Situ
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The words situ and situs are Latin for "site" (or location). They also have other meanings (Situ means "lake" in Sundanese
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Situ can refer to:
Situs can refer to:
Sundanese language
Sundanese is the language of about 27 million people from the western third of Java or about 15% of the Indonesian population....
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Situ can refer to:
- in situIn situIn situ is a Latin phrase which translated literally as 'In position'. It is used in many different contexts.-Aerospace:In the aerospace industry, equipment on board aircraft must be tested in situ, or in place, to confirm everything functions properly as a system. Individually, each piece may...
, Latin phrase meaning on-site or in-place - In-situ compaction, a term for spray forming or spray casting
- In situ oxidation, in situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) is a technique to clean up some types of environmental contamination
- In situ polymerizationIn situ polymerizationIn polymer chemistry, in situ means "in the polymerization mixture." There are numerous unstable oligomers which must be synthesized in situ In polymer chemistry, in situ means "in the polymerization mixture." There are numerous unstable oligomers (molecules) which must be synthesized in situ In...
, in polymer chemistry, means "in the polymerization mixture" - Ductal carcinoma in situ, a form of cancer
- Lobular carcinoma in situLobular carcinoma in situLobular carcinoma in situ is a condition caused by unusual cells in the lobules of the breast.It is usually not considered cancer, but it can indicate an increased risk of future cancer...
(LCIS), a condition caused by unusual cells in the lobules of the breast (rarely cancer) - Situ Babakan Lake, where water flows in from the Ciliwung River
- Situ GintungSitu GintungSitu Gintung was an artificial lake near to the town of Cirendeu in Tangerang District, Indonesia. It was formed by a dam up to high which was built by Dutch colonial authorities in 1933...
, an artificial lake near to the town of Cirendeu - People with the Chinese compound surnameChinese compound surnameA Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these surnames derive from noble and official titles, professions, place names and other areas, to serve for a purpose. Some are originally non-Han, while others were created by joining two one-character family...
Situ (司徒):- Situ Hua, Pinyin name of Szeto Wah, a chairman of The Hong Kong Alliance
- Situ PanchenSitu PanchenSitu Panchen , also known as the 8th Tai Situ Rinpoche, was an influential Tibetan painter, writer and medical innovator as well as a notable figure in the histories of Karma Kagyu and the Kingdom of Dêgê, where he served as senior court chaplain...
, the 8th Tai Situ Rinpoche, an influential Tibetan - De Situ AlbanieDe Situ AlbanieDe Situ Albanie is the name given to the first of seven Scottish documents found in the so-called Poppleton Manuscript, now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris...
, first of seven Scottish documents found in Poppleton Manuscript - De Situ BritanniaeDe Situ BritanniaeDe Situ Britanniae is a fictional description of the peoples and places of ancient Britain. Purported to contain the account of a Roman general preserved in the manuscript of a fourteenth century English monk, it was considered the premier source of information on Roman Britain for more than a...
, a fictional description of the peoples and places of ancient Britain - Melanoma in situ, early stage where most melanomas are detected, before they become elevated
- Venus In-Situ ExplorerVenus In-Situ ExplorerThe Venus In-Situ Explorer is a mission that was proposed by the NASA planetary science Decadal Survey as a space probe designed to answer fundamental scientific questions by landing and performing experiments on Venus...
(VISE), a mission to Venus proposed by NASA - Tai Situ, or Tai Situpa, name of Chokyi Gyaltsen as first incarnation to bear the title Tai Situ
- Shakoor v Situ, a court case
- List of colossal sculpture in situ, roster of large sculptures created in-place
- LasikLASIKLASIK or Lasik , commonly referred to simply as laser eye surgery, is a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism...
, (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis), a type of refractive surgery for correcting myopia, hyperopia, etc.
Situs can refer to:
- Situs (law), a legal term meaning "site" where a law applies
- Lex situsLex situsThe term lex situs refers to the law of the place in which property is situated for the purposes of the conflict of laws. For example, property may subject to tax pursuant to the law of the place of the property or by virtue of the domicile of its owner...
, refers to the law of the place in which property is situated - Situs solitusSitus solitusSitus solitus refers to the normal position of thoracic and abdominal organs. Anatomically, this means that the heart is on the left with the pulmonary atrium on the right and the systemic atrium on the left along with the cardiac apex...
, refers to the normal position of thoracic and abdominal organs - DextrocardiaDextrocardiaDextrocardia is a congenital defect in which the heart is situated on the right side of the body. There are two main types of dextrocardia: dextrocardia of embryonic arrest and dextrocardia situs inversus...
Situs Inversus, medical term for heart being a mirror image situated on the right side. - Analysis Situs (paper), mathematical paper (and addenda) written by Henri Poincaré about topologyTopologyTopology is a major area of mathematics concerned with properties that are preserved under continuous deformations of objects, such as deformations that involve stretching, but no tearing or gluing...