Natasha Stott Despoja is an Australian politician who in 1996 became the youngest woman elected to sit in the federal Senate up to that time; she had been appointed to the seat the previous year, and she continued to serve until her retirement in 2008. Stott Despoja attended Canberra Boys Grammar

springbok: …form of jumping known as pronking. The species name marsupialis refers to this concealed organ, which also happens to be lined with sebaceous scent glands.

Carl E. Stotz was an American sports organizer, the founder and commissioner of Little League baseball. Stotz, a lumberyard clerk, solicited sponsorship for an amateur youth baseball league from local businesses, and in the first game (June 6, 1939) Lundy Lumber beat Lycoming Dairy 23–8. He

New York Knicks: …soon brought in star players Amar’e Stoudemire (in 2010) and Carmelo Anthony (during the 2010–11 season) in an attempt to reenergize the franchise and its fans.

calligraphy: Earliest minuscule, 8th to 10th century: …lives of the abbots of Stoudion of that time, and the first dated manuscript written in true minuscule) point to its development from a certain type of documentary hand used in the 8th century and to the likelihood that the monastery of the Stoudion in Constantinople had a leading part…

calligraphy: Earliest minuscule, 8th to 10th century: …dated manuscript written in true minuscule) point to its development from a certain type of documentary hand used in the 8th century and to the likelihood that the monastery of the Stoudion in Constantinople had a leading part in its early development. Though its origins are obscure, the reasons that…

Stoughton, town (township), Norfolk county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., 17 miles (27 km) south of Boston. It was settled about 1713 as part of Dorchester and was separately incorporated in 1726 and named for William Stoughton, first lieutenant governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Suffolk

Salem witch trials: The trials: Presided over by William Stoughton, the colony’s lieutenant governor, the court consisted of seven judges. The accused were forced to defend themselves without aid of counsel. Most damning for them was the admission of “spectral evidence”—that is, claims by the victims that they had seen and been attacked…

River Stour, river, eastern England, with a length of 47 miles (76 km). It rises in eastern Cambridgeshire and flows eastward through East Anglia, forming most of the county boundary between Suffolk and Essex, through country made famous by the paintings of the artist John Constable. The Stour

John Bloomfield Jervis: …specifications for its locomotive, the Stourbridge Lion, which was the first functioning locomotive in the United States.

stout, dark, heavy-bodied beer popular in Great Britain and Ireland. Stouts are stronger versions of mild ale. There are various types, including oatmeal stout, milk stout, and imperial stout. Popular stouts have included the so-called dry Irish stouts, notably Guinness. Historically, the term

beardfish: …particularly large; the widely distributed stout beardfish (P. nobilis) attains a length of less than 20 centimetres (8 inches).

George Frederick Stout was an English psychologist and philosopher who advanced a system of psychology emphasizing mental acts. While a student at the University of Cambridge, Stout studied principally with the psychologist James Ward and, like him, came to approach psychology philosophically. He

Rex Stout was an American author who wrote genteel mystery stories revolving around the elegantly eccentric and reclusive detective Nero Wolfe and his wisecracking aide, Archie Goodwin. Stout worked odd jobs until 1912, when he began to write sporadically for magazines. After writing four

Rex Stout was an American author who wrote genteel mystery stories revolving around the elegantly eccentric and reclusive detective Nero Wolfe and his wisecracking aide, Archie Goodwin. Stout worked odd jobs until 1912, when he began to write sporadically for magazines. After writing four

Sir Robert Stout was a New Zealand statesman and judge who helped unify the Liberal Party during the late 1870s; as prime minister (1884–87) he worked to expand opportunities for small farmers. A surveyor and an advocate of radical land reform in Lerwick, Stout emigrated to New Zealand in 1863

stove, device used for heating or cooking. The first of historical record was built in 1490 in Alsace, entirely of brick and tile, including the flue. The later Scandinavian stove had a tall, hollow iron flue containing iron baffles arranged to lengthen the travel of the escaping gases in order to

greenhouse: In a tropical greenhouse, or hothouse, which has nighttime temperatures of 16–21 °C (60–70 °F), caladiums, philodendrons, gardenias, poinsettias, bougainvilleas,

social settlement: …to the United States when Charles B. Stover and an American lecturer at the West London Ethical Society, Stanton Coit, an early visitor to Toynbee Hall, established Neighborhood Guild, now University Settlement, on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1886. In Chicago in 1889, Jane Addams bought…

baseball: Segregation: …second baseman Bud Fowler, pitcher George Stovey, pitcher Robert Higgins, and Frank Grant, a second baseman who was probably the best Black player of the 19th century, were on rosters of clubs in the International League, one rung below the majors. At least 15 other Black players were in lesser…

teacher education: Early development: …of the Lancastrian system was David Stow, who in 1834 founded the Glasgow Normal Seminary from which “trainers,” as his graduates came to be called, went to schools in Scotland and many of the British colonial territories. In the United States, after an uncertain start, the Massachusetts Normal Schools founded…

John Stow was one of the best-known Elizabethan antiquaries, author of the famous A Survey of London (1598; revised and enlarged, 1603). Stow was a prosperous tailor until about 1565–70, after which he devoted his time to collecting rare books and manuscripts, a hobby that left him impoverished.

