Schmidt
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Schmidt may refer to:
- Schmidt (surname)Schmidt (surname)Schmidt is a common German occupational surname derived from the German word "schmied" meaning "blacksmith" and/or "metalworker". This surname is the German equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world....
, including list of people with the surname - Schmidt (lunar crater)Schmidt (lunar crater)Schmidt is a small lunar impact crater that is located near the southwest edge of Mare Tranquillitatis, to the southwest of the Ritter–Sabine crater pair. This formation is circular and bowl-shaped, with little appearance of wear due to subsequent impacts. The interior has a higher albedo than the...
- Schmidt (Martian crater), a crater on Mars
- Schmidt (volcano)Schmidt (volcano)Schmidt is a shield volcano located in the southeastern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.- References :*...
, in Kamchatka - Schmidt BlockSchmidt BlockThe Schmidt Block is located in downtown Davenport, Iowa, United States and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is immediately adjacent to the Union Arcade building, which is also listed on the NRHP.-History :...
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Iowa, USA - Schmidt cameraSchmidt cameraA Schmidt camera, also referred to as the Schmidt telescope, is a catadioptric astrophotographic telescope designed to provide wide fields of view with limited aberrations. Other similar designs are the Wright Camera and Lurie-Houghton telescope....
, an astronomical telescope designed for photography - Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopeSchmidt-Cassegrain telescopeThe Schmidt–Cassegrain is a catadioptric telescope that combines a cassegrain reflector's optical path with a Schmidt corrector plate to make a compact astronomical instrument that uses simple spherical surfaces.-Invention and design:...
, a version of the Schmidt camera - Schmidt SpieleSchmidt SpieleSchmidt Spiele is a German games publisher for a wide variety of games, most notably board games .Founder Josef Friedrich Schmidt developed Mensch ärgere dich nicht in 1907/1908, based on antique forerunners. Five years later his new publishing firm began the game's serial production...
, a German games manufacturer - Schmidt Baking CompanySchmidt Baking CompanySchmidt Baking Company is a bakery in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. The company makes Schmidt's Blue Ribbon and Schmidt's Old Tyme Breads and, as a licensee of the Quality Bakers of America Cooperative, bakes and distributes Sunbeam Bread in its territory.It was founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1886...
, makers of Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread - von Schmidt auf AltenstadtVon Schmidt auf AltenstadtVon Schmidt auf Altenstadt, was a German noble family whose seat was at Schloss Gattendorf outside Hof, Bavaria near the Czech border. Also known as Schmidt von Altenstadt, it had branches in other countries including the Netherlands, and Russia, where its members also distinguished themselves...
, a German baronial family in Kirchgattendorf, part of the municipality of Gattendorf - Schmidt IslandSchmidt IslandSchmidt Island, Ostrov Shmidta in Russian, is part of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic and was named after Soviet scientist and first head of the Chief Directorate of the Northern Sea Route, Otto Schmidt...
, an island in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean - Schmidt PeninsulaSchmidt PeninsulaSchmidt Peninsula is a small peninsula connected by a low isthmus to Cape Legoupil, Trinity Peninsula. Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition of 1947-48 for Captain Hugo Schmidt Prado, Chilean Army, the first commander of Base Bernardo O'Higgins established in 1948 on this peninsula.-Map:* ...
, a peninsula at the northern tip of SakhalinSakhalinSakhalin or Saghalien, is a large island in the North Pacific, lying between 45°50' and 54°24' N.It is part of Russia, and is Russia's largest island, and is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast...
, Russia - Cape Schmidt, a cape on the coast of the Chukchi Sea, Russia, also known by its Russian name, Mys Shmidta
- Schmidt reactionSchmidt reactionThe Schmidt reaction is an organic reaction involving alkyl migration over the carbon-nitrogen chemical bond in an azide with expulsion of nitrogen...
- Schmidt NumberSchmidt numberSchmidt number is a dimensionless number defined as the ratio of momentum diffusivity and mass diffusivity, and is used to characterize fluid flows in which there are simultaneous momentum and mass diffusion convection processes...
- Schmidt decompositionSchmidt decompositionIn linear algebra, the Schmidt decomposition refers to a particular way of expressing a vector in the tensor product of two inner product spaces. It has applications in quantum information theory and plasticity....
, a decomposition of vectors of tensor product spaces - Schmidt Sting Pain IndexSchmidt Sting Pain IndexThe Schmidt Sting Pain Index is a pain scale rating the relative pain caused by different Hymenopteran stings. It is mainly the work of Justin O. Schmidt, an entomologist at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Arizona...
, a scalar index to the degree of pain from hymenoptera stings
See also
- Smith (surname)Smith (surname)Smith is an English family name originating in England. It is the most common surname in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States, the second most common surname in Canada, and the fifth most common surname in Ireland...
- Schmitt (disambiguation)
- SchmitzSchmitzSchmitz is a common German surname , which may refer to:* Becky Schmitz, an Iowa State Senator for Iowa's 45th district elected in 2006* Bob Schmitz , American football player* Bruno Schmitz , German architect...
- Schmid (disambiguation)
- SchmiedSchmiedSchmied is a surname of German origin. Its meaning is derived from the German word Schmied, which is a smith . Common variations are Schmitt, Schmit, Schmidt, and Smith.- Changes over time :...
- SmitsSmitsSmits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname.- Frequency of occurrence in general populations :Information for surname frequency in the Netherlands is limited by the end of comprehensive census taking in 1971...