ) (TV series)
Straight to Hell (地獄に堕ちるわよ, Jigoku ni Ochiru wa yo) is a 2026 Netflix Japanese biographical drama, 9 episodes, starring Erika Toda as fortune-teller Kazuko Hosoki, released April 27, 2026, directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto.
Straight women's preference for lesbian pornography
Straight women's preference for lesbian pornography: Pornhub data show women favor the Lesbian category; Avgar's 2025 Sexualities study names five reasons (pleasure focus, relatability, less degradation, authenticity, fantasy), while arousal research shows women lack category-specific genital response.
Straight-five engine
The straight-five engine, also called an inline-five or I5, is an internal combustion engine with five cylinders in a row, first built in series production by Lancia in 1938.
Straight-four engine
The straight-four engine, also called an inline-four or I4, is a piston engine with four cylinders in one line on a single crankshaft, one of the most common car engine layouts.
Straight-line depreciation
Straight-line depreciation is an accounting method that charges an asset's cost minus salvage value in equal annual amounts over its useful life, the most widely used method in financial reporting.
Straight-line winds
Straight-line winds are thunderstorm winds that blow without rotation, a term distinguishing them from tornado winds; usually produced by downbursts, they cause most thunderstorm wind damage.
Straight-six engine
The straight-six engine, also called an inline-six, is a piston engine with all six cylinders in a single row, known for its inherent smoothness and balance.
Straight-three engine
The straight-three engine, also called an inline-three or triple, is an internal combustion engine with three cylinders in a row along one crankshaft, firing at even 240-degree intervals.