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Set cover problem
The set cover problem, or set covering, is a combinatorial optimization problem asking for the smallest collection of sets whose union covers every element; it was one of Karp's original 21 NP-complete problems.
SET domain
SET domain: 130-140 amino acid catalytic module of protein lysine methyltransferases, named for Drosophila Su(var)3-9, Enhancer-of-zeste, Trithorax; methylates histone lysines using SAM via a pseudoknot fold, with pre-SET/post-SET flanks.
Set Fire to the Rain
Set Fire to the Rain is a 2011 Adele song from 21, co-written and produced by Fraser T Smith. It was her third consecutive US Billboard Hot 100 number one (two weeks from February 4, 2012), peaked at number 11 in the UK, and its Royal Albert Hall live version won the 2013 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.
Set Fire to the Stars
Set Fire to the Stars (2014) is a British black-and-white drama, Andy Goddard's debut feature, starring Elijah Wood as John Malcolm Brinnin and co-writer Celyn Jones as Dylan Thomas on his 1950 New York reading tour, based on Brinnin's memoir Dylan Thomas in America.
Set in Stone (Rick Ross album)
Set in Stone is Rick Ross's twelfth studio album, released July 17, 2026 on Maybach Music Group/gamma; 19 tracks, first solo album since 2021's Richer Than I Ever Been, guests include Jeezy, T.I., and Gucci Mane.
Set It Off (band)
Set It Off is an American pop rock band formed in Tampa in 2008, now a Los Angeles trio of Cody Carson, Zach DeWall, and Maxx Danziger, known for "Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" and six albums from Cinematics (2012) to a self-titled 2025 independent release.
Set It Off (film)
Set It Off is a 1996 American heist crime drama directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly Elise as four Los Angeles women who rob banks; released by New Line Cinema, 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Set It Off (soundtrack)
Set It Off (Music From the New Line Cinema Motion Picture), 1996 Elektra soundtrack album to the film Set It Off, distinct from the Christopher Young score album; 14 tracks including Missing You and Don't Let Go (Love).
Set It Up
Set It Up is a 2018 Netflix original romantic comedy directed by Claire Scanlon, written by Katie Silberman, starring Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Lucy Liu, and Taye Diggs; released June 15, 2018, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Set pair analysis
Set pair analysis (SPA) is a mathematical method for uncertainty analysis that models two interrelated sets as a connection degree, used in evaluation, decision-making, and prediction.
Set theory
Set theory is the branch of mathematics that studies collections of objects called sets, founded by Georg Cantor in the 1870s and now the standard foundation of modern mathematics.
Set trigger
A set trigger is a rifle trigger mechanism that, once set, fires with a very light pull of a few ounces, dating to the early 16th century.
SET Ventures
SET Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm, founded in 2007, that invests exclusively in European energy-transition technology, closing a €200 million fourth fund in 2024.
SET-2
SET-2 (CVCL_2187, DSMZ ACC 608) is a human megakaryoblastic leukemia cell line established in 1995 from a 71-year-old woman with essential thrombocythemia; it carries heterozygous JAK2 V617F and DNMT3A R882H mutations and spontaneously produces platelet-like particles.
Set-builder notation
Set-builder notation, also called set comprehension, is the mathematical notation for specifying a set by a property its members satisfy, as in {x ∈ A : P(x)}.
Set-shifting task
A set-shifting task is a neuropsychological test of cognitive flexibility in which a participant applies a rule across trials and switches when cues or feedback demand it.
Set-theoretic definition of natural numbers
The set-theoretic definition of natural numbers identifies 0, 1, 2, and so on with sets, most often the von Neumann ordinals, letting arithmetic develop inside set theories like ZFC.
Set-theoretic multiverse
The set-theoretic multiverse is a view in the philosophy of set theory, introduced by Joel David Hamkins, holding that there are many concepts of set rather than one absolute universe of sets.
Set-top box
A set-top box, also called a television decoder, is a device that receives television services from cable, satellite, or broadband networks and provides video output to a display.
Setagaya family murder
Unsolved December 30–31, 2000 quadruple murder of the Miyazawa family in Kamisoshigaya, Setagaya, Tokyo; the killer left DNA, fingerprints, clothing and a broken sashimi knife, but no match; no statute of limitations since 2010.
Setanta Sports
Setanta Sports, also known as Setanta Sports Media, is a sports broadcasting brand founded in 1990 by Michael O'Rourke and Leonard Ryan, famous for breaking BSkyB's Premier League rights monopoly in 2006.
Setapak
Setapak (Mukim Setapak) is a mukim and northeastern suburb of Kuala Lumpur in the Gombak district, population 353,268 (2020 census), area 29.05 km2, named after headman Batu Tapak (1884), formerly a tin and rubber area, now a dense student and high-rise housing corridor.
Setaria
Setaria (foxtail grasses), Poaceae genus established by Beauvois in 1812, about 130-140 cosmopolitan species with bristle-subtended spikelets; includes foxtail millet (S. italica) and green foxtail (S. viridis), a C4 model grass.
Setaria viridis
Setaria viridis, known as green foxtail or green millet, is a widespread C4 grass that is the wild ancestor of foxtail millet, domesticated in China thousands of years ago.
Setau (viceroy of Kush)
Setau was a 19th Dynasty Egyptian official who served Ramesses II as High Steward of Amun at Thebes and later as Viceroy of Kush over Nubia.
SETD1A
SETD1A (KMT2F) is a human histone H3K4 methyltransferase, the catalytic subunit of COMPASS, and a leading schizophrenia risk gene; loss-of-function variants also cause neurodevelopmental disorder with speech impairment and epilepsy.
SETD2
SETD2 (KMT3A, HYPB), gene at 3p21.31, encodes the sole mammalian H3K36 trimethyltransferase, recruited by RNA polymerase II; a tumor suppressor frequently mutated in clear cell renal cell carcinoma and leukemia.
SETD7
SETD7 (KMT7, SET7/9) is a human SET-domain lysine methyltransferase, 366 amino acids on chromosome 4, that monomethylates lysines on histone H3K4 and over 30 non-histone proteins including p53, ERα, and RelA, acting as a context-dependent tumor promoter or suppressor and a candidate target in diabetes, inflammation, and fibrosis.
SETDB1
SETDB1 (ESET, KMT1E), gene ID 9869 on chromosome 1q21.3, encodes a 1,291-amino-acid H3K9 di-/tri-methyltransferase that silences endogenous retroviruses in stem cells, methylates AKT and p53, and acts as an oncogene and immune-evasion factor in cancers.
Sete Lagoas
Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais municipality about 70 km northwest of Belo Horizonte; medium-sized industrial city of 227,397 (2022 census), 11th most populous in the state, on a karst aquifer supplying all its water.