SST
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The acronym SST may refer to:
In aircraft and naval vehicles
In government and military
In popular culture and media
In science and technology
Time
Ballistics
Other uses
In aircraft and naval vehicles
- Scaled Composites SpaceShipTwoScaled Composites SpaceShipTwoThe Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShipTwo is a suborbital, air-launched spaceplane, designed for space tourism. It is under development by The Spaceship Company, a California-based joint venture between Scaled Composites and the Virgin Group, as part of the Tier 1b program.SpaceShipTwo is...
- SST class blimpSST class blimp|-See also:-External links:* *...
SS class blimpSS class blimpSS class blimps were simple, cheap and easily assembled small non-rigid airships that were developed as a matter of some urgency to counter the German U-boat threat to British shipping during World War I... - Supersonic transportSupersonic transportA supersonic transport is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound. The only SSTs to see regular service to date have been Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144. The last passenger flight of the Tu-144 was in June 1978 with its last ever...
(SST), civil aircraft for transporting passengers faster than the speed of sound. - US Navy hull classification symbolHull classification symbolThe United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration use hull classification symbols to identify their ship types and each individual ship within each type...
for Training Submarines
In government and military
- Special Security TeamSpecial Security TeamThe is the official counter-terrorist unit of the Japanese Coast Guard. Formerly known as the Kansai International Airport Marine Guard, it was renamed after a period of reorganization...
, a counter-terrorist unit of the Japanese Coast Guard - Streamlined Sales Tax ProjectStreamlined sales tax projectOrganized in March 2000, the Streamlined Sales Tax Project objective is to simplify and modernize sales and use tax collection and administration in the United States. It arose in response to efforts by Congress to permanently prohibit states from collecting sales taxes on online commerce...
, an effort to standardize the way states in the United States tax goods - Swiss Solvency TestSwiss Solvency TestThe Swiss Solvency Test is a risk based capital standard for insurance companies in Switzerland, in use since 2006. The SST was developed by the Swiss Federal Office of Private Insurance in cooperation with the Swiss insurance industry....
, a framework for the regulation of the insurance industry in Switzerland
In popular culture and media
- Salo-Salo Together ("SST")Salo-Salo Together (SST)Salo-Salo Together is a defunct Philippine noontime variety show aired over GMA Network.-History:SST's first aired on March 20, 1993 as a replacement for "Lunch Date", hosted by Randy Santiago, Dennis Padilla, and Smokey Manaloto with Liezl Martinez, Anjanette Abayari, Joy Ortega and Giselle...
, a defunct Philippine noontime variety show aired over GMA Network from 1993 to 1995. - The Samoan Swat Team ("The Headshrinkers"), a professional wrestling tag team.
- Sega Superstars TennisSega Superstars TennisSega Superstars Tennis is a tennis video game developed by Sumo Digital and published by Sega. The game was released on March 17, 2008 in Europe, on March 18, 2008 in North America, and on March 27, 2008 in Australia. The game includes 16 playable characters and 10 courts from Sega franchises...
, a 2008 video game featuring Sega's mascots playing tennis - SST BandSST BandThe S.S.T.BAND was Sega's official band from 1988 to 1993, specializing in rock versions of soundtracks of Sega's arcade games, for collection albums and playing in festivals...
("Sega Sound Team"), a Japanese music band. - SST RecordsSST RecordsSST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment...
, an independent record label - Starship TradersStarship tradersStarship Traders is a free text based massively multiplayer online roleplaying game in the vein of the classic Star Trader style of games...
, a multiplayer webgame. - Starship TroopersStarship TroopersStarship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and published hardcover in December, 1959.The first-person narrative is about a young soldier from the Philippines named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his...
, a science fiction book by Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers (film)Starship Troopers (film)Starship Troopers is a 1997 American military science fiction film, written by Edward Neumeier , directed by Paul Verhoeven, loosely adapted from Starship Troopers, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It is the only theatrically released film in the Starship Troopers franchise...
, a film loosely based on the book by Robert A. Heinlein of the same name
In science and technology
- Menter’s Shear Stress Transport, turbulence model in fluid dynamics
- Mitsubishi SST, a concept car by Mitsubishi
- School of Science and TechnologySchool of Science and TechnologyThe School of Science and Technology is an accredited, public high school located in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. It is a magnet program within Merlo Station High School for students who have an interest in mathematics, life and physical sciences, and technology.- History :SST began as a...
