| search and rescue mission | a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them |
Gram's method
Gram method
Gram's procedure
Gram's stain
Gram stain | a staining technique used to classify bacteria, bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution, after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative |
method acting
method | an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed |
| search | an investigation seeking answers, a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing, the outcome justified the search |
| search | boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas, right of search |
coitus interruptus
withdrawal method
withdrawal pulling out
onanism | a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation |
contraception
contraceptive method | birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery |
basal body temperature method of family planning
basal body temperature method | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
ovulation method of family planning
ovulation method | natural family planning in which the fertile period is inferred from changes in the character and quantity of cervical mucus, ovulation is marked by an increase in mucus that becomes sticky and then clearer and slippery |
rhythm method of birth control
rhythm method
rhythm
calendar method of birth control
calendar method | natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from daythrough day of her cycle) |
| relaxation relaxation method | a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount |
| whole-word method | teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words |
search
hunt hunting | the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone |
| strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
| search mission | a mission to discover something |
| search and destroy mission | an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam, troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them |
| air search radar | a shipboard radar that searches for aircraft |
| surface search radar | a naval radar to search for surface targets |
| freedom from search and seizure | a right guaranteed by the th amendment to the US Constitution |
| right of search | the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them |
| method | a way of doing something, especially a systematic way, implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) |
| scientific method | a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses |
| experimental method | the use of controlled observations and measurements to test hypotheses |
teaching method
pedagogics
pedagogy | the principles and methods of instruction |
Socratic method
maieutic method | a method of teaching by question and answer, used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students |
| method of choice | the best method to achieve a desired result |
| search | the examination of alternative hypotheses, his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful |
eclecticism
eclectic method | making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style |
differential calculus
method of fluxions | the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential |
statistical method
statistical procedure | a method of analyzing or representing statistical data, a procedure for calculating a statistic |
least squares
method of least squares | a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve |
| search warrant | a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court, the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search |
| search engine | a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) |
command language
query language
search language | a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed |
| search party | a party of people to search for someone |
straight-line method
straight-line method of depreciation | (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life |
accounting accounting system
method of accounting | a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business, forms part of a ledger of accounts |
Bradley method of childbirth
Bradley method | a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth by providing education and exercises and nutrition and techniques of breathing and relaxation (with the assistance of the father) |
Lamaze method of childbirth
Lamaze method | a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth, the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing |
Leboyer method of childbirth
Leboyer method | a method of childbirth that tries to minimize the trauma for the newborn, delivery occurs in a quiet dimly lit room and the infant's head is not pulled and immediate bonding between mother and child is encouraged |
powder photography
powder method
powder technique | a process for identifying minerals or crystals, a small rod is coated with a powdered form of the substance and subjected to suitably modified Xays, the pattern of diffracted rings is used for identification |
Read method of childbirth
Read method | a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological, involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises |
search
lookup | an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property, they wrote a program to do a table lookup |
research
search
explore | inquire into, the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project, He searched for information on his relatives on the web, Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness |
search
seek
look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of, The police are searching for clues, They are searching for the missing man in the entire county |
| search | subject to a search, The police searched the suspect, We searched the whole house for the missing keys |
| strip-search | search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes, He was strip-searched at the airport |
search
look | search or seek, We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest, Look elsewhere for the perfect gift! |