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Smashburger
Smashburger, also called Smashburger restaurant chain, is a Denver-based American fast casual burger chain founded in 2007 by Tom Ryan, known for griddle-smashed Certified Angus Beef patties, SmashFries, and full ownership by the Philippines' Jollibee Group.
Smashed (film)
Smashed (2012) is an American drama directed by James Ponsoldt, co-written with Susan Burke, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul as a couple divided by her sobriety; Sundance premiere, Sony Pictures Classics, 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Smashing the Gang of Four
Smashing the Gang of Four (粉碎“四人帮”), the October 6 Coup or Huairen Hall incident: Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, and Wang Dongxing's bloodless 1976 arrest of Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen, ending the Cultural Revolution.
SMASS classification
The SMASS classification, also called the Bus or Bus–Binzel taxonomy, classifies asteroids by visible-wavelength reflectance spectra, defining 26 classes grouped into S, C, and X complexes.
Smaug
Smaug is J.R.R. Tolkien's dragon in The Hobbit (1937), destroyer of Erebor and Dale in T.A. 2770 and slain by Bard's Black Arrow in T.A. 2941; named from Germanic smugan, indebted to Fafnir and Beowulf, and reimagined by Rankin/Bass and Jackson's films.
smava
smava is a German consumer credit marketplace founded in Berlin in March 2007 by Alexander Artopé and Eckart Vierkant, matching borrowers with loan offers from partner banks.
Smbat II of Armenia
Smbat II of Armenia, also known as Smbat II Tiezerakal, was a Bagratid king who ruled from Ani from 977 to 989 and founded the Cathedral of Ani in 989.
Smbat Sparapet
Smbat the Constable (Smbat Sparapet, 1208–1276) was commander-in-chief of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from 1226, brother of King Het'um I, and a law code compiler and historian.
Smbat VIII the Confessor
Smbat VIII the Confessor (Smbat Khostovanogh) was a 9th-century Armenian prince of the Bagratuni family who served as sparapet, commander-in-chief of Armenia, and died in captivity.
SMBC Group
SMBC Group, also known as Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, is one of Japan's three largest financial groups, formed in 2001 and known for its deepening alliance with Jefferies.
SMC Corporation
SMC Corporation (SMC株式会社) is a Japanese manufacturer of pneumatic and electric automation components such as air cylinders and solenoid valves, founded in Tokyo in 1959 and holding roughly 30% of the global pneumatics market.
SMC protein
SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) proteins, also called SMC ATPases, are conserved ring-shaped motor proteins forming cohesin, condensin, and SMC5-SMC6 complexes that compact, loop, and segregate DNA in bacteria and eukaryotes.
SMC study
SMC study: the Swedish Mammography Cohort, a population-based prospective cohort of 61,433 women recruited via mammography screening in Uppsala and Västmanland counties from 1987, now part of SIMPLER with COSM.
SMC1A
SMC1A (structural maintenance of chromosomes 1A), also SMC1L1, is an X-linked gene at Xp11.22 encoding a core cohesin complex subunit. Missense variants cause Cornelia de Lange syndrome 2 (~5% of cases); loss-of-function variants cause DEE85 epilepsy in females.
SMC3
SMC3 (structural maintenance of chromosomes 3, also BAM/bamacan, CSPG6) is a human chromosome 10 gene encoding a core cohesin subunit that holds sister chromatids together; variants cause mild Cornelia de Lange syndrome and recur in cancers.
SMCHD1
SMCHD1 (structural maintenance of chromosomes flexible hinge domain containing 1) is a 2,005-amino-acid non-canonical SMC protein that epigenetically silences genes; variants cause FSHD2 and Bosma arhinia microphthalmia syndrome.
Smear examination
A smear examination is a diagnostic method in which cells or microorganisms from a specimen are fixed, stained, and examined under a microscope, mainly for tuberculosis and malaria.
Smear microscopy
Smear microscopy is the light-microscopic examination of stained smears, most often sputum, to detect acid-fast bacilli such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis; it remains the primary TB diagnostic in many high-burden settings.
Smeargle (ドーブル)
Smeargle (ドーブル, Doble) is a Normal-type Painter Pokémon, National Dex #235, the only Pokémon that learns Sketch, which copies the opponent's last move; in Pokémon GO it copies moves via GO Snapshot photobombs.
Smectic liquid crystal
A smectic liquid crystal is a liquid-crystal phase, first synthesized by Vorländer in 1902, in which rod-like molecules arrange into layers while remaining fluid within each layer.
Smedley Butler
Smedley Butler (1881–1940), USMC major general nicknamed "Old Gimlet Eye," double Medal of Honor recipient for Veracruz 1914 and Haiti 1915, Business Plot whistleblower before Congress, author of War Is a Racket.
Smeg (appliances)
Smeg is an Italian household appliance manufacturer founded in Guastalla in 1948 by Vittorio Bertazzoni Sr, known internationally for design-led appliances like the retro FAB refrigerators.
Smegma
Smegma: a natural buildup of sebum, dead skin cells, and moisture under the foreskin or around the clitoral hood; harmless, not an STI, and not carcinogenic despite a long medical myth.
Smell
Smell, or olfaction, is the chemical sense by which gaseous odorant molecules are detected and identified, mediated by the olfactory nerve and closely coupled to taste in flavor perception.
Smell training
Smell training, also called olfactory training, is a rehabilitation therapy in which patients sniff a fixed set of odorants twice daily for months to recover lost smell.
Smell-O-Vision
Smell-O-Vision was a scent-delivery system developed by Swiss inventor Hans Laube that piped odors through tubing to individual movie theater seats; it was used for one film, Scent of Mystery (1960).
Smelling salts
Smelling salts, also called ammonia inhalants or aromatic ammonia, are ammonium carbonate preparations releasing ammonia gas to trigger an inhalation reflex; historically used for fainting since the 13th century, now common in sports despite weak performance evidence and FDA warnings.
Smells Like Children
Smells Like Children is Marilyn Manson's 1995 remix EP on Interscope/Nothing, produced by Trent Reznor, featuring the Sweet Dreams cover, Billboard 200 No. 31, RIAA Platinum.
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smells Like Teen Spirit is Nirvana's 1991 single opening Nevermind, written by Cobain, Grohl, and Novoselic, titled after Kathleen Hanna's graffiti, built on Pixies-style quiet-loud dynamics in F minor, and credited with taking alternative rock mainstream.
Smelly Cat
Smelly Cat is the comedic folk song performed by Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay on Friends, debuting in 1995 in "The One With The Baby On The Bus"; written by Betsy Borns, Adam Chase, Kudrow, and Chrissie Hynde, later performed with Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga.