Saturation to Scintillation

Saturation to Scale
tact with the water from which it is generated.
Saturation. A condition of the atomosphere corresponding to 100 percent relative humidity; the de­gree of chroma or purity of a colour, the degree of freedom from admixture with white. (Elec.) A magnetic material is said to be saturated, when, upon increasing the ampere turns, no increase in the number of magnetic lines of force is obtained.
Saw. A tool for cutting with a thin blade of metal with a series of sharp teeth.
Saw arbor. (Woodwkg.) The spindle (arbor) on which a circular saw is mounted.
Saw bench. (Woodwkg.) The frame or table which carries a circular saw.
Saw gullet. The throat at the bottom of the teeth of a circular saw.
Saw gumming. Shaping the teeth of a circular saw.
Sawhorse. (Woodwkg.) The ordinary trestle used by carpenters; also X­shaped framework used while saw­ing hardwood.
Saw set. (Woodwkg.) A tool for giv­ing the proper "set" to the teeth of saws.
Sawtooth. One of the cutting teeth of a saw.
Saw-toothed skylight. (A rch.) A sky­ light roof whose profile is shaped like the teeth of a saw.
Saw trimmer. (Print.) A machine used for the sawing and trimming of type slugs and plates.
Sawyer. (Woodwkg.) One who operates a circular saw; either in a mill or in the field. Scale
Scab. (Fdry.) Small wartlike projec­tion formed on the surface of a casting when small patches of the mold face wash off. Caused by too much slicking.
Scabble. (Masonry) To dress off rough stones for rubble work.
Scaffold. (Bldg.) A temporary struc­ture for the support of workmen and materials.
Scaffold height. (Masonry) The distance between various stages of scaffolding, usually about 4 or 5 ft., representing the height within which a bricklayer can carry on his work efficiently.
Scagliola. (Arch.) An imitation of coloured marble obtained in plas­tering, used for floors, columns, and other ornamental interior work.
Scalar. Having only magnitude. Scale. (Draft.) (I) A piece of wood or other material graduated into divi­sions, used for measuring.. (2) The size of a drawing. the relation to the size of the object represented. (3) In architecture or building, drawings are usually made to a scale of 1/3 or 1/4 in. equals one ft. (Metal.) The outside coating of a casting.

Scaled drawing to Scintillation
Scaled drawing. (Draw.) A drawing made smaller than the work which it represents, but to a definite pro­portion, which should be speci­fied on the drawing itself.
Scalene. (Math.) A triangle 'in which no two sides are equal; also a cone or cylinder in which the axis in inclined to the base.
Scaly. (Plast.) A flaked appearance of the surface.
Scamillus. (Arch.) The small groove which separates the necking of the Greek Doric column from the shaft.
Scan. To examine minutely; scruti­ nize carefully.
Scanning. (Tel.) The process of de­flecti!,g the electron beam in a camera or picture tube so that it moves at high speed left to right in a sequence of rows or lines from top to bottom, thus changing light and shadows of a scene into elec­trical impulses to form the image on the receiver tube.
Scanning line. (Tel.) One line from left to right of a picture being trans­mitted.
Scantling. (Bldg.) Small timber as 2 by 3, 2 by 4. etc., used for stud­ding. .
Scarehead. (Print.) A large and prominent news-article heading.
Scarfing. (Forg.) Tapering the ends of two pieces to be joined to avoid an enlarged joint.
Scarf joint. (Bldg.) A joint made by notching and lapping the ends of two timbers, fastening them to­gether with bolts or straps.(Metalwk.) A tapered joint made 'by beveling of the edges of the parts to be joined.
Scarify. (Engin.) To roughen up, as a road, for repairs.
Scatter. To refract or diffract, light or other electro-magnetic radia­tion, irregularly so as to diffuse it in many directions.
Scattering. The process which a wave or beam of particles is diffuse or deflected by collisions with par­ticles of the medium which it traverses. Schematic. Of the nature of a gene­ralized diagram, plan or scheme. Scheme. A plan, design, or program of action to be followed.
Schmidt optics. Optical system used in wide-field cameras and are reduced to a minimum by means of a spherical mirror with a cor­rector plate near its focus. Schrodinger wave equation. The fundamental equation' of wave theory.
Science. A branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.
Scientific. According to exact and accurate rules; systematic.
Scientific method. A method of re­search in which a problem is iden­tified, relevant data gathered, a hypothesis formulated, and the hypothesis empirically tested. Scintillated. To emit sparks; to twinkle as the starts. ScintiUation. The twinkling or tremu­