ROS
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ros"
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]ROS
- (ISS, space science, US) Initialism of Russian Orbital Segment. (the part of the International Space Station that was contributed by Russia, or using ROSCOSMOS/Mir specification-based modules)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Russian Orbital Segment
Noun
[edit]ROS (plural ROS)
- Abbreviation of reactive oxygen species.
- 2015, Rup Kumar Kar, “ROS Signaling: Relevance with Site of Production and Metabolism of ROS”, in Dharmendra K. Gupta, José M. Palma, Francisco J. Corpas, editors, Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Damage in Plants Under Stress, Springer, →ISBN, page 117:
- O2•− and OH• are highly unstable (half-life at the level of microseconds and nanoseconds, respectively) and cannot cross membrane, while H2O2, though not a free radical but a ROS, is relatively stable (half-life around 1 ms) (Møller et al. 2007) and can cross membranes through aquaporins.
ROS
- Abbreviation of Robot Operating System, a robotic middleware.
ROS pl (plural only)
- Initialism of rights of survivorship.
- Synonym: JWROS
Coordinate terms
[edit]reactive oxygen species
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