Set (disambiguation)
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Set has 464 separate definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary, the most of any English word; its full definition comprises 10,000 words making it the longest definition in the OED.
Set may refer to:
[edit] In mathematics and science:
- Set, a collection of things in mathematics
- Set (computer science), a datatype that is a collection of unique values
[edit] In the arts:
- Set construction, dramatic settings for theatrical, movie and video production
- Set, the basic square formation in square dancing
- Musical set theory, for tone row and diatonic set theory
- DJ set, a musical performance by a DJ
- Set (Thompson Twins album)
[edit] In sport and games:
- Set (game), a card game
- Set, a unit of play in tennis
- Set (darts), when one player wins three legs
- Set, a group of repetitions in weightlifting
[edit] Referring to a deity:
- Set (mythology), an ancient Egyptian deity
- Set (serpent god), a fictional deity in the literary world of Hyboria by Robert E. Howard for his Conan adventure novels
[edit] Miscellaneous uses:
- Set and setting, coined by Timothy Leary to describe the mindset and location of hallucinogenic experiences
- seṭ root, a term of Sanskrit grammar
- Set (video game), a group of items that adds specific bonuses
- Set River, a river in northeastern Spain
[edit] Acronyms
SET may stand for:
- Sanlih Entertainment Television, a television channel in Taiwan
- Scalar expectancy Theory
- Secure electronic transaction, a protocol used for credit card processing
- Similarity Enhanced Transfer, a technology used to speed up download rate of files on file sharing networks
- Simulated Emergency Test, an amateur radio training exercise
- Single-Electron Transistor, a device to amplify currents in nanoelectronics,
- Societatea pentru exploatari technice - a Romanian aircraft manufacturer of the 1920s and 30s
- Society of Engineering Technologists, a student organization at Texas Tech University
- Sony Entertainment Television, a television channel owned by Sony
- South Eastern Trains now run by Southeastern, a public-owned rail company operating in South East England
- Stock Exchange of Thailand, a national stock exchange of Thailand
- SET Index, an index for Stock Exchange of Thailand
- Study of Exceptional Talent, a program for gifted students with high scores on the SAT in middle school
- Single-Ended Triode, a type of electronic amplifier
- Social Entropy Theory, application of entropy concept to maintenance or disorganisation in society
- School of Engineering Technology
- Selective Employment Tax, a UK tax on non-productive workers introduced in 1966 and abandoned a few years later
- Southeast Toyota Distributors LLC, the world's largest privately owned distributor of Toyota vehicles
[edit] See also
- Seth, a character in the Bible