MCAS.On 22 October October: see month. 2000, an MCAS McCune-Albright syndrome (MCAS) A genetic syndrome characterized in girls by the development of ovarian cysts and puberty before the age of 8, together with abnormalities of bone structure and skin pigmentation. Mentioned in: Ovarian Cysts Yuma, Ariz., SAR (Segmentation And Reassembly) The protocol that converts data to cells for transmission over an ATM network. It is the lower part of the ATM Adaption Layer (AAL), which is responsible for the entire operation. See AAL. SAR - segmentation and reassembly unit accomplished a station record-breaking 11 technical rescues during a flash flood in Verb 1. flood in - arrive in great numbers arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" Wenden, Ariz. A technical rescue entails lowering medical technicians out of an aircraft to reach a victim as opposed to landing and picking up the victim. The crew of this rescue was responding to a distress call from Tucson's Department of Public Safety. They fought waist-deep, rapidly moving water and power lines to rescue the victims. The first five were clinging to a tree. This SAR unit is the only one in the Marine Corps comprised entirely of UH-1N helicopters. Its previous record for rescues in one day was five. |
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