Randolph Stow was an Australian novelist and poet noted for his economical style and great powers of description. Stow’s first novel, A Haunted Land (1956), a wild, almost Gothic tale, appeared in the same year that he graduated from the University of Western Australia. In 1957 he began to teach

Randolph Stow was an Australian novelist and poet noted for his economical style and great powers of description. Stow’s first novel, A Haunted Land (1956), a wild, almost Gothic tale, appeared in the same year that he graduated from the University of Western Australia. In 1957 he began to teach

ship: Hydrostatics: …cargo of such a high stowage factor (i.e., volume per weight unit) that providing for the required internal volume is more of a problem than providing for a specific deadweight. Nevertheless, the problem of designing for a displacement that matches the weight of the ship is essentially the same.

Toni Collette: …astronaut in the sci-fi thriller Stowaway (2021). In Nightmare Alley (2021), a film noir directed and cowritten by Guillermo del Toro, she portrayed a clairvoyant. Collette turned to black comedy with The Estate (2022), about sisters who scheme to inherit their dying aunt’s fortune.

Stowe, former estate of the Temple family, the dukes of Buckingham (the title became extinct in 1889), in Buckinghamshire, England. The mansion was begun in 1697 and was remodeled in 1775. It is now the site of Stowe School. Among the architects, designers, and decorators who worked on the house

Calvin E. Stowe was a professor of biblical studies who greatly influenced the development of public education in the United States. Though raised in poverty following his father’s death in 1808, Stowe managed to secure a sufficient preparatory education to enter Bowdoin College in Brunswick,

Calvin E. Stowe was a professor of biblical studies who greatly influenced the development of public education in the United States. Though raised in poverty following his father’s death in 1808, Stowe managed to secure a sufficient preparatory education to enter Bowdoin College in Brunswick,

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American writer and philanthropist, the author of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which contributed so much to popular feeling against slavery that it is cited among the causes of the American Civil War. Harriet Beecher was a member of one of the 19th century’s most

commercial fishing: Methods: … or large net bags (stownets). Such gear is known on many European and Asian rivers. The net bag is fixed to the river bottom to catch migrating or drifting fish. Some human control may be necessary; sometimes a watchman lives on a vessel or raft next to the stownet…

Milan Stojadinović was a Serbian politician, Yugoslav minister of finance from 1922 to 1926, and premier and foreign minister of Yugoslavia from 1935 to 1939. After graduation from the University of Belgrade in 1910, he studied in Germany, England, and France and then served in the Serbian ministry

Bulgaria: Bulgaria’s transition: Zhelev’s successor as president, Petar Stoyanov, called a new election, and, after a decisive victory, UDF leader Ivan Kostov formed a pro-market government. It reduced inflation by introducing a currency board (an institution dedicated to reinforcing a fixed exchange rate and to a monetary policy that defends that rate),…

Bulgaria: Bulgaria’s transition: Zhelev’s successor as president, Petar Stoyanov, called a new election, and, after a decisive victory, UDF leader Ivan Kostov formed a pro-market government. It reduced inflation by introducing a currency board (an institution dedicated to reinforcing a fixed exchange rate and to a monetary policy that defends that rate),…

Bulgarian literature: Most notable here was Z. Stoyanov, whose Zapiski po bulgarskite vuzstaniya (1883–85; translated as Notes on the Bulgarian Uprisings) recorded eyewitness experiences of then recent history with a directness rarely equalled since in Bulgarian prose.

Bauhaus: Gertrud Arndt, Benita Koche-Otte, Gunta Stözl, and Lucia Moholy, who was László Moholy-Nagy’s wife from 1921 to 1934.

heredity: Repetitive DNA: Microsatellite DNA is composed of tandem repeats of two nucleotide pairs that are dispersed throughout the genome. Minisatellite DNA, sometimes called variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs), is composed of blocks of longer repeats also dispersed throughout the genome. There is no known function for satellite…

Kalahari Desert: Physiography and geology: …parallel depression locally called a straat (“street,” or “lane”), because each constitutes the easy way to travel.

