"SIR" meaning in All languages combined

See SIR on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} SIR (not comparable)
  1. (epidemiology) Initialism of susceptible-infected/infectious-removed/recovered. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: susceptible-infected/infectious-removed/recovered Derived forms: SIR model [epidemiology, medicine, sciences], SIR curves [epidemiology, medicine, sciences]
    Sense id: en-SIR-en-adj-Tog7pGaa Categories (other): Epidemiology, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 37 10 18 Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} SIR
  1. Initialism of Special Intensive Revision, a voter-roll revision process in India. Wikidata QID: Q136735545 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Special Intensive Revision (extra: a voter-roll revision process in India)
    Sense id: en-SIR-en-name-en:Q136735545 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 41 9 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 37 10 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 52 5 16

Noun [English]

Forms: SIRs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} SIR (countable and uncountable, plural SIRs)
  1. (manufacturing) Initialism of surface insulation resistance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: surface insulation resistance
    Sense id: en-SIR-en-noun-elip5tYY Categories (other): Manufacturing Topics: business, manufacturing
  2. (biochemistry, genetics) Abbreviation of silent information regulator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: silent information regulator Derived forms (Silent Information Regulator): SIR gene, SIR protein
    Sense id: en-SIR-en-noun-0me5SRbE Categories (other): Biochemistry, Genetics, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 37 10 18 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, genetics, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Silent Information Regulator': 3 97

Inflected forms

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