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Smita Wagh

Smita Wagh, full name Smita Uday Wagh, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented Jalgaon, Maharashtra, in the Lok Sabha since 2024.

Smite (video game)

Smite is a free-to-play third-person MOBA by Titan Forge Games and Hi-Rez Studios, released March 25, 2014, where players control 100+ mythological gods; a Unreal Engine 5 sequel, Smite 2, entered alpha in 2024.

Smith (Martian crater)

Smith crater, an IAU-named 75.50 km impact crater on Mars at 65.85°S, 257.10°E in the southern highlands, Gazetteer Feature ID 5603.

Smith (surname)

Smith is an English and Scottish occupational surname for a worker in metal, especially a blacksmith, and the most common surname in the United States, Australia, and England.

Smith & Wesson

Smith & Wesson, also known as Smith and Wesson Company, is an American firearms manufacturer founded in 1852, known for revolvers and M&P pistols and based in Maryville, Tennessee.

Smith & Wesson M&P

The Smith & Wesson M&P, whose name abbreviates Military & Police, is a line of polymer-framed, striker-fired semi-automatic pistols introduced in 2005 that competes with Glock in law enforcement.

Smith & Wesson M&P15

The Smith & Wesson M&P15 is a family of AR-15-type semi-automatic rifles made by Smith & Wesson of Springfield, Massachusetts, introduced in January 2006 as its first long gun.

Smith & Wesson Model 10

The Smith & Wesson Model 10, introduced in 1899 as the .38 Military & Police, is a six-shot .38 Special K-frame revolver with over six million made.

Smith & Wesson Model 15

The Smith & Wesson Model 15 is a six-shot .38 Special double-action revolver, sold from 1949 as the K-38 Combat Masterpiece and produced until 2000.

Smith & Wesson Model 19

The Smith & Wesson Model 19 is a six-shot double-action revolver chambered in .357 Magnum on the K-frame, introduced in 1955 and long carried by US police.

Smith & Wesson Model 2

The Smith & Wesson Model 2, known as the Model No. 2 Army, was a six-shot single-action tip-up revolver in .32 rimfire produced from 1861 to 1874.

Smith & Wesson Model 27

The Smith & Wesson Model 27, first sold in 1935 as the Registered Magnum, is a six-shot N-frame revolver and the first ever chambered for the .357 Magnum cartridge.

Smith & Wesson Model 29

The Smith & Wesson Model 29 is a six-shot double-action revolver chambered in .44 Magnum, introduced in 1955 and made famous by Clint Eastwood's 1971 film Dirty Harry.

Smith & Wesson Model 3

The Smith & Wesson Model 3 is a single-action, top-break revolver introduced in 1870, the first large-caliber, centerfire, cartridge revolver made in the United States.

Smith & Wesson Model 36

The Smith & Wesson Model 36, originally marketed as the Chief's Special, is a five-shot .38 Special revolver introduced in October 1950 and named by police chiefs.

Smith & Wesson Model 39

The Smith & Wesson Model 39, or S&W Model 39, is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol introduced in 1955 as the first American-made double-action auto-loading pistol.

Smith & Wesson Model 500

The Smith & Wesson Model 500 is a five-shot double-action revolver introduced in 2003, built on the X-frame for the powerful .500 S&W Magnum cartridge.

Smith & Wesson Model 5906

The Smith & Wesson Model 5906 is an all-stainless-steel 9mm pistol with a 15-round magazine, produced from 1989 to 1999 and widely carried by American police.

Smith & Wesson Model 686

The Smith & Wesson Model 686 is a stainless-steel, double-action revolver chambered in .357 Magnum, introduced in 1980 on Smith & Wesson's L-frame for police and civilian shooters.

Smith chart

The Smith chart, also known as the Mizuhashi chart, is a circular graphical calculator that maps reflection coefficient to impedance for radio-frequency engineers, devised by Phillip H. Smith in 1939.

Smith Cloud

The Smith Cloud is a massive high-velocity cloud of hydrogen in the constellation Aquila that is falling toward the Milky Way's disk, discovered by Gail Smith in the 1960s.

Smith College

Smith College is a private women's liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts, founded 1871 by Sophia Smith's bequest, opened 1875; known for its open curriculum, no-loans aid, Five College Consortium membership, and first women's-college engineering degree.

Smith County, Texas, United States

Smith County, Texas: East Texas county established 1846, named for General James Smith; county seat Tyler, sole county of the Tyler MSA. 2020 census 233,479; 2025 estimate 252,549; rose industry and East Texas oilfield history.

Smith Hart

Smith Hart, born Smith Stewart Hart (1948–2017), was a Canadian-American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer, eldest of Stu and Helen Hart's twelve children, brother of Bret and Owen.

Smith Inlet (inlet)

Smith Inlet: ice-filled inlet, 15 mi long, between Cape Boggs and Cape Collier on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica; discovered by USAS in 1940, once mislabeled Stefansson Inlet, named for Rear Admiral Edward H. Smith, USCG.

Smith Island

Smith Island, the southwesternmost island of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, named for explorer William Smith; 40 km long, rising to about 2,100 m at Mount Foster, with blueschist subduction-complex rocks metamorphosed 58-47 Ma.

Smith machine

Smith machine: guided-barbell gym equipment with a fixed vertical or angled bar path, safety hooks, and stops. Invented in the 1950s from Jack LaLanne's design by Rudy Smith; free weight squats show 43% higher overall EMG.

Smith Micro Software

Smith Micro Software is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania software company founded in 1982 that develops white-label family safety and messaging solutions sold to wireless carriers and cable operators.

Smith Mountain Lake

Smith Mountain Lake is a 20,600-acre reservoir in south-central Virginia near Roanoke, created in 1963 by damming the Roanoke River as part of Appalachian Power's pumped storage project.

Smith normal form

The Smith normal form is a canonical diagonal form of a matrix over a principal ideal domain, introduced by Henry John Stephen Smith in 1861.