The term is derived from the acronym SABR, which stands for the Society for American Baseball Research.

* SABR is the Society for American Baseball Research, founded in 1971, and the root of the term sabermetrics.

Assault weapon is a political term, often used by gun control advocates, typically referring to firearms " designed for rapidly firing at human targets from close range ," sometimes described as military-style features useful in combat.

The term was most notably used in the language of the now-expired Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994, more commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004.

Title XI, subtitle A, formally known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, but commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban or Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Ban, barred the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic firearms, classified as " assault weapons " ( a non-technical term ), as well as any semi-automatic rifle, pistol, or shotgun that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine, and which has two or more of the following features: A telescoping or folding stock, a pistol grip, a flash suppressor, a grenade launcher, and a bayonet lug.

The toy manufacturer Character Options has used the term ' Assault Dalek ' on promotional material and packaging for licensed scale Dalek action figures having the claw / cutter appendage.

The term ' Assault Pioneer ' reflects the tradition ( arising in the First and Second World Wars ) of employing these soldiers in the first wave of assaults on fortified enemy positions, using their skills and equipment to support the attacking force in crossing and breaching the enemy's defenses.

The impression that Sugarmann originated the term may stem from a 1988 study he authored, Assault Weapons and Accessories in America, which was the first study to look at semiautomatic weapons the VPC deemed " assault weapons ".

The use of the term " battle " in military history has led to its misuse when referring to almost any scale of combat, notably by strategic forces involving hundreds of thousands of troops that may be engaged in either a single battle at one time ( Battle of Leipzig ) or multiple operations ( Battle of Kursk ).

It included later mainstays such as " Frog and toad — the main road " and " Apples and pears — stairs " as well as many that later grew more obscure, e. g. " Battle of the Nile — a tile ( vulgar term for a hat )", " Duke of York — take a walk ", and " Top of Rome — home ".

In the Chinese language, this term is used to denote the Battle of Lugou Bridge started on July 7, 1937, marking the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Coverage of the first Gulf War and other crises of the early 1990s ( particularly the infamous Battle of Mogadishu ) led officials at the Pentagon to coin the term " the CNN effect " to describe the perceived impact of real time, 24-hour news coverage on the decision-making processes of the American government.

The battle was overshadowed in its time in England by the defeat of an Anglo-Dutch fleet by the French two days later at the Battle of Beachy Head, a far more serious event in the short term ; only on the continent was the Boyne treated as an important victory.

The Australian centre-left then Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, used the term to criticize the economic policies of the Howard Government, notably in an essay in the November 2006 issue of The Monthly magazine entitled " Howard's Brutopia: The Battle of Ideas in Australian Politics ".

The First Battle of St Albans which immediately followed hardly deserves the term battle.

The Battle of the Champions, was a term used by promoter Bob Arum regarding the November 12, 1982 boxing match between Aaron Pryor and Alexis Argüello.

* Battle Thralls is the term given to races that have chosen to serve the Ur-Quan in the Star Control computer games

* Battle of Agned ( the 11th battle ), probably near Edinburgh as Mount Agned was another term for Edinburgh, although possibly at the Roman fort Bremenium, near Rochester, Northumberland

Andreth prophesies of the Last Battle at the end of the Elder Days ( the sense in which the term ' Last Battle ' is used shortly afterwards in this text, p. 371 ); but in all the early texts ( the Quenta, IV. 160 ; the Annals of Beleriand, IV. 309, V. 144 ; the Quenta Silmarillion, V. 329 ) it was Eärendil who destroyed Ancalagon.

The term is most commonly used when discussing naval warfare, notably during the First World War and Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War in which the German Navy ( Kriegsmarine ) attempted to blockade the UK using submarines ( U-boats ) operating in this area.

: The first shots of the war had been fired at the so-called Battle of Phillips Corner, a term sometimes used to describe the whole of the Toledo War.

In a recent book, historian Christopher Clark used the term " blimpish " to characterise the Prussian Field Marshal Mollendorf who distinguished himself as an officer in the Seven Years ' War but whose conservatism and opposition to military reform was considered to have contributed to Prussia's defeat in the Battle of Jena.

Blücher was Wellington's colleague at The Battle of Waterloo and there is speculation that some early emigrants to Australia, remembering the battle, may have preserved an earlier term for the boots that has died out elsewhere.

She had actively engaged, on the side of the residents, in the ' Battle of the Bogside ', for which she served a short jail term.

His name is famous for the term " Pyrrhic victory " which refers to an exchange at the Battle of Asculum.