Strabane, town and former district (1973–2015) within the former County Tyrone, now in Derry City and Strabane district, northwestern Northern Ireland. The town is located on the River Mourne at its confluence with the Finn to form the River Foyle near the border of the republic of Ireland. It is a

strabismus, misalignment of the eyes. The deviant eye may be directed inward toward the other eye (cross-eye, or esotropia), outward, away from the other eye (exotropia), upward (hypertropia), or downward (hypotropia). The deviation is called “concomitant” if it remains constant in all directions

Strabo was a Greek geographer and historian whose Geography is the only extant work covering the whole range of peoples and countries known to both Greeks and Romans during the reign of Augustus (27 bce–14 ce). Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable

Annibale Caro: …original comedies of his time, Straccioni (completed 1544), and a version of Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe called Amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe (“The Pastoral Loves of Daphnis and Chloe”).

immune system disorder: Deficiencies associated with limited environmental exposure: …late 1980s by American immunologist David P. Strachan in his hygiene hypothesis. The hypothesis suggested that small family size and increased personal hygiene reduced childhood exposure to infections and thereby resulted in the development of allergic disorders. Building on the hygiene hypothesis, scientists later proposed that the continued increase in…

John Strachan was an educator and clergyman who, as the first Anglican bishop of Toronto, was responsible for organizing the church in Canada as a self-governing denomination within the Anglican community. Strachan emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1799. After teaching school in Kingston, he was

Quentin Bryce is an Australian lawyer, educator, and politician who was the first woman to serve as governor-general of Australia (2008–14). Strachan grew up in Ilfracombe, which she described as “a little bush town in western Queensland of two hundred people.” While attending the University of

Austria: Austria in the European Union: …made by Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache drew criticism from the mainstream parties. Those denouncements intensified in August 2012, after Strache posted a cartoon to the social media site Facebook that was widely characterized as antisemitic. Support for the Freedom Party was diluted when Austrian-born Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach announced…

John Strachey was a British Socialist writer and Labour politician known for his contributions to leftist thought and for his peacetime rationing policies as British food minister. Son of John St. Loe Strachey, publisher and editor of The Spectator, Strachey broke with his family’s Conservative

Lytton Strachey was an English biographer and critic who opened a new era of biographical writing at the close of World War I. Adopting an irreverent attitude to the past and especially to the monumental life-and-letters volumes of Victorian biography, Strachey proposed to write lives with “a

John Strachey was an early geologist who was the first to suggest the theory of stratified rock formations. He wrote Observations on the Different Strata of Earths and Minerals (1727) and stated that there was a relation between surface features and the rock structure, an idea that was not commonly

John Strachey was a British Socialist writer and Labour politician known for his contributions to leftist thought and for his peacetime rationing policies as British food minister. Son of John St. Loe Strachey, publisher and editor of The Spectator, Strachey broke with his family’s Conservative

Lytton Strachey was an English biographer and critic who opened a new era of biographical writing at the close of World War I. Adopting an irreverent attitude to the past and especially to the monumental life-and-letters volumes of Victorian biography, Strachey proposed to write lives with “a

Moritz, count von Strachwitz was a German poet remembered for his Neue Gedichte (“New Poems”), which included such distinctive poems as “Der Himmel ist blau” and a national patriotic song, “Germania.” After studying in Breslau and Berlin, Strachwitz settled on his estate in Moravia, where he did

stracittà, an Italian literary movement that developed after World War I. Massimo Bontempelli was the leader of the movement, which was connected with his idea of novecentismo. Bontempelli called for a break from traditional styles of writing, and his own writings reflected his interest in such

Thor: The 1990s to the present: …story line, initially written by J. Michael Straczynski, Thor returned to Earth and used the Odin power to recreate Asgard as a city floating over the town of Broxton, Oklahoma. The culmination of the “Dark Reign” event saw Norman Osborn (alter ego of the Spider-Man villain Green Goblin), who had…

Natalia Ginzburg: …che va in città (1942; The Road to the City), is the story of a young peasant girl who, lured by the excitement of the city, is seduced by and marries a man she does not love. A second novella, È stato così (1947; “The Dry Heart,” in The Road…

Federico Fellini: Major works: With La strada (1954; “The Road”), Fellini returned to the world of showmen. It starred Anthony Quinn as Zampanò, a brutish but phoney itinerant "strong man," and Masina as the waif who loves him. The film was shot on desolate locations between Viterbo and Abruzzi, mean…

La strada, film score by Italian composer Nino Rota for the 1954 film of the same name by Federico Fellini. Rota’s music was one of the relatively rare European film scores to attract wide attention in the United States as well. Many European composers of Rota’s generation had relocated to

