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Scenario reduction
Scenario reduction is a computational method in stochastic optimization that replaces a large sample of scenarios with a smaller subset of the original scenarios carrying adjusted probabilities.
Scenario testing
Scenario testing is a software testing method that evaluates a system against realistic, end-to-end stories of user goals instead of probing one feature at a time.
Scenario-based testing
Scenario-based testing is a method for verifying automated driving systems by exposing vehicles to defined traffic situations in simulation, on test tracks, or on public roads.
Scene (subculture)
Scene (subculture): a youth subculture emerging in the early 2000s United States from emo, also called scenesters or trendies, defined by neon skinny jeans, side-swooped dyed hair, MySpace scene queens, and a TikTok revival around 2020.
Scene flow estimation
Scene flow estimation is a computer vision method that predicts a dense 3D motion field, a displacement vector for each point, between consecutive frames of a dynamic scene.
Scene graph generation
Scene graph generation is a computer vision task that converts an image into a graph where nodes are detected objects and edges are relationships, output as triplets such as "man riding horse".
Scenedesmus
Scenedesmus is a genus of freshwater green algae that forms flat colonies of usually four or eight cells, common in nutrient-rich ponds, lakes, and soil.
Scènes à faire
Scènes à faire, French for "scenes to be done," is a US copyright doctrine under which stock or standard elements of a genre or setting get no copyright protection.
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap) is Ingmar Bergman's 1973 six-part Swedish TV2 miniseries with Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson, re-edited into a 1974 theatrical film, famed for its Swedish social impact and 2021 HBO remake.
Scenes from a Marriage (American miniseries)
Scenes from a Marriage (2021) is Hagai Levi's five-part HBO remake of Ingmar Bergman's 1973 Swedish miniseries Scener ur ett äktenskap, starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain as Jonathan and Mira, with the original's gender roles reversed.
Scenes from Awajima (淡島百景)
Scenes from Awajima (淡島百景, Awajima Hyakkei) is Takako Shimura's omnibus manga about girls at the Awajima Revue School, serialized 2011–2024 in five volumes, a 19th Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award winner, adapted into a Madhouse TV anime premiering April 9, 2026 on Fuji TV, with Yen Press publishing the English edition.
Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki version)
Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki version) is a 17th-century pair of folding screens attributed to Iwasa Matabei, held as a National Treasure by the Tokyo National Museum.
Scenic design
Scenic design, also called set design or stage design, is the creation of scenery, furniture, and props for plays and musicals. Rooted in Appia and Craig's New Stagecraft, it now spans drafting, models, lighting, and digital projection.
Scenic overlook
A scenic overlook, also known as a viewpoint, vista point, or lookout, is a designated roadside pull-off where motorists stop safely to view and photograph the surrounding landscape.
Scenic painting
Scenic painting is the craft of painting theatrical scenery, backcloths, flats, floors, and props, traditionally in distemper (glue and pigment) on linen, now in vinyl acrylics, using paint frames, gridding, scumbling, glazing, and aging, and differing physically from projection in its response to stage light.
Scenic World
Scenic World, Katoomba: Blue Mountains attraction since 1945, Hammon family owned, home of the world's steepest passenger railway (52°), Scenic Skyway, Cableway, and rainforest Walkway; over a million visitors a year.
Scenopinidae
Scenopinidae, the window flies, is a cosmopolitan asiloid fly family of over 420 predatory species in 25 genera, sister to Therevidae in the therevoid clade; larvae prey on household pests, adults rest on windows.
Scent hound
Scent hound (scenthound): a dog type that hunts by smell rather than sight, with long drooping ears and large nasal cavities; FCI Group 6, AKC Hound Group, descended from the St. Hubert Hound, including Beagle, Bloodhound, and coonhounds.
Scent of a Woman (1992 film)
Scent of a Woman (1992), Martin Brest's remake of Profumo di donna, stars Al Pacino as blind Lt. Col. Frank Slade and Chris O'Donnell; it won Pacino his first Best Actor Oscar and three Golden Globes.
Scent of Time (为有暗香来)
Scent of Time (为有暗香来), adapted from the Zhihu novel Xi Qianhua, is a 2023 Huanyu-Youku costume drama starring Zhou Ye and Wang Xingyue, aired on Youku and HBO GO, whose rebirth plot ends as a coma dream.
Scentre Group
Scentre Group is an Australian real estate investment trust that owns and operates 42 Westfield-branded shopping centers across Australia and New Zealand, formed when Westfield Group split in 2014.
Sceptre
Sceptre (US scepter): a decorated ceremonial rod or staff carried by monarchs as a symbol of authority, from Greek skeptron via Latin sceptrum; known forms include the Egyptian was-sceptre, the Chinese ruyi, and the British Crown Jewels sceptre.
SCF complex
SCF complex (Skp1–Cullin–F-box), also called CRL1, is the prototypical cullin–RING E3 ubiquitin ligase: Skp1, Cul1, Rbx1, and an F-box protein ubiquitinate phosphorylated cell-cycle regulators such as p27 for proteasomal degradation.
scGPT
scGPT is a generative pretrained transformer foundation model for single-cell biology, pretrained on over 33 million human cells and published in Nature Methods in 2024, supporting tasks like cell type annotation and perturbation prediction.
Schaaf-Yang syndrome
Schaaf-Yang syndrome (SYS, Chitayat-Hall syndrome, OMIM 615547) is a rare imprinted-gene neurodevelopmental disorder caused by truncating variants in the paternal MAGEL2 allele at 15q11.2, marked by neonatal hypotonia, joint contractures, intellectual disability, and autism, overlapping but distinct from Prader-Willi syndrome.
Schaan
Schaan is Liechtenstein's largest municipality, in the Rhine valley, first recorded as Scana around 840. Known for its late Roman fort, St. Peter's chapel, industrial center, and the new Kulturbrauerei artist residencies.
Schachzabel
Schachzabel is the medieval German word for chess and the chessboard, also the name of a German chess variant with medieval piece moves recorded in Jakob Mennel's 1536 rule text.
Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude, from German Schaden (harm) + Freude (joy), is pleasure at another's misfortune, an emotion distinct from gloating and sadism; studied since the OED's 19th-century entry, triggered by deservedness, envy, and rivalry, and linked to ventral striatum reward activity.
Schaeberle (Martian crater)
Schaeberle is a 159-km impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars at 24.4S, 50.2E, named for astronomer John M. Schaeberle (IAU 1973). It is heavily infilled, has a central pit, and shows dark dunes and transverse aeolian ridges.
Schaeffler Group
Schaeffler Group, also known as Schaeffler AG, is a German motion technology company founded in 1946, known for INA, FAG, and LuK bearings and drivetrain components.