Score

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Score may mean:

Contents

1 Numbers and statistics
2 Figurative uses
3 Organisations
4 The Arts
5 Media
6 Various

Numbers and statistics

Score (gaming), a number of points achieved in a sport or game
a unit of twenty; e.g., "some words have scores ('twenties') of meanings."
Score (statistics), the derivative, with respect to some parameter θ, of the logarithm of the likelihood function
Raw score, an original datum that has not been transformed
Standard score, a dimensionless quantity derived from the raw score

Figurative uses

a slang term for sexual intercourse or related sexual activity (e.g., "did you score last night?").
In drug users' jargon, to obtain drugs.
to cut through part of the thickness of a flat object so that it may easily be broken along the scored line. E.g., medicinal tablets are often scored so they may be broken in half for smaller doses.

Organisations

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), an organization of volunteers advising aspiring businesspeople.
SCORE! Educational Centers
SCORE International, an Offroad racing organization
Acronym for the "Statistics, Computing, Operational Research and Economics" degree programme offered by University College London.

The Arts

Sheet music for an ensemble, if it includes all parts in a single time sequence, giving an overall picture of the composition
Film score, a sound recording of the music in a film
The orchestration or arrangement of a piece of music.
SCORE, the upcoming live album by progressive metal band Dream Theater.
Score (film), a 1972 pornographic film
Score, a UK-based football comic, originally Score and Roar, published in 1970, merged with rival comic Scorcher in 1971.
A method used to join two pieces of pottery, each side is scored and then pressed together.

Media

SCORE (Spain) a free general sports magazine published in Madrid and distributed along the Costa del Sol
Score (magazine), a pornographic magazine co-published in the US and UK

Various

Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite
Scores (strip club) in New York City

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