* The Thin Red Line ( Battle of Balaclava ), an 1854 military action during the Crimean War, and later figurative uses of the term

Battle fatigue is an obsolete term which may refer to:

The term Battle of Nördlingen refers to two battles during the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618-1648 ).

His term as ambassador and his political ambitions ended abruptly during the Battle of Britain in November 1940, with the publishing of his controversial remarks suggesting that " Democracy is finished in England.

When Mary escaped from Lochleven, he led the vanguard of the army which defeated her forces at the Battle of Langside in 1568, and he was the most valued privy counsellor of the Earl of Moray during the latter's brief term of office as Regent of Scotland.

During the Battle of Britain the term was used for the Big Wings that were based at RAF Duxford.

The term Springfield Rifle may refer to any one of several types of small arms produced by the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the United States armed forces.

Jungle Carbine was an informal term used for the Rifle No. 5 Mk I which was a derivative of the British Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk I, designed not for jungle fighting but in response to a requirement for a " Shortened, Lightened " version of the No. 4 rifle for airborne forces in the European theatre of operations.

The term " Jungle Carbine " was colloquial and never officially applied by the British Armed Forces, but the Rifle No. 5 Mk I was informally referred to as the " Jungle Carbine " by British and Commonwealth troops during World War II and the Malayan Emergency.

Among those who prefer larger, heavier guns, the term mousegun is sometimes applied to junk guns, especially those in. 22 Long Rifle or. 25 ACP.

It became the sole `` subject '' of `` international law '' ( a term which, it is pertinent to remember, was coined by Bentham ), a body of legal principle which by and large was made up of what Western nations could do in the world arena.

'' The other important difference between the two Constitutions was that the President of the Confederacy held office for six ( instead of four ) years, and was limited to one term.

Bang-Jensen said you told correspondents that you had checked in advance to make sure the term ' aberrant conduct ' was not libelous.

His parents talked seriously and lengthily to their own doctor and to a specialist at the University Hospital -- Mr. McKinley was entitled to a discount for members of his family -- and it was decided it would be best for him to take the remainder of the term off, spend a lot of time in bed and, for the rest, do pretty much as he chose -- provided, of course, he chose to do nothing too exciting or too debilitating.

His teacher and his school principal were conferred with and everyone agreed that, if he kept up with a certain amount of work at home, there was little danger of his losing a term.

The term enquetes demographiques, previously used for the supplementary investigations carried out in connection with the administrative censuses, was used for the new investigations.

This term was also used by the cowboy in the sense of a human showin' fight, as one cowhand was heard to say, `` He arches his back like a mule in a hailstorm ''.

the first use of the word `` rustler '' was as a synonym for `` hustler '', becomin' an established term for any person who was active, pushin', and bustlin' in any enterprise.

Engages must be loyal to the concessionaires, and must serve until the term provided in the engagement was ended.

The September-October term jury had been charged by Fulton Superior Court Judge Durwood Pye to investigate reports of possible `` irregularities '' in the hard-fought primary which was won by Mayor-nominate Ivan Allen Jr..

When the crowd was asked whether it wanted to wait one more term to make the race, it voted no -- and there were no dissents.

Petitions asking for a jail term for Norristown attorney Julian W. Barnard will be presented to the Montgomery County Court Friday, it was disclosed Tuesday by Horace A. Davenport, counsel for the widow of the man killed last Nov. 1 by Barnard's hit-run car.

Friday afternoon the Rev. T. F. Zimmerman was reelected for his second consecutive two-year term as general superintendent of Assemblies of God.

Commenting on the earlier stage, the Notre Dame Chapter of the American Association of University Professors ( in a recent report on the question of faculty participation in administrative decision-making ) noted that the term `` teacher-employee '' ( as opposed to, e.g., `` maintenance employee '' ) was a not inapt description.

The Unitarian clergy were an exclusive club of cultivated gentlemen -- as the term was then understood in the Back Bay -- and Parker was definitely not a gentleman, either in theology or in manners.

or `` Carmine Theater, 1912 '', the only canvas with an ash can ( and foraging dog ), although Sloan was a member of the famous `` Eight '', and of the so-called `` Ash-Can School '', a term he resented.

The term was introduced into optics by Johann Heinrich Lambert in his 1760 work Photometria.

In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, where he served one two-year term.

Realizing Clay was unlikely to win the presidency, Lincoln, who had pledged in 1846 to serve only one term in the House, supported General Zachary Taylor for the Whig nomination in the 1848 presidential election.