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Sagittarius arm bâzu-ye Nimasb Fr.: bras du Sagittaire One of the → spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy. It lies between the Sun and the the → Scutum-Crux arm. Also known as the Sagittarius-Carina Arm. → Sagittarius; → arm. |
Sagittarius B2 Nimasb B2 Fr.: Sagittarius B2 A massive (3 × 106 → solar masses), dense (up to 108 particles per cm3) → H II region and → molecular cloud complex located near the → Galactic center (about 390 → light-years from it) and about 26,000 light-years from Earth. This complex is one of the largest in the → Milky Way, spanning a region about 150 light-years across. The mean → hydrogen → density within the cloud is 3,000 atoms per cm3, which is about 20-40 times denser than a typical molecular cloud. It is the richest molecular source in the Galaxy in which many different types of → interstellar molecule have been identified, including glycine, the simplest amino acid, and the sugar molecule glycoaldehyde. → Sagittarius. |
Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy kahkešân-e kutule-ye beyzigun-e nimasb Fr.: galaxie naine elliptique du Sagittaire A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way discovered only in 1994 since most of it is obscured by the Galactic disc. At only 50,000 light years distant from our Galaxy's core, it is travelling in a polar orbit around the Galaxy. Our Galaxy is slowly devouring it, as evidenced by a filament which stretches around the Milky Way's core like a gossamer loop. It is only about 10,000 light-years in diameter, in comparison to the Milky Way's diameter of 100,000 light years. It is populated by old yellowish stars has four known globular clusters: M54, Arp 2, Terzan 7, and Terzan 8. It should not be confused with the → Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy. → Sagittarius; → dwarf; → elliptical; → galaxy. |
Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy kahkešân-e kutule-ye bisâmân-e Nimasb Fr.: galaxie naine irrégulière du Sagittaire A dwarf irregular galaxy, discovered in 1977, that is a member of the Local Group of galaxies. It has a diameter of 1,500 light-years and lies about 3.5 million light-years away. SagDIG contains as much as about 108 solar masses of H I gas and is one of the most metal-poor galaxies. It should not be confused with the → Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy. → Sagittarius; → dwarf; → irregular; → galaxy. |
Sagnac effect oskar-e Sagnac Fr.: effet Sagnac The → phase difference between two light waves moving in opposite directions along a closed circular loop when the loop is rotating. More specifically, consider a beam of light split into two beams which are then allowed to propagate in two opposite directions along the rim of a rotating disk. When they are recombined, a phase difference occurs between them. The position of the → interference fringes is dependent on the → angular velocity of the setup. This → relativistic effect illustrates the impossibility of synchronizing clocks situated in a rotating → reference frame, as described by Einstein in 1905. The Sagnac effect is used, for example, in optical gyroscopes installed in airplanes or in devices used for measuring the Earth rotation. The Sagnac effect is very important for the correct working of the → Global Positioning System. Named after Georges Sagnac (1869-1928), French physicist, who discovered the phenomenon in 1913; → effect. |
Saha equation hamugeš-e Saha Fr.: équation de Saha An equation that gives the number of atoms of a given species in various stages of → ionization that exist in a gas in → thermal equilibrium as a function of the temperature, density, and ionization energies of the atoms. Named after the Indian astrophysicist Megh Nad Saha (1894-1956), who first derived the equation in 1920; → equation. |
Saint Elmo's fire âtaš-e sepant Elmo Fr.: feu de Saint-Elme A blue/violet light better seen at night on a pointed object, such as the mast of a ship or the wing of an airplane, during a → thunderstorm. The mast appears to be on fire but does not burn. It occurs when the ground below the storm is electrically charged, and there is high voltage in the air between the cloud and the ground. The high voltage causes the electrons and protons of the air molecules to be pulled away from each other, transforming the air into a glowing ionized gas. St. Elmo's fire is sometimes mistaken for → ball lightning. It was identified as an electrical phenomenon first by by Benjamin Franklin in 1749. Also called → corposant. Saint Elmo the Italian rendering of St. Erasmus of Formiae (died 303) the patron saint of Mediterranean sailors; → fire. Âtaš, → fire, sepant "saint, holy," → heiligenschein. |
Saiph (κ Orionis) Seyf (#) Fr.: Saiph A → supergiant star of visual magnitude 2.06 and → spectral type B0.5 Ia marking the right knee of Orion. It is about 700 light-years away. Saiph "sword," from Ar. as-saiph al-jabbâr
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Sakharov conditions butârhâ-ye Sakharov Fr.: conditions de Sakharov The three conditions that are necessary for the generation of a
→ baryon asymmetry in the
→ early Universe. These conditions are: Named after Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), who in 1967 described these three minimum conditions (A. D. Sakharov, 1967, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. Pis'ma 5, 32; 1967, JETP Lett. 91B, 24); → condition. |
