SAG, SAg, or sag may refer to:
Land formations
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Sag (geology)
In geology a sag, or trough, is a depressed, persistent, low area; the opposite of an arch, or ridge, a raised, persistent, high area. The terms sag and arch were used historically to describe very large features, for example, characterizing Nort ...
, or ''trough'', a depressed, persistent, low area
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Sag pond
A sag pond is a body of fresh water collected in the lowest parts of a depression (geology), depression formed between two sides of an active geologic fault, strike-slip, transtensional or normal fault zone.
Formation
A sag pond is formed along ...
, a body of water collected in the lowest parts of a depression
People
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Ivan Sag
Ivan Andrew Sag (November 9, 1949 – September 10, 2013) was an American linguist and cognitive scientist. He did research in areas of syntax and semantics as well as work in computational linguistics.
Personal life
Born in Alliance, Ohio on N ...
(1949–2013), American linguist
Places
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Šag, a village near Osijek in Croatia
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Sâg, a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania
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Șag
Șag ( hu, Temesság; german: Schag) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Șag; Parța village broke off as a separate commune in 2004. Geography
Șag is a plain commune, located in the Banat Plain, in the p ...
, a commune in Timiș County, Romania
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Sag Harbor, New York
Sag Harbor is an incorporated village in Suffolk County, New York, United States, in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on eastern Long Island. The village developed as a working port on Gardiner's Bay. The population was 2,772 at the ...
, a village in Suffolk County, New York, USA
* The Sag, a colloquialism for the
Sagtikos State Parkway
The Sagtikos State Parkway (also known as the Sagtikos or Sagtikos Parkway; known colloquially as "the Sag") is a north–south limited-access parkway in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. It begins at an interchange ...
on Long Island, New York
Science
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Sagittarius, a zodiac sign
* SAg, short for
superantigen
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''SAG'' (gene), encodes the protein S-Arrestin in humans
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Sagitta (optics)
file:Sagitta_(optics).jpg, 300x300px, Deep blue ray refers the radius of curvature and the red line segment is the sagitta of the curve (black).
In optics and especially telescope making, sagitta or sag is a measure of the glass removed to yield an ...
, a measure of lens surface shape
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Smoothened agonist, a small bioactive molecule
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Lens sag
Lens sag is a problem that sometimes afflicts very large refracting telescopes. It is the equivalent of mirror sag in reflecting telescopes. It occurs when the physical weight of the glass causes a distortion in the shape of the lens because the l ...
, distortion of astronomical lenses and mirrors
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Voltage sag
Voltage, also known as electric pressure, electric tension, or (electric) potential difference, is the difference in electric potential between two points. In a static electric field, it corresponds to the work needed per unit of charge to m ...
or voltage dip, brief drop in voltage
* SAG or single amplified genome, used to describe
genomes recovered from a single cell
Organizations
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SAG-AFTRA
The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA, stylized as SAG·AFTRA ) is an American labor union representing approximately 160,000 film and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, record ...
(Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), an American labor union
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Scientific Analysis Group
Scientific Analysis Group (SAG) is a laboratory of the Indian Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO). Located in Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of Ind ...
, a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organization of India
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Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to m ...
, an American labor union
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SQL Access Group
The SQL Access Group (SAG) was a group of software companies that was formed in 1989 to define and promote standards for database portability and interoperability. Initial members were Oracle Corporation, Informix, Ingres, DEC, Tandem, Sun and ...
, was a group of software companies
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Surface Action Group, a group of combat ships
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Senior Advisory Group, advisory group to Australian government on the Indigenous voice to government
Other uses
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SG&A
SG&A (alternately SGA, SAG, G&A or SGNA) is an initialism used in accounting to refer to Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, which is a major non-production cost presented in an income statement (statement of profit or loss).
SGA exp ...
, an alternative representation of Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
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SAG mill, semi-autogenous grinding mill
* SAG wagon or
broom wagon
A broom wagon (also known as a ''SAG wagon'') is a vehicle that follows a cycling road race "sweeping" up stragglers who are unable to make it to the finish within the time permitted. If a cyclist chooses to continue behind the broom wagon, they ...
, a support vehicle following a group of cyclists or people who ride bikes
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Sango language
Sango (also spelled Sangho) is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic and also the official language of the country. It is used as a lingua franca across the country and had 450,000 native speakers in 1988. It also has 1.6 ...
of Central African Republic (or Sangho'), ISO 639-2 and -3 code
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...
(also known as the SAG Awards)
See also
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Saag
Saag (), also spelled sag or saga, is an Indian leaf vegetable dish eaten with bread such as roti or naan, or in some regions with rice. Saag can be made from spinach, mustard greens, collard greens, basella, finely chopped broccoli or other ...
, a South Asian vegetable dish
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Sagging (disambiguation)
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