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Subgrid-scale model

A subgrid-scale model is a closure used in large eddy simulation to represent turbulent motions smaller than the numerical grid, commonly via eddy-viscosity models like Smagorinsky.

Subgroup

In group theory, a subgroup of a group G is a non-empty subset that forms a group under the same operation; its order divides |G| by Lagrange's theorem.

Subgroup analysis

Subgroup analysis is a statistical method that estimates treatment effects separately within patient subsets defined by baseline characteristics, testing whether the effect differs across groups.

Subh (concubine of al-Hakam II)

Subh was a slave of northern Iberian origin who became the favorite concubine of the Umayyad caliph al-Hakam II of Córdoba and mother of his successor Hisham II.

Subh al-A'sha

Subh al-A'sha fi Sina'at al-Insha' is a monumental Arabic chancery manual and encyclopedia by the Mamluk secretary and judge al-Qalqashandi, completed on 12 February 1412.

Subh-i-Azal (میرزا یحیی نوری)

Subh-i-Azal, born Mirza Yahya Nuri (c. 1830–1912), was a Persian religious leader regarded by his followers as the Báb's legitimate successor and founder of the Azali branch of Bábism, and the half-brother of Baháʼalláh.

Subha Sankalpam (శుభసంకల్పం)

Subha Sankalpam (శుభసంకల్పం), 1995 Telugu family musical drama directed by K. Viswanath, produced by S. P. Balasubramaniam, starring Kamal Haasan as Dasu; won three 1996 Filmfare Awards Telugu and marked Viswanath's acting debut.

Subhadra

Subhadra, also called Devi Subhadra, is a Yadava princess in Hindu tradition, sister of Krishna and Balabhadra, wife of Arjuna, and mother of the warrior Abhimanyu.

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (सुभद्रा कुमारी चौहान, 1904-1948), Hindi poet and freedom fighter from Nihalpur, Prayagraj, author of the poem Jhansi Ki Rani, jailed twice in the independence movement, first woman satyagrahi arrested in Nagpur.

Subhadra Parinaya

Subhadra Parinaya (ସୁଭଦ୍ରା ପରିଣୟ), meaning The Marriage of Subhadra, is an Odia kavya by Upendra Bhanja, the seventeenth-century poet called Kabi Samrat, recounting the marriage of Krishna's sister Subhadra.

Subhadra Yojana

Subhadra Yojana is Odisha's women's cash transfer scheme (launched 17 September 2024): women aged 21 to 60 get ₹50,000 over five years via DBT, with a SUBHADRA debit card, digital-transaction incentives, and Subhadra Plus add-on programs.

Subhadrangi

Subhadrangi is the name given in the northern Buddhist Asokavadanamala to the mother of Emperor Ashoka and a consort of Bindusara, a legendary figure other sources name Dhamma.

Śubhakarasiṃha

Śubhakarasiṃha (शुभकरसिंह, Chinese Shanwuwei, 637–735) was an Indian monk who became the first great esoteric master at the Tang court, translating the Mahāvairocana Sūtra with Yixing.

Subhalekha Sudhakar

Subhalekha Sudhakar (Suravajula Sudhakar, శుభలేఖ సుధాకర్), born 1960 in Visakhapatnam, is a Telugu and Tamil film and TV character actor with 100+ credits since his 1982 debut in K. Viswanath's Subhalekha, known for comic supporting roles and dubbing.

Subham

Subham (శుభం) is a 2025 Telugu horror-comedy directed by Praveen Kandregula, written by Vasanth Maringanti, and the maiden production of Samantha Ruth Prabhu's Tralala Moving Pictures; released May 9, 2025, streaming on JioHotstar from June 13, 2025.

Subhan Quli Khan

Subhan Quli Khan (1625–1702), also written Subhankuli or Sobhanqoli Khan, was the sixth Ashtarkhanid ruler of the Bukhara Khanate, reigning over reunified Bukhara and Balkh from 1681 to 1702.

Subhankar Sarkar

Subhankar Sarkar is an Indian National Congress politician who became president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee in September 2024, succeeding Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

Subharmonic resonance

Subharmonic resonance occurs in nonlinear oscillating systems when they vibrate at a fraction of the driving frequency, so the response appears below the sustaining force, unlike in linear systems.

Subhas Chandra Bose (সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু)

Subhas Chandra Bose (সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু), Netaji, 1897–1945: Indian nationalist, twice Congress president, founder of the Forward Bloc, leader of the Indian National Army and the 1943 Provisional Government of Azad Hind in Singapore.

Subhash Barala

Subhash Barala is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and a Member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's Parliament, representing Haryana in the 2024 to 2030 term.

Subhash C. Singhal

Subhash C. Singhal is an American materials scientist known for solid oxide fuel cell research, who led Westinghouse's fuel cell group before joining Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2000.

Subhash Chandra (सुभाष चंद्र गोयनका)

Subhash Chandra Goenka (सुभाष चंद्र गोयनका), born 1950 in Adampur, Haryana, is the Indian media entrepreneur who founded Zee TV, India's first private satellite channel, built Essel Group, served in the Rajya Sabha 2016-2022, and later faced SEBI bars and a ₹22,006-crore insolvency case.

Subhash Ghai (सुभाष घई)

Subhash Ghai (सुभाष घई, born 1945), the "Showman" of Hindi cinema, directed Kalicharan, Karz, Hero, Karma, Khalnayak, Pardes, and Taal, founded Mukta Arts and the Whistling Woods International film school in Mumbai, and won a National Film Award for Iqbal.

Subhash Khot

Subhash Khot is a theoretical computer scientist, Silver Professor at NYU's Courant Institute, best known for formulating the Unique Games Conjecture in 2002 and winning the 2014 Nevanlinna Prize.

Subhash Mahajan

Subhash Mahajan (1939–2023) was an Indian-born American materials scientist and National Academy of Engineering member, a leading expert on slip and twinning who taught at Arizona State and UC Davis.

Subhash Mukhopadhyay

Subhash Mukhopadhyay (সুভাষ মুখোপাধ্যায়), 1919 to 2003, was a Bengali poet, novelist, and translator known as a "poet of the people" who brought social struggle into Bengali verse.

Subhash Phal Desai

Subhash Phal Desai, also spelled Phal Dessai, is an Indian politician from Goa, a Bharatiya Janata Party minister in the Government of Goa and the MLA for Sanguem.

Subhash Shirodkar

Subhash Shirodkar is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who serves as a Goa minister with the Water Resources, Co-operation, and Provedoria portfolios, representing Shiroda in the assembly.

Subhashita

Subhashita (सुभाषित, "well-spoken"), also called sukti, is a short standalone Sanskrit verse of four lines condensing wisdom, ethics, or humor; most circulate anonymously, collected in anthologies such as Vidyakara's Subhashitaratnakosha of about 1100.

Subhashitaratnakosha

The Subhashitaratnakosha (सुभाषितरत्नकोश, "Treasury of Well-Said Verses") is an 11th-century Sanskrit anthology of about 1,700 short court poems, compiled by the Buddhist scholar Vidyākara from the library of the Jagaddala monastery in Bengal.