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Snapped
Snapped is an American true crime documentary series on Oxygen, first aired August 6, 2004, produced by Jupiter Entertainment in Knoxville, profiling women accused of murder; over 500 episodes, 33 seasons by 2024, narrated mostly by Sharon Martin.
Snapper gas field
The Snapper gas field is an offshore natural gas and condensate field in the Gippsland Basin under Bass Strait, discovered in 1968 and produced since 1981.
Snapping hip syndrome
Snapping hip syndrome (coxa saltans, dancer's hip): audible or palpable hip snapping from a tendon moving over a bony prominence; external (iliotibial band) or internal (iliopsoas) types; affects 5-10% of people, mostly painless.
Snapple
Snapple: American iced tea and juice brand founded 1972 as Unadulterated Food Products by Marsh, Golden, and Greenberg; famous for glass bottles, cap pop, Real Facts; owned by Keurig Dr Pepper.
Snappy (compression)
Snappy, previously known as Zippy, is a lossless compression and decompression library developed at Google that favors very high speeds over maximum compression, and was open-sourced in March 2011.
Snapshot compressive imaging
Snapshot compressive imaging is a computational imaging method that captures hyperspectral images or videos in a single 2D snapshot, recovering the full data cube by algorithm.
Snapshot hyperspectral imaging
Snapshot hyperspectral imaging is an imaging technique that captures a complete 3D spectral data cube in a single exposure without scanning, most commonly through CASSI's coded aperture and dispersive designs.
Snare drum
Snare drum, or side drum (Kleine Trommel, caisse claire): a shallow cylindrical membranophone with 8–18 wires against the bottom head, descended from the medieval tabor, providing the backbeat in popular music and a core orchestral percussion voice.
Snare polypectomy
Snare polypectomy is an endoscopic procedure that removes gastrointestinal polyps with a wire loop tightened around the polyp, the standard method for colorectal polyps up to 19 mm.
SNARE proteins
SNARE proteins, named for soluble NSF attachment protein receptors, are conserved eukaryotic membrane proteins whose four-helix bundle assembly pulls membranes together to drive vesicle fusion, from neurotransmitter release to endosomal trafficking.
Snark subreddits
Snark subreddits, such as r/DuggarsSnark and r/fundiesnarkuncensored, are Reddit communities where snarkers criticize and gossip about a specific influencer, celebrity, YouTuber, or show, studied as anti-fandom.
Snarky Puppy
Snarky Puppy: American instrumental collective led by bassist Michael League, formed 2004 at the University of North Texas in Denton. Five Grammy-winning genre-fluid band, GroundUP Music label, Somni with Metropole Orkest.
Snartemo
Snartemo: village and Sørlandsbanen station in Hægebostad, Agder, Norway, site of the Snartemofunnene, rich Migration Period (375–550 CE) chamber graves including the famous Snartemo sword from grave V.
Snatch (film)
Snatch is a 2000 crime comedy film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It follows a stolen 86-carat diamond through the London underworld, involving gangsters and boxing promoters.
Snatch (TV series)
Snatch (2017–2018) is a Crackle comedy-drama series loosely based on Guy Ritchie's 2000 film, created by Alex De Rakoff, starring Rupert Grint and Luke Pasqualino as hustlers entangled with stolen gold bullion in London's underworld; 20 episodes, two seasons, mixed reviews.
Snatch (weightlifting)
Snatch: one of the two Olympic weightlifting lifts, a single-motion wide-grip pull of the barbell from platform to overhead; contested since 1896, sole lift with clean and jerk since 1972.
Snatch Game
Snatch Game is the recurring celebrity-impersonation maxi challenge of RuPaul's Drag Race, parodying Match Game (Blankety Blank). Debuting in US Season 2 (2010), it tests improv comedy, spawns variants like Snatch Game of Love, and often decides a season's outcome.
Snatched (2017 film)
Snatched is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Levine, starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn as a mother and daughter kidnapped during a vacation to South America.
Snatcher (スナッチャー) (video game)
Snatcher (スナッチャー) is Hideo Kojima's 1988 Konami cyberpunk graphic adventure for PC-8801/MSX2, starring amnesiac junker Gillian Seed hunting androids; only the 1994 Sega CD version reached North America.
SNB-19
SNB-19 (SNB19, Surgical Neurology Branch-19), human glioblastoma cell line CVCL_0535, NCI-60 panel member; STR profiling shows it is a U-251MG derivative, registered as misidentified ICLAC-00268.
SNBRN
SNBRN is the stage name of Kevin Chapman, an American DJ and producer in Los Angeles known for "Raindrops" and "Gangsta Walk" and his "sunset house" style.
SNC-Lavalin affair
The SNC-Lavalin affair: 2019 Canadian scandal over alleged pressure on Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould to grant SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement; Trudeau found in violation of the Conflict of Interest Act.
SNCF
SNCF, formally the French National Railway Company (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français), is France's state-owned national railway company. Founded in 1938, it still carries about 98% of national rail traffic.
SNCF Class BB 60000
The SNCF Class BB 60000 is a French Bo'Bo' diesel-electric locomotive class built by Vossloh in Spain for heavy shunting and light freight, delivered from 2006.
SNCF Class BB 9200
The SNCF Class BB 9200 was a series of 92 French electric express locomotives built from 1957, which hauled the first 200 km/h train in France.
SNCF Class CC 6500
The SNCF Class CC 6500 is a class of French electric locomotives built by Alsthom between 1969 and 1975, known for hauling prestigious express trains like the Capitole and Mistral.
SNCF Class X 73500
The SNCF Class X 73500, known as the A TER, is a French single-car diesel railcar built by Alstom for TER regional services, with 318 units delivered from 1999 to 2004.
SNCF Réseau
SNCF Réseau is France's rail infrastructure manager, a public limited company wholly owned by the state through SNCF holding, managing over 28,000 km of lines.
SND1
SND1 (Tudor-SN, p100, TSN, TDRD11) is a conserved 910-amino-acid human protein with four SN domains and a Tudor domain; it co-activates transcription, acts as a RISC nuclease, and is overexpressed as an oncogene, notably in the MTDH-SND1 complex, across many cancers.
Sneaker
A sneaker is an athletic shoe with a flexible rubber or foam sole, first developed in the 19th century for sports and now everyday casual wear.