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Smolagents
Smolagents is a lightweight open-source Python library from Hugging Face for building AI agents, launched in 2024, whose CodeAgent writes actions as executable Python code rather than JSON.
Smoldering systemic mastocytosis
Smoldering systemic mastocytosis (SSM) is a nonadvanced WHO subtype of systemic mastocytosis defined by two or more B-findings without C-findings, higher mast cell burden than indolent SM, about 9% progression risk, and antimediator therapy.
Smolen–Gulf Bridge
The Smolen–Gulf Bridge is a covered road bridge in Ashtabula County, Ohio, opened in 2008 as the longest covered bridge in the United States at 613 feet.
Smolensk (Смоленск)
Smolensk (Смоленск), a Hero City in western Russia on the Dnieper, administrative center of Smolensk Oblast; area 166.15 km², population about 320,000, with a 1595–1602 fortress wall and a history of Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian rule.
Smolensk air disaster
Smolensk air disaster: 10 April 2010 crash of Polish Air Force Tu-154M near Smolensk Severny airport, Russia, killing all 96 aboard including President Lech Kaczyński; official investigations found pilot error in fog, later disputed.
Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
The Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God, also called the Hodegetria of Smolensk, is a celebrated Russian icon of the Virgin holding the Christ Child.
Smolensk Lakeland Biosphere Reserve
Smolensk Lakeland Biosphere Reserve (Smolenskoye Poozerye), a 2002 UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, around a 1992 national park of 146,237 ha with 35 glacial lakes, 74% forest cover, and zoned core, buffer, and transition areas.
Smolensk levy of 1632
The Smolensk levy of 1632 (Смоленский набор 1632 года) was Muscovy's mobilization of Western-drilled infantry regiments, which fought at Smolensk under boyar Mikhail Shein, for the Smolensk War of 1632 to 1634.
Smolensk nuclear power plant
The Smolensk nuclear power plant is an operating nuclear power station in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, with three RBMK-1000 reactors in service between 1982 and 1990, owned by Rosatom.
Smolensk Oblast
Smolensk Oblast (Смоленская область), a Russian federal subject on the Belarus border, formed 27 September 1937; area 49,786 sq km, center Smolensk, population about 857,000-935,000, GRP 348 billion rubles (2019).
Smolensk Trade Treaty of 1229
The Smolensk Trade Treaty of 1229, also called the Smolensk Trade Truth, is a trade agreement issued by Prince Mstislav Davidovich regulating German and Russian merchants.
Smolensk Voivodeship
Smolensk Voivodeship (województwo smoleńskie) was a voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, created in 1508 around Smolensk and ceded to Russia in 1667.
Smolensk War
The Smolensk War (Смоленская война) of 1632 to 1634 was fought between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth over Smolensk, ending with the Peace of Polyanovka.
SmolLM
SmolLM is a family of small, fully open language models released by Hugging Face for on-device use, spanning three generations from July 2024 to July 2025.
Smolny Institute
The Smolny Institute (Смольный институт благородных девиц) was Russia's first girls' secondary school, founded by Catherine II in 1764 in St Petersburg. It educated noble daughters until 1917.
Smolnya Branch of the Yakub Kolas Literary Memorial Museum
Smolnya (Смольня) branch of the Yakub Kolas Literary Memorial Museum, opened 1967 in Stowbtsy District, Belarus; preserves the Mitskevich family house and the site of the 1912 Kolas–Kupala meeting.
Smoluchowski coagulation equation
The Smoluchowski coagulation equation, introduced by Marian Smoluchowski in 1916, is an integrodifferential equation describing how pairs of particles or clusters merge irreversibly into larger ones.
SmolVLA
SmolVLA is an open-source vision-language-action model for robotics released by Hugging Face in June 2025, small enough at about 450M parameters to train on a consumer GPU.
SmolVLM
SmolVLM is a family of small, open-source vision language models developed by Hugging Face for memory-constrained on-device use, first released in November 2024 and extended to video-capable models in 2025.
Smolyan (Смолян)
Smolyan (Смолян), formerly Pashmakli until 1934, is a mountain town and district center in the Central Rhodopes of southern Bulgaria, formed in 1960 by merging Smolyan, Ezerovo, Raykovo, and Ustovo; district population 88,816 (2025), lowest birth rate in Bulgaria, Pamporovo resort nearby.
Smoochies (album)
Smoochies is Ashnikko's second studio album, released 17 October 2025 on Parlophone; 15 tracks, 37:37, produced mainly by Slinger, featuring COBRAH on 'Wet Like', with UK chart peaks reported as 14 and 32.
Smoore International Holdings
Smoore International Holdings, founded by Chen Zhiping in Shenzhen, is a Hong Kong-listed manufacturer of vaping devices, the world's largest by revenue in 2019 with 16.5% market share.
Smoot
The smoot is a humorous unit of length equal to five feet seven inches, used in 1958 to measure the Harvard Bridge at 364.4 smoots.
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
The Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act, formally the Tariff Act of 1930, was a US law signed by President Hoover in June 1930 that raised duties on thousands of imported goods.
Smooth (Santana song)
Smooth (Santana song, also "Room 17"): 1999 Latin rock hit by Santana featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, from Supernatural; 12 weeks at Hot 100 number one, three 2000 Grammys, ranked Billboard's second most successful song.
Smooth (UK radio network)
Smooth (Smooth Radio) is a UK easy listening music radio network owned by Global Radio, formerly GMG Radio's over-50s brand; third biggest UK commercial radio brand with about 7.3 million weekly listeners.
Smooth Cayenne
Smooth Cayenne, also known as Giant Kew, is a pineapple cultivar introduced from French Guiana in 1820 that supplied over 70% of world pineapple production at its peak.
Smooth Criminal
"Smooth Criminal" is a 1987 Michael Jackson song from Bad, produced with Quincy Jones, charting at No. 7 in the US and No. 8 in the UK, famous for the Moonwalker short film, the patented 45-degree anti-gravity lean, and Alien Ant Farm's 2001 cover.
Smooth green snake
Smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis), also called smooth greensnake or grass snake: a small bright-green North American colubrid with 15 smooth scale rows, an insect-only diet, temperature-dependent sex determination, and Least Concern status.
Smooth jazz
Smooth jazz, also called lite jazz or contemporary jazz, is a radio-created genre blending jazz fusion, R&B, and pop into melodic instrumentals; named by Broadcast Architecture focus groups in the late 1980s, it peaked at 200+ US stations and $190 million annual ad revenue before the 2007 Portable People Meter collapse.