Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation synchronous transmitter receiver
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of steamer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- initialism genetics
Short tandem repeat . - initialism finance Suspicious transaction report.
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Examples
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By the late 1990s, forensics labs started to adopt a new method of analysis called STR (short tandem repeats) that cuts analysis time from weeks to days.
Kate Kelly: Halloween: A Perfect Time to Think About Crime Detection 2009
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The mitochondrial DNA testing will probably identify the hair, and another new DNA-analysis technique, known as STR (for short-tandem repeat) testing, may identify the semen.
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The STR is an old concept that was first proposed by German V-2 veteran Krafft Ehricke in the 1950s, but it has never been flown.
The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996
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The STR is an old concept that was first proposed by German V-2 veteran Krafft Ehricke in the 1950s, but it has never been flown.
The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996
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It was the sixth consecutive year occupancy rates fell, but it was the sharpest drop during that span and more than twice the rate of decline that occurred from 2007 to 2008, according to STR, which is based in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010
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It was the sixth consecutive year occupancy rates fell, but it was the sharpest drop during that span and more than twice the rate of decline that occurred from 2007 to 2008, according to STR, which is based in Hendersonville, Tenn.
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010
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Essentially the STR was the same car as the RBR but with a Ferrari engine.
Home 2010
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It was the sixth consecutive year occupancy rates fell, but it was the sharpest drop during that span and more than twice the rate of decline that occurred from 2007 to 2008, according to STR, which is based in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Philadelphia Business News - Local Philadelphia News | The Philadelphia Business Journal 2010
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It was the sixth consecutive year occupancy rates fell, but it was the sharpest drop during that span and more than twice the rate of decline that occurred from 2007 to 2008, according to STR, which is based in Hendersonville, Tenn.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010
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It was the sixth consecutive year occupancy rates fell, but it was the sharpest drop during that span and more than twice the rate of decline that occurred from 2007 to 2008, according to STR, which is based in Hendersonville, Tenn.
Los Angeles Business News - Local Los Angeles News | Los Angeles Business from bizjournals 2010
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