North and South Stradbroke Islands, two islands consisting of North and South sections, off Moreton Bay, southeastern Queensland, Australia, named for the earl of Stradbroke in 1827. It was originally one island, but a storm in 1892 severed it in two by creating Jumpinpin Channel. South Stradbroke

industrial truck: The straddle truck resembles a gantry crane on four pneumatic-tired wheels; the operator rides above the inverted U-frame, within which the load—lumber, bar steel, or pipe—is carried on elevating bolsters. Other common types include high- and low-lift platform trucks, motorized pedestrian-led, side-clamp, tractor, and side-loading trucks.

accordion: …the rows in traditional “fixed-bass,” or Stradella, models give three-note chords—major and minor triads and dominant and diminished sevenths—while “free-bass” accordions overcome melodic restrictions by providing extra buttons or a converter switch for bass melodies and counterpoint. Many accordions include up to five registers for the basses, allowing each…

Alessandro Stradella was an Italian composer, singer, and violinist known primarily for his cantatas. Stradella apparently lived for periods in Modena, Venice, Rome, and Florence. In Turin in 1677 an attempt was made to murder him, for reasons that are not known, though it was believed to be at the

Antonio Stradivari was an Italian violin maker who brought the craft of violin-making to its highest pitch of perfection. Stradivari was still a pupil of Nicolò Amati in 1666 when he began to place his own label on violins of his making. These at first followed the smaller of Amati’s models,

Antonio Stradivari: Stradivari’s success probably came from expertly optimizing all these and other factors within his designs.

Antonio Stradivari: Stradivari’s sons Francesco (1671–1743) and Omobono (1679–1742) were also violin makers. They are believed to have assisted their father, probably with Carlo Bergonzi, who appears to have succeeded to the possession of Antonio’s stock-in-trade.

Antonio Stradivari was an Italian violin maker who brought the craft of violin-making to its highest pitch of perfection. Stradivari was still a pupil of Nicolò Amati in 1666 when he began to place his own label on violins of his making. These at first followed the smaller of Amati’s models,

Guns N’ Roses: ) Izzy Stradlin (original name Jeff Isbell; born April 8, 1962, Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.) Steve Adler (born January 22, 1965, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) Matt Sorum (born November 19, 1960, Long Beach, California, U.S.) Darren “Dizzy” Reed (born June 18, 1963, Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.) Gilby Clarke

August Kekule von Stradonitz was a German chemist who established the foundation for the structural theory in organic chemistry. Kekule was born into an upper-middle-class family of civil servants and as a schoolboy demonstrated an aptitude for art and languages, as well as science subjects.

Dubrovnik: The contemporary city: The Stradun, or main street, with beautiful late-Renaissance houses on each side, runs along a valley that, until 1272, was a marshy channel dividing the Latin island of Ragusa from the forest settlement of Dubrovnik. No motor vehicles are allowed inside the walls, and, except for…

Strafford, county, southeastern New Hampshire, U.S., bounded to the east by Maine and to the southeast by Little and Great bays; the Salmon Falls and Piscataqua rivers constitute the boundary with Maine. It comprises a lowland region that rises toward the northwest. The Cocheco River supplies

Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford was a leading adviser of England’s King Charles I. His attempt to consolidate the sovereign power of the king led to his impeachment and execution by Parliament. Wentworth was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Wentworth, a Yorkshire landowner. Educated

Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford was a leading adviser of England’s King Charles I. His attempt to consolidate the sovereign power of the king led to his impeachment and execution by Parliament. Wentworth was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Wentworth, a Yorkshire landowner. Educated

radiation: Range: …general, these fluctuations are called straggling, and there are several kinds. Most important among them is the range straggling, which suggests that, for statistical reasons, particles in the same medium have varying path lengths between the same initial and final energies. Bohr showed that for long path lengths the range…

Sergius was a theologian and patriarch of Moscow and the Russian Orthodox church who, by his leadership in rallying the church membership in a united effort with the Soviet government to repel the German invasion of 1941, obtained substantial advantages for the church in the postwar period. The son

Michael Strahan is an American professional football player and television personality who, playing defensive end for the New York Giants, established himself as one of the premier pass rushers in the history of the National Football League (NFL). He later had a successful career as a TV host.

