SAS or Sas may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''SAS'' (novel series), a French book series by Gérard de Villiers
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Shimmer and Shine
''Shimmer and Shine'' is an American animated television series created by Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz and produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It premiered on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block on August 24, 2015, and ran for four seasons. The sh ...
'', an American animated children's television series
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Southern All Stars
, also known by the abbreviations and SAS, are a Japanese rock band that first formed in 1974.
The band is composed of Keisuke Kuwata (lead vocals and guitars), Yuko Hara (vocals and keyboards), Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (bass), Hiroshi Matsuda (dr ...
, a Japanese rock band
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Strong Arm Steady, an American hip hop group from California
* ''
Sunday All Stars
''Sunday All Stars'' is a Philippine television variety show broadcast by GMA Network. It premiered on June 16, 2013 on the network's Sunday afternoon line up replacing ''Party Pilipinas''. The show concluded on August 2, 2015 with a total of 10 ...
'', a Philippine Sunday variety show from 2013 to 2015
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SAS (TV station)
SAS, formerly SAS-7 and before that SAS-10, is a television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is part of the Seven Network.
History
SAS-7 was originally known as SAS-10, an affiliate of what became Network Ten. It commenced broadcasting ...
, a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
Organizations
Military
* An abbreviation for "Special Air Service" in various armed forces, including:
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Special Air Service, a special forces unit of the British Army
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Special Air Service Regiment
The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957, it was modelled on the British SAS sharing the motto, "Who Dares Wins". The re ...
, a special forces unit of the Australian Army
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5th Special Air Service, a Belgian Second World War formation
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Canadian Special Air Service Company, a Canadian unit from 1947 to 1949
** Free French Special Air Service, the predecessor unit of the French
1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
The 1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine ( en, 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment) or 1er RPIMa is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, therefore part of the Special Operations Command.
Heirs to the Free Frenc ...
(1er RPIMa)
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New Zealand Special Air Service
The 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment, abbreviated as 1 NZSAS Regt, was formed on 7 July 1955 and is the Special forces unit of the New Zealand Army, closely modelled on the British Special Air Service (SAS). It traces its origins ...
, a special forces unit of the New Zealand Army
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Rhodesian Special Air Service
The Rhodesian Special Air Service or Rhodesian SAS was a Rhodesian special forces unit. It comprised:
*C Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (Malayan Emergency (1951–1953)
*"C" Squadron (Rhodesian) Special Air Service (1961–1978)
*1 (Rhodes ...
, several special forces units from Rhodesia
** Special Air Service, a unit within the
Special Forces of Zimbabwe
* South African Ship, the
South African Navy warship prefix
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Specialized Administrative Sections, a French civil-military program during the Algerian War
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Su Altı Savunma
The Underwater Defence ( tr, Su Altı Savunma), or SAS, is the one and only EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) unit of the Turkish Navy, based in the Foça Naval Base near İzmir, on the Aegean coast of Turkey
The missions of the Su Altı Savunm ...
, a special operations unit of the Turkish Navy
Brands and enterprises
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SAS (shoemakers)
San Antonio Shoemakers (SAS) is an American shoe manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas. The company specializes in handcrafted men's and women's shoes. They are a family-owned company which manufactures their shoes in Texas. Some shoe opera ...
, trademark of a shoe company in San Antonio, Texas, US
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SAS (TV station)
SAS, formerly SAS-7 and before that SAS-10, is a television station in Adelaide, South Australia. It is part of the Seven Network.
History
SAS-7 was originally known as SAS-10, an affiliate of what became Network Ten. It commenced broadcasting ...
, a television station in Adelaide, South Australia
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SAS Group (Scandinavian Airlines System Group), an airline company based in Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; Copenhagen, Denmark
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Scandinavian Airlines, the largest airline in Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway and Sweden)
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SAS Cargo Group
SAS AB (Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag), trading as SAS Group, is an airline holding company headquartered in the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna Municipality, Sweden. It is the owner of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines and S ...
