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  2. In situ - Wikipedia

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    In situ [a] is a Latin phrase meaning "in place" or "on site", derived from in ('in') and situ (ablative of situs, lit. ' place ' ). [ 3 ] The term refers to the examination of phenomena or objects within their original place or context.

  3. Situ - Wikipedia

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    In situ, Latin phrase meaning on-site or in-place; Situs (law), a legal term meaning "site" where a law applies; In biology, situs refers to the disposition of organs in organisms with left-right asymmetry Situs solitus, the normal position of organs; Situs inversus, the inverted disposition of organs

  4. Situ (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Situ (司徒) is one of the more common surviving Chinese compound surnames. It is also spelled in Wade–Giles as Ssŭtu or in the Mathews system as Szŭtu , and romanised from Cantonese as Szeto , Seto , or Sitou , or from Taishanese as Soohoo or Soho . [ 1 ]

  5. List of Latin phrases (I) - Wikipedia

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    in situ: in the place: In the original place, appropriate position, or natural arrangement. in somnis veritas: In dreams there is truth: in spe: in hope "future" ("my mother-in-law in spe", i.e. "my future mother-in-law"), or "in embryonic form", as in "Locke's theory of government resembles, in spe, Montesquieu's theory of the separation of ...

  6. In situ bioremediation - Wikipedia

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    In situ is a term utilized within a variety of fields meaning "on site" and refers to the location of an event. [2] Within the context of bioremediation, in situ indicates that the location of the bioremediation has occurred at the site of contamination without the translocation of the polluted materials.

  7. List of Latin phrases (E) - Wikipedia

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    ex situ: out of position: opposite of "in situ" ex solo ad solem: from the Earth to the Sun: The motto of the University of Central Lancashire, Preston ex supra (e.s.) "from above" Recent academic notation for "from above in this writing". See also ex infra. ex tempore: from [this moment of] time "This instant", "right away" or "immediately ...

  8. In-situ conservation - Wikipedia

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    In-situ conservation is the on-site conservation or the conservation of genetic resources in natural populations of plant or animal species, such as forest genetic resources in natural populations of tree species. [1] This process protects the inhabitants and ensures the sustainability of the environment and ecosystem.

  9. Situated cognition - Wikipedia

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    Instead, knowing exists in situ, inseparable from context, activity, people, culture, and language. Therefore, learning is seen in terms of an individual's increasingly effective performance across situations rather than in terms of an accumulation of knowledge, since what is known is co-determined by the agent and the context.