STS

See also: STs, Sts, sts, sts., Sts., and stš

English

Noun

STS (countable and uncountable, plural STSs)

1. Initialism of science and technology studies.
   • 2012, Stephen H. Cutcliffe, Carl Mitcham, editors, Visions of STS: Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 5:

     In the third chapter, Lars Fuglsang, with a sketch of three general approaches to STS in relation to public policy formation, considers two versions of determinism: one in which science and technology shape society, another in which society shapes science and technology.

2. (psychology) Initialism of secondary traumatic stress.
   • 2017 September 18, Camille Darroux, “How yoga and meditation can help social care workers deal with trauma”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Secondary traumatic stress (STS) is a form of post-traumatic stress disorder that has also been linked to burnouts. For Brendel, mindfulness is a way to simultaneously “mediate the risks and heal the healer”.

3. (metallurgy, military, nautical, historical) Initialism of special treatment steel (a type of homogenous armor plate).

Proper noun

STS

1. (space flight, historical) Initialism of Space Transportation System (a Space Shuttle program run by NASA).
2. (software) Initialism of SharePoint Team Services (the first name given to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation).
3. (software) Initialism of Spring Tool Suite.

Translations

Space Transportation System

• Russian: МТКК (MTKK)
• Spanish: transbordador espacial m

Further reading

• STS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• SST, TSS