, a cargo company in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
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SAS Institute
SAS Institute (or SAS, pronounced "sass") is an American multinational developer of analytics software based in Cary, North Carolina. SAS develops and markets a suite of analytics software ( also called SAS), which helps access, manage, ana ...
, an analytics software company headquartered in North Carolina, US
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SAS (software)
SAS (previously "Statistical Analysis System") is a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation, and predictive analytics. ...
, the main software product of the company
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SAS language The SAS language is a computer programming language used for statistical analysis, created by Anthony James Barr at North Carolina State University.Barr & Goodnight, et al. 1976:"The SAS Staff". Attribution of contributions to SAS 72 and SAS 76. It ...
, the language used to program the software
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Société par actions simplifiée
''Société par actions simplifiée'' (SAS; English: simplified joint-stock company) is a French type of business entity. It is the first hybrid entity enacted under French law and based on common law principles rather than civil. It is similar ...
, French designation of a joint stock type of company
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Southern Audio Services
Southern Audio Services is an American electronics manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, chiefly recognized for its Bazooka Mobile Audio brand and product line. It focuses on mobile audio applications and accessories for cars and marine veh ...
, an electronics manufacturer based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
Healthcare
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Andalusian Health Service
The Andalusian Health Service ( es, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, SAS), the government-run health system for the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, was created on May 6, 1986, as an autonomous agency attached to the Regional Ministry of Health ...
(''Servicio Andaluz de Salud''), the government-run health system of Andalusia, Spain
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Scottish Ambulance Service
The Scottish Ambulance Service ( gd, Seirbheis Ambaileans na h-Alba) is part of NHS Scotland, which serves all of Scotland's population. The Scottish Ambulance Service is governed by a special health board and is funded directly by the Healt ...
Schools
Asia
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St. Augustine's School, Kalimpong
St. Augustine's School is an Anglo-Indian School in the hill station town of Kalimpong in West Bengal, India, established in 1945.
About
St. Augustine's is a minority Christian School established and administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese ...
, a school in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India
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Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah
Sultan Alam Shah School or simply Alam Shah (abbreviated as SAS or SSAS; Malay: Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah) is a fully residential school situated in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Sultan Alam Shah School is one of the schools in the country awarded wit ...
, a boarding school in Malaysia
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Shanghai American School
Shanghai American School (SAS) is an independent, Non-profit international school located in Shanghai, China. Founded in 1912, SAS has two campuses and over 2,800 students enrolled in Pre-K through 12th grade, making it China's largest internati ...
, an international school in Shanghai
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Singapore American School
Singapore American School (SAS) is a non-profit, independent, co-educational day school located in the Woodlands area of Singapore. It offers an American-based curriculum for students in preschool through high school. One of Singapore's first i ...
, an international school in Singapore
Europe
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Sankt-Ansgar-Schule
The Sankt-Ansgar-Schule (common abbreviation: SAS) is a private secondary school in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 1946 as the only boys' school by the Society of Jesus, an order of the Catholic Church, in the State of Hamburg. The school ...
, Hamburg, Germany
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School of Advanced Study
The School of Advanced Study (SAS), a postgraduate institution of the University of London, is the UK's national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities and social sciences. It was established in 1994 and is ba ...
, a postgraduate institution of the University of London, United Kingdom
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Studia Academica Slovaca
Studia Academica Slovaca – the centre for Slovak as a foreign language (SAS) is a specialised department at the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava, teaching foreigners the Slovak language
Slovak () , is a West Slavic langua ...
, a summer school teaching the Slovak language
North America
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Saline Area Schools
Saline Area Schools is a school district headquartered in Liberty School in Saline, Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area ...
, a school district in Michigan
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Saint Andrew's School (Boca Raton, Florida)
Saint Andrew's School is a pre-kindergarten through Grade 12, day and boarding school in Boca Raton, Florida. As a day and boarding school in the Episcopal tradition, Saint Andrew’s serves 1,335 students from over 40 countries and several states ...
