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Meaning of STS | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Initialism of science and technology studies.
  2. Initialism of Space Transportation System (a Space Shuttle program run by NASA).
  3. Initialism of secondary traumatic stress.
  4. Initialism of SharePoint Team Services (the first name given to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation).
  5. Initialism of special treatment steel (a type of homogenous armor plate).
  6. Initialism of Spring Tool Suite.

Equivalents

Français STS
Русский МТКК

Examples

“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.”
“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”.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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