Glossary

(stand): A group of plants growing in a continuous area.

(stan dǝr dīz): To compare with or make agree with a standard; to bring into conformity with a standard especially in order to assure consistency and regularity.

(stan dürds): Things set up as a rule or model with which other things like it are to be compared.

(stā shə ner ē): (1) Not moving; (2) staying in one place or position.

(stə ti sti kəl): Of, relating to, based on, or employing the principles of statistics.

(stǝ ti sti kǝl test): A test that uses numbers and probability to determine relationship.

(stə tis tiks): The branch of mathematics that deals with the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of numerical data.

(stat ǝs or stāt ǝs): A particular state or condition.

(stem): The main trunk of a plant; a plant part that supports another.

(stü ǝrd): One who carefully and responsibly manages something entrusted to one's care.

(stü ǝrd ship): The careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.

(stig mǝ): On the female flower, the sticky knob which collects pollen from pollinators.

(stīm ü lāt): To excite to activity, greater activity, or growth.

(stȯrm wȯ tǝr): Rainwater produced by a storm; rainwater that runs off surfaces and away from the area it originally falls (definition from the Environmental Protection Agency).

(stra tə sfir): An upper portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere where temperature changes little and clouds rarely form.

(strēm): A body of running water—such as a river, creek, or brook—flowing on Earth.

(strēm flō): The movement of water in streams, rivers, and other channels.

(stren yə wəs): Showing or requiring great energy.

(strest): Subjected to or affected by strain or pressure.

(strək chərd): Organized.