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Saint Andrew's School (Savannah, Georgia)
St. Andrew's School is a Scottish-heritage independent college preparatory school located on Wilmington Island in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Established in 1978, it is dually accredited ...
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Saint Andrew's School (Saratoga, California)
Saint Andrew's Episcopal School is an independent co-educational day school, which teaches pre-kindergarten to grade eight in Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California.
Although affiliated with the Episcopal Church, Saint Andrews's welcomes stude ...
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School for Advanced Studies, a high school program in Miami, Florida, United States
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Semester at Sea
Semester at Sea (SaS) is a study-abroad program which was founded in 1963 and managed by the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) in Fort Collins, Colorado. Colorado State University is the current academic sponsor and the program is condu ...
, a shipboard academic program administered by the University of Virginia, United States
Other organizations
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Second Amendment Sisters
Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. (SAS) was a United States women's gun rights advocacy group that supported gun use for self defense and empowerment. According to a 2003 ''Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times ...
, a women's advocacy group focusing on gun rights in the United States of America
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Sense about Science, a UK-based organization promoting respect for good science
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Servants Anonymous Society
The Servants Anonymous Society (SAS) is a nonprofit women's organization that provides aid to young women in exiting the sex industry, achieving sobriety, and avoiding sexual slavery. SAS offers life skills-based education to these women and safe ...
, a nonprofit women's organization
* ''Sloboda a Solidarita'' or
Freedom and Solidarity
Freedom and Solidarity ( sk, Sloboda a solidarita, SaS) is a liberal political party in Slovakia. Established in 2009, SaS is led by its founder and economist Richard Sulík, who designed Slovakia's flat tax system. It generally holds libertari ...
, a political party in Slovakia
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
The Slovak Academy of Sciences ( sk, Slovenská akadémia vied, or SAV) is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research. It was founded in 1942, closed after World War II, and then reestab ...
, the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia
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Society for Affective Science
The Society for Affective Science is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering basic and applied research on affect. It was founded in 2013 by Lisa Feldman Barrett and James Gross
James J. Gross is a psychologist best known for his re ...
, a non-profit organization devoted to the science of affect
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Society for Amateur Scientists, an American non-profit organization
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Society for Animation Studies, an international scholarly organization
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Space Access Society
The Space Access Society (SAS) is an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel. It was founded by Henry Vanderbilt, who was the president from the organizations' founding in 1992 ...
, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
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Strong American Schools, an American non-profit organization that promotes sound education policies
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Surfers Against Sewage
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is a marine conservation charity working with communities to protect oceans, waves, beaches and marine life. It was created in 1990 by a group of Cornish surfers from the villages of St Agnes and Porthtowan on the nor ...
, a UK-based campaign for clean, safe recreational water
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Sussex Archaeological Society, an archaeological society based in Lewes, Sussex, UK
People
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Sas of Moldavia
Sas was, according to the Slavo-Romanian chronicles, the second ''voivode'' of Moldavia (''c.'' 1353/1360 – ''c.'' 1357/1364). He followed his father Dragoş who had been sent to Moldavia as a representative of king Louis I of Hungary ...
(died 1358), voivode ruling over what was to become Moldavia between 1354 and 1358
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Éva Sas
Éva Sas (born 13 August 1970) is a French politician from Europe Ecology – The Greens. She was a Member of Parliament from 2012 to 2017, and has been again since 2022.
Early life
Sas was born in Nice in 1970.
Political career
She was el ...
, French politician
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Ferenc Sas
Ferenc Sas (16 August 1915 – 3 September 1988), born as Ferenc Sohn, in Argentina known as Francisco "Sas" Sohn, was a Hungarian football player. With the Hungary he played in the final of the World Cup 1938. With Hungária MTK FC and CA Bo ...