, a magnet program within Merlo Station High School with emphasis on the sciences and technology - School of Science and Technology, SingaporeSchool of Science and Technology, SingaporeThe School of Science and Technology, Singapore or was established in Singapore in 2010. It offers a four-year curriculum which leads to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O Level examination. Students in the school learn through a learning style focusing on hands-on activities which teaches them how to...
, a Specialised Independent School in SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... - Sea surface temperatureSea surface temperatureSea surface temperature is the water temperature close to the oceans surface. The exact meaning of surface varies according to the measurement method used, but it is between and below the sea surface. Air masses in the Earth's atmosphere are highly modified by sea surface temperatures within a...
- Serum-separating tubeSerum-separating tubeSerum-separating tubes, also known as serum separator tubes or SSTs, are used in medical clinical chemistry tests requiring blood serum.SSTs are sometimes called "marble-top tubes" or "yellow topped tubes", referring to the stoppers which are either gold or red-gray...
, a particular type of evacuated tube used during venipuncture. - Shiva Smart TunnelingShiva Smart TunnelingShiva Smart Tunneling, also referred to as SST is a simplistic UDP-based VPN tunneling protocol developed by Shiva Corp. for its Shiva series VPN gateways....
, a simple VPN tunneling protocol in Eicon Shiva series VPN gateway products - Shortest spanning tree, in graph theory
- Silicon Storage Technology, Inc, a manufacturer of flash parts
- Social skills training, in educational psychology training students with special needs (like autism) social skills to help with inclusion.
- SomatostatinSomatostatinSomatostatin is a peptide hormone that regulates the endocrine system and affects neurotransmission and cell proliferation via interaction with G-protein-coupled somatostatin receptors and inhibition of the release of numerous secondary hormones.Somatostatin...
, a peptide hormone - Space Surveillance Telescope, ground-based space surveillance technology developed by DARPA.
- Spitzer Space TelescopeSpitzer Space TelescopeThe Spitzer Space Telescope , formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility is an infrared space observatory launched in 2003...
, a space observatory observing in the infrared launched in 2003 - Steady state topographySteady state topographySteady State Topography is a methodology for observing and measuring human brain activity that was first described by Richard Silberstein and co-workers in 1990...
, a research methodology in cognitive neuroscience and neuromarketing - Structured Stream TransportStructured Stream TransportStructured Stream Transport is an experimental transport protocol that provides an ordered, reliable byte stream abstraction similar to TCP's, but enhances and optimizes stream management to permit applications to use streams in a much more fine-grained fashion than is feasible with TCP streams....
, a data transport protocol still under development by MIT - Swedish Solar TelescopeSwedish Solar TelescopeThe Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope is a refracting solar telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. It is run by the Institute for Solar Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The primary element is a single fused silica lens, making it the second...
(Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope), a telescope dedicated to observing the Sun - Total sum of squaresTotal sum of squaresIn statistical data analysis the total sum of squares is a quantity that appears as part of a standard way of presenting results of such analyses...
, SST or TSS - Twin Clutch SSTTwin Clutch SSTTwin Clutch SST is the brand name of a six-speed dual clutch transmission developed by Getrag for Mitsubishi Motors...
, a twin-clutch transmission developed by Mitsubishi
Time
- Samoa Standard Time (Samoa Time ZoneSamoa Time Zonethumb|right|250px|SST is [[UTC-11]]The Samoa Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eleven hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west west of the Greenwich Observatory.The zone includes the U.S...
) - Singapore Standard TimeSingapore Standard TimeSingapore Standard Time or Singapore Time based in Singapore uses a time zone eight hours in advance of UTC .- History :...
Ballistics
- HornadyHornadyHornady Manufacturing Company is an American manufacturer of ammunition and handloading components, based in Grand Island, Nebraska.The company was founded by Joyce Hornady in 1949 and is currently run by his son Steve Hornady who took over after his father's death in a plane crash in 1981.Hornady...
SST (Super Shock Tip) bullet - streamlined, polymer tip
Other uses
- SST, Safe Secure Trailer, a modified 18-wheel cargo truck used by the United States Office of Secure TransportationOffice of Secure TransportationThe U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Secure Transportation provides safe and secure transportation of nuclear weapons and components and special nuclear materials, and conducts other missions supporting the national security of the United States of...
to move specialized cargoes, such as nuclear weapons