Sakurai's Object (V4334 Sgr) barâxt-e Sakurai Fr.: objet de Sakurai A → post-asymptotic giant branch star that in 1995 underwent sudden re-brightening due to a → helium shell flash, or → very late thermal pulse (VLTP), before embarking on a → white dwarf cooling track. Such an outburst is very rare, and in this case it is the first seen in modern times. Stellar outbursts observed in 1670 (nova CK Vul) and 1918 (nova V605 Aql) may have been caused by the same phenomenon. Since 1995, Sakurai's Object has undergone observable changes on time-scales of weeks to months. Several phases of dust production followed the outburst, with a deep optical minimum beginning in early 1999, such that any changes in the central star have since been inferred from radio and infrared observations. Subsequent observations and modeling have revealed much about the dust shell formation and the outer regions of the ejecta. This object is also the central star of an extended very faint planetary nebula (→ CSPN), confirming that the latest large mass ejection during the planetary nebula phase occurred several thousands years ago (see, e.g. H. L. Worters et al. 2009, MNRAS 393, 108 and references therein). Named after Yukio Sakurai, a Japanese amateur astronomer, who serendipitously discovered it on February 20, 1996, when searching for comets; → object. |
Salpeter function karyâ-ye Salpeter Fr.: équation de Salpeter The first mathematical description of the → initial mass function (IMF) of newly formed stars of solar to → intermediate-masses. It is proportional to M -2.35, where M is the stellar mass. → Salpeter slope. Named after the Austrian-Australian-American astrophysicist Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924-2008); → function. |
Salpeter process farâravand-e Salpeter Fr.: processus de Salpeter An equation describing how the nuclei of helium fuse together, in the interior of giant stars, to form carbon nuclei. → triple-alpha process. Named after the Austrian-Australian-American astrophysicist Edwin Ernest Salpeter (1924-2008); → process. |
Salpeter slope šib-e Salpeter Fr.: pente de Salpeter The value of the exponent in the → initial mass function as derived by Salpeter (1955) for solar to → intermediate mass stars in the Solar neighborhood: &Gamma = 1.35 or &alpha = 2.35, or x = -1.35. Also known as Sapleter index. → Salpeter function; → slope. |
salt namak (#) Fr.: sel 1) A crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, used for
food seasoning and preservation. O.E. sealt; cf. O.N., O.Fris., Goth. salt, Du. zout, Ger. Salz from PIE *sal- "salt;" cf. Gk. hals (genitive halos) "salt, sea;" L. sal; O.Ir. salann; Welsh halen; O.C.S. sali "salt." Namak "salt;" Mid.Pers. namak "salt." |
salt finger angošt-e namak Fr.: doigts de sel Oceanography: One of several alternating columns of rising and descending water resulting from a → mixing process that occurs when warm salty water overlies a colder and relatively fresher layer of water. If the overlying salty water loses enough heat, it sinks down into the colder, fresher water, lengthening into a finger of salty water. Becuse the finger loses heat faster than it loses salt, the salt finger will continue to sink (salty water is denser than fresh water of the same temperature). Hence the salt finger loses more heat and displaces the colder water around it, which rises up and mixes into the warm salty layer above. Salt fingers are an example of → double-diffusive convection and play an important role in oceanic mixing. See also → fingering instability, → fingering convection. |
saltpeter šuré (#) Fr.: salpètre A chemical compound, potassium nitrate, KNO3. It is a naturally occurring mineral source of nitrogen, and is used in the manufacture of fireworks, fluxes, gunpowder, etc. M.E. sal peter, salpetre, from O.Fr. salpetre, from M.L. sal petrae "salt of rock," from L. sal, → salt + petra "rock, stone." Šuré, related to šur "salty;" Mid.Pers. šôr "salty," šorag "salt land;" cf. Skt. ksurá- "razor, sharp knife;" Gk. ksuron "razor;" PIE base *kseu- "to rub, whet." |
sample nemunân Fr.: échantillon Statistics: A portion of the units of a population. The
units are selected based on a randomized process with a known probability of selection.
The sample is used to make inferences about the population by examining or
measuring the units in the sample.
→ specimen = nemuné ( M.E., from O.Fr. essample, from L. exemplum "a sample," literally "that which is taken out," from eximere "to take out, remove." Nemunân, from nemun, from nemudan "to show;" Mid.Pers. nimūdan, nimây- "to show," from O.Pers./Av. ni- "down; into," → ni- (PIE), + māy- "to measure;" cf. Skt. mati "measures," matra- "measure;" Gk. metron "measure;" L. metrum; PIE base *me- "to measure." |
sample point noqte-ye nemunân Fr.: point de l'échantillon Statistics: Each possible outcome in a → sample space. |
sample size andâze-ye nemunân Fr.: taille de l'échantillon The number of sampling units which are to be included in the sample. In the case of a multi-stage sample this number refers to the number of units at the final stage in the sampling. |
sample space fazâ-ye nemunân Fr.: espace des échantillons Statistics: A set which consists of all possible outcomes of a random experiment. |
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