(chemistry) An item of laboratory equipment which consists of a metal pole with a solid, firm base, used to hold, or clamp, laboratory glassware and other equipment in place, so that they do not fall down or come apart.

(information science) Synonym of document retrieval

(information science) The science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents, or searching within databases, whether relational stand-alone databases or hypertextually-networked databases such as the World Wide Web.

(information science) The matching of a user query against a set of free-text records, including unstructured text, such as newspaper articles, real-estate records or paragraphs in a manual.

A military doctrine and nuclear strategy by which a state commits itself to retaliate with much greater force when attacked.

plural of retirement home

A multi-residence housing facility intended for the elderly.

(technical) A retarded person; a person with retardation.

plural of retaining wall

A chemical used to impart flame resistance.