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Spallanzani (Martian crater)
Spallanzani is a 72.5-km-diameter impact crater on Mars at 58°S, 86.3°E, noted for a layered, light-toned sedimentary mound on its floor, imaged by MGS MOC and HiRISE.
Spallation
Spallation is a nuclear reaction in which a high-energy proton knocks many nucleons from a heavy nucleus, powering neutron sources and forming light elements via cosmic rays.
Spallation Neutron Source
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) is a Department of Energy user facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, producing the world's most intense pulsed neutron beams for materials research since 2006.
Spalling
Spalling is the breaking off of layers or fragments from a material's surface, occurring in fire-exposed concrete, corroded reinforced concrete, freeze–thaw pavements, rock, and bearing rails.
Spalone
Spalone is a 2012 solitaire puzzle by Cameron Browne for the Shibumi set, the solitaire version of Spanic: draw white, black, or red balls at random and stack them into a 30-ball pyramid.
Spam (food)
Spam (SPAM brand) is Hormel Foods' canned pork luncheon meat, introduced July 5, 1937 in Austin, Minnesota; six ingredients, over 9 billion cans sold, spread worldwide by WWII military rations and staples like Hawaiian Spam musubi.
Spam (Monty Python sketch)
Spam (Monty Python sketch) is a 1970 sketch by Terry Jones and Michael Palin. It is the source of the English word "spam" for unsolicited bulk messages.
Spam musubi
Spam musubi, also called SPAM musubi (スパムむすび), is a Hawaiian snack of grilled Spam on a pressed block of plain rice wrapped in nori, adapted from Japanese onigiri and popularized in Hawaii in the 1980s.
Spamalot
Spamalot is a Tony-winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, adapted from Monty Python and the Holy Grail; it ran 1,575 performances, won Best Musical, and was revived on Broadway in 2023.
Spamming
Spamming, also called electronic spamming, is the practice of sending unsolicited bulk email to many recipients without their permission, usually through spambots running on botnets.
Span (unit)
The span, or hand span, is a historical unit of length equal to the distance between the outstretched thumb and little finger, about 9 inches.
Span of control
Span of control is the number of employees reporting directly to a single manager, perhaps the most discussed concept in management theory, with average spans rising since 2013.
Span.IO, Inc.
Span.IO, Inc. is a San Francisco technology company founded in 2018 by former Tesla Energy executive Arch Rao that makes smart electrical panels and electric vehicle chargers for homes.
Spanair
Spanair was a Spanish airline founded by SAS in 1986, based in Barcelona; once Spain's second largest airline, it ceased operations in January 2012 after bankruptcy.
Spanair Flight 5022
Spanair Flight 5022 was a scheduled domestic flight from Madrid to Gran Canaria that crashed on takeoff at Madrid-Barajas on 20 August 2008, killing 154 of the 172 people aboard.
Spandan Chaturvedi
Spandan Chaturvedi (स्पंदन चतुर्वेदी), Indian child actress born 2007 in Ulhasnagar; played young Chakor in Udaan (2014–2016), young Sita in RRR, and young Shakuntala Devi; stepped back from acting at 17.
Spandana Sphoorty
Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited is an India-based rural microfinance lender founded by Padmaja Reddy, incorporated at Hyderabad in 2003, once among India's largest, and listed in 2019.
Spandarmat Mons
Spandarmat Mons is a mountain feature on Venus, centered in the planet's southern hemisphere and measuring about 400 km across; its name honors an Iranian mother goddess.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet: English pop band formed in Islington in 1976 (earlier names The Makers, The Gentry), leading New Romantic act from London's Blitz club; lineup Hadley, Kemp brothers, Norman, Keeble; 1983 hit "True".
Spandau Prison
Spandau Prison, the Allied war-crimes prison in West Berlin, held the seven Nuremberg convicts from 1947 under four-power administration; Rudolf Hess, its last inmate, died there in 1987 and the prison was demolished.
Spandex
Spandex, also called elastane or Lycra, is a synthetic elastic fiber invented by DuPont chemist Joseph Shivers in 1958 that stretches up to 500% and recovers its shape.
Spanglish
Spanglish (espanglish) is the popular label for Spanish-English contact phenomena, chiefly borrowing and code-switching, among bilingual US Hispanic communities; contested by linguists like Otheguy and Stern, used by about 63% of US Latinos, and tied to 1848 and 1902 contact events.
Spanglish (film)
Spanglish is a 2004 American comedy-drama directed and written by James L. Brooks, starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, and Paz Vega as a Mexican housekeeper.
Spanian
Spanian, real name Anthony Lees, is an Australian YouTuber and former criminal whose "Into The Hood" neighborhood-tour videos drew roughly 700,000 YouTube subscribers, alongside Instagram and TikTok followings, and a dropped autobiography.
Spaniards
Spaniards (Españoles) are the people of Spain, defined by Spanish nationality and the historical, linguistic, and religious inheritance of the Iberian Peninsula, including regional-language speakers and a large diaspora.
Spaniel
Spaniel: a gun-dog type bred to find, flush, and fetch game, also including toy breeds like the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Origin disputed (Spain or Asia); documented since the 1387 Book of the Chase; AKC recognizes 15 spaniel breeds as of 2025.
Spanish Abolition of Patronato (1880-1886)
The Spanish Abolition of Patronato (Ley de abolición del patronato de 1880) was the 1886 decree ending slavery in Cuba, eight years after the 1880 patronato law.
Spanish Affair (2014 film)
Spanish Affair (Ocho apellidos vascos) is a 2014 Spanish romantic comedy directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, in which a Sevillian poses as Basque to win over a Basque woman.
Spanish Affair 2
Spanish Affair 2 (Ocho apellidos catalanes), 2015 Spanish romantic comedy by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, sequel to Ocho apellidos vascos; Catalan-set wedding farce that grossed 36.1 million euros despite poor reviews.
Spanish American wars of independence
The Spanish American wars of independence (1809–1825, rooted in the 1808 Napoleonic invasion of Spain) were the campaigns by which Spain's American territories became more than a dozen republics, led by Bolívar and San Martín, ending at Ayacucho while Cuba and Puerto Rico remained Spanish.