Michael Strahan is an American professional football player and television personality who, playing defensive end for the New York Giants, established himself as one of the premier pass rushers in the history of the National Football League (NFL). He later had a successful career as a TV host.

climate classification: Genetic classifications: In 1951 Arthur N. Strahler described a qualitative classification based on the combination of air masses present at a given location throughout the year. Some years later (1968 and 1970) John E. Oliver placed this type of classification on a firmer footing by providing a quantitative framework…

stadium: Modern stadiums: …20th century, notably the vast Strahov Stadium, in Prague, which was completed in 1934 for the Sokol gymnastics exhibition and had a seating capacity of more than 240,000. Other stadiums built to accommodate in excess of 100,000 people include Rungrado May Day Stadium, in P’yŏngyang, North Korea; Melbourne Cricket Ground,…

tunnels and underground excavations: Ground support: …1971, for example, on the Straight Creek interstate highway tunnel in Colorado, a very complex pattern of multiple drifts was found necessary to advance this large horseshoe-shaped tunnel 42 by 45 feet high through a weak shear zone more than 1,000 feet wide, after unsuccessful trials with full-face operation of…

straight edge, subculture affiliated with the hardcore punk scene, followers of which abstain from alcohol, tobacco, recreational drugs, and “promiscuous” sex. Some also abstain from caffeine or follow a vegan or vegetarian diet. Many adherents to the lifestyle view it as a pledge and consider it a

baseball: The pitching repertoire: The fastball is the basis of pitching skill. Good fastball pitchers are capable of throwing the ball 100 miles (160 km) per hour, but simply being fast is not enough to guarantee success. A fastball should not fly flat but have some movement in order to…

boxing: Techniques: …referred to as a “cross.” All other punches are modifications of these basic punches. The jab, whether thrown from an orthodox or a southpaw stance, is a straight punch delivered with the lead hand, which moves directly out from the shoulder. The hook, also thrown with the lead hand,…

Ice Cube: Film and TV career: A biopic Straight Outta Compton (2015), in which his son, O’Shea Jackson, Jr., played Ice Cube. Ice Cube and his wife, Kimberly Woodruff, whom he married in 1992, also had three other children in addition to O’Shea. Ice Cube executive produced a single-season television adaptation of the…

Dr. Dre: The group’s second album, Straight Outta Compton (1988), was a breakthrough for the nascent gangsta rap movement, featuring explicit descriptions (and often glorifications) of street violence and drug dealing. While Dre appeared prominently as a rapper in N.W.A, his most-lauded role was as a producer, crafting ambitiously noisy, multilayered…

diving: In the straight position, the body is held extended, with no flexion at the hips or knees. In the pike position, there is a bend at the hips but no knee flexion. In the tuck position, both hips and knees are flexed and the body resembles a…

boxing: Techniques: …referred to as a “cross.” All other punches are modifications of these basic punches. The jab, whether thrown from an orthodox or a southpaw stance, is a straight punch delivered with the lead hand, which moves directly out from the shoulder. The hook, also thrown with the lead hand,…

rille: …divided into two main types, straight rilles and sinuous rilles, which seem to have different origins. Those of the first variety are flat-floored and relatively straight; they are occasionally associated with crater chains and sometimes arranged in an echelon pattern. Some of these structures are thought to be grabens, elongated…

David Lynch: …included Lost Highway (1997) and The Straight Story (1999), an unexpectedly simple film based on a true story about an elderly man who rides a lawn mower several hundred miles to visit his brother. In 2001 Lynch wrote and directed Mulholland Drive, a surrealist thriller set in Hollywood that was…

Kathy Bates: Early life and stage work: …a role in the film Straight Time (1978). Bates appeared in numerous theater and film productions during the late 1970s and the ’80s, including the successful plays Crimes of the Heart (1979); ’Night, Mother (1983), for which she received a Tony Award nomination; and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair…

Courtney Love: …Sid and Nancy (1986) and Straight to Hell (1987). During this time, Love formed the band Sugar Baby Doll with Kat Bjelland and developed her signature style of baby doll dresses, ripped stockings, and smeared makeup. Following a brief stint playing bass in Bjelland’s band Babes in Toyland, Love became…

truck: Types and definitions: A straight truck is one in which all axles are attached to a single frame. An articulated vehicle is one that consists of two or more separate frames connected by suitable couplings. A truck tractor is a motor vehicle designed primarily for drawing truck trailers and…

whiskey: Straight whiskeys are unmixed or mixed only with whiskey from the same distillation period and distiller. Blended whiskeys include mixtures of similar products made by different distillers and in different periods (Scotch) and also whiskeys made with combinations of the neutral whiskeys (which have no…

The New Republic: The magazine was begun by Willard Straight with Herbert David Croly as its editor. The New Republic reflected the progressive movement and sought reforms in American government and society. Among its early editors or contributors were Randolph Silliman Bourne, Walter Lippmann, and Malcolm Cowley.

