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Score
can mean one of several things:
A score is a group of
twenty
things; "four score" means
eighty
.
Score also refers to the stark inescapable facts of a situation <knows the score>.
In
music
:
The
sheet music
for an
ensemble
is a score, if it includes all parts in a single time sequence, giving an overall picture of the composition;
ant.
parts
A
film score
is a
sound recording
of the music in a
film
.
In
sports
, the score refers to the number of
points
accumulated by each participant.
In
education
, a score is a numerical value describing the result of a
test
given to a
student
.
In
statistics
:
The
score
is the derivative, with respect to some parameter θ, of the
logarithm
of the
likelihood
function.
A
raw score
is an original datum that has not been transformed.
A
standard score
is a
dimensionless quantity
derived from the raw score.
Score
is a
men's magazine
co-published in the US and UK.
Project SCORE
was the world's first
communications satellite
.
Score in
video games
is a number showing how many points have been gotten.
To
score
is also used to describe sexual activity.
Scores
is also a strip club in
New York City
.
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