, Hungarian footballer
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Hasan Şaş, Turkish footballer
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Julian Sas
Julian Sas (born 29 May 1970) is a Dutch blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has released almost 20 studio albums since 1996, with the most recent being the double CD release, ''Electracoustic'' on Cavalier Records.
Life and career
He ...
, Dutch blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Stephen A. Smith
Stephen Anthony Smith (born ) is an American sports television personality, sports radio host, and sports journalist. He is a commentator on ESPN's ''First Take'', where he appears with Molly Qerim. He also makes frequent appearances as an N ...
, American sports analyst
Places
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Sas, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
* Sas, a tributary of the river
Bouleț
The Bouleț is a right tributary of the river Cracăul Alb in Romania. It starts at the confluence of headwater
The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with ...
in Romania
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Sas van Gent
Sas van Gent is a town in the Netherlands. It is located in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Terneuzen and lies about 30 km south of Vlissingen on the border with Belgium.
The Ghent–Terneuzen Canal passe ...
, a town in the Netherlands
Science, technology, and mathematics
Biology and medicine
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Sleep apnea syndrome, a sleep disorder in which pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing during sleep occur more often than normal
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Solvent-accessible surface, the surface area of a biomolecule that is accessible to a solvent
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Subarachnoid space, the space between the arachnoid mater and pia mater in the brain
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Subvalvular aortic stenosis (non-human) Canine subvalvular aortic stenosis (SAS) is an abnormal, congenital heart murmur caused by subaortic stenosis (SAS). There is a high incidence of this condition identified in large and giant breed dogs like the Rottweiler, Newfoundland, Golden Retri ...
, an abnormal, congenital heart murmur
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Syndesmotic ankle sprain, a type of ankle sprain
Computing
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SAS (software)
SAS (previously "Statistical Analysis System") is a statistical software suite developed by SAS Institute for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation, and predictive analytics. ...
, (Statistical Analysis System) an integrated software suite produced by SAS Institute Inc.
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SAS language The SAS language is a computer programming language used for statistical analysis, created by Anthony James Barr at North Carolina State University.Barr & Goodnight, et al. 1976:"The SAS Staff". Attribution of contributions to SAS 72 and SAS 76. It ...
, a data processing and statistical analysis language
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Secure Attention Sequence, a special key combination which invokes a trusted login process (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Delete on Windows NT systems)
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Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus technology for the transfer of data to and from storage devices (e.g., hard disks)
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Shared access signature, a security token which can be attached to a URL
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Short Authentication String
ZRTP (composed of Z and Real-time Transport Protocol) is a cryptographic key-agreement protocol to negotiate the Key (cryptography), keys for encryption between two end points in a Voice over IP (VoIP) phone telephony call based on the Real-time T ...
, a method used in the ZRTP cryptographic protocol
* Slot Accounting System protocol, a slot machine communication method created by the
International Game Technology
International Game Technology PLC (IGT), formerly Gtech S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A., is a multinational gambling company that produces slot machines and other gambling technology. The company is headquartered in London, with major offices in ...
(IGT) corporation
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Sorcerer's Apprentice Syndrome
Sorcerer's Apprentice Syndrome (SAS) is a network protocol flaw in the original versions of TFTP. It was named after Goethe's 1797 poem "Der Zauberlehrling" (popularized by the " Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of the 1940 animated film ''Fantasia ...
, a network protocol flaw in the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
* Spatially Aware Sublayer, an optional sublayer of the MAC that provides spatial reuse in
Resilient Packet Ring
Resilient Packet Ring (RPR), as defined by IEEE standard 802.17, is a protocol designed for the transport of data traffic over optical fiber ring networks. The standard began development in November 2000 and has undergone several amendments since ...
Space
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Small Astronomy Satellite 1, the first of a series of NASA X-ray satellites launched on December 12, 1970
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Small Astronomy Satellite 2
The Small Astronomy Satellite 2, also known also as SAS-2, SAS B or Explorer 48, was a NASA gamma ray telescope. It was launched on 15 November 1972 into the Low Earth orbit, low Earth orbit with a periapsis of 443 km and an apoapsis of 632&n ...
, launched November 15, 1972
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Small Astronomy Satellite 3, launched May 7, 1975
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Space Access Society
The Space Access Society (SAS) is an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel. It was founded by Henry Vanderbilt, who was the president from the organizations' founding in 1992 ...
, an organization dedicated to increasing the viability and reducing the cost of commercial access to space travel
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Space activity suit, a spacesuit which provides mechanical pressure by means of elastic garments
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Space adaptation syndrome, an illness akin to motion sickness experienced by many first-time space travellers
* Sistema Avariynogo Spaseniya, (Russian: ''CAC, Система Аварийного Спасения''), the Soyuz
launch escape system
A launch escape system (LES) or launch abort system (LAS) is a crew-safety system connected to a space capsule that can be used to quickly separate the capsule from its launch vehicle in case of an emergency requiring the abort of the launch, suc ...
Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics
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Self-anchored suspension bridge
A self-anchored suspension bridge is a suspension bridge type in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck, rather than directly to the ground or via large anchorages. The design is well-suited for construction atop elevated piers, o ...
, a suspension bridge in which the main cables attach to the ends of the deck
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Side-angle-side, a concept in geometry for determining congruence or similarity of triangles
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Small-angle scattering Small-angle scattering (SAS) is a scattering technique based on deflection of collimated radiation away from the straight trajectory after it interacts with structures that are much larger than the wavelength of the radiation. The deflection is sma ...
, a scattering technique based on the deflection of a beam of particles away from the straight trajectory after it interacts with a sample
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Solid Axle Suspension, a type of automobile suspension
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Stability Augmentation System, a limited form of autopilot that stabilizes an aircraft in one or more axes
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Synthetic aperture sonar, a form of sonar analogous to synthetic aperture radar
* Supercritical Anti-Solvent, a method used for
micronization
Micronization is the process of reducing the average diameter of a solid material's particles. Traditional techniques for micronization focus on mechanical means, such as milling and grinding. Modern techniques make use of the properties of supe ...
of substances
Sport
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San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home ...
, a professional basketball team in San Antonio, Texas, United States
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SAS Championship, a golf tournament in Cary, North Carolina, United States
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SAS Masters Tour
The Swedish Golf Tour (currently known as the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons), is a developmental professional golf formerly operated by Svenska Golftourerna AB, owned equally by the Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Sweden ...
, a domestic professional golf tour operated by the Swedish Golf Association
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Stars Association for Sports, a women's association football club in Aley, Lebanon
Transportation
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Salton Sea Airport
Salton Sea Airport is a privately owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Salton City, across California State Highway 86 from the western border of the new community ...
, IATA airport code SAS
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Sam Shing stop, MTR station code SAS
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San Antonio station (Texas), Amtrak code SAS
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Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway (internally referred to as the IND Second Avenue Line by the MTA and abbreviated to SAS) is a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan. The first phase of this new line, ...
, a subway line in New York City
Other uses
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Sas coat of arms
Sas or Szász (origin: Slavic for "Saxon", Polish: ''Sas'', Hungarian: ''Szász'', Romanian: ''Saș'', Ukrainian: ''Сас'') is a Central European coat of arms. It was borne since the medieval period by several Transylvanian-Saxon Hungaria ...
, a European coat of arms (German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Ukrainian)
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Statements on auditing standards
Statement on Auditing Standards, commonly abbreviated as SAS, provides guidance to external auditors on Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) regarding auditing an entity and issuing an auditor's report. It is usually issued by the certifie ...
, a series of internationally recognized auditing standards
See also
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History of the SAS (disambiguation) History of the SAS may refer to the following:
* History of the Special Air Service
* History of the Second Avenue Subway
See also
* SAS (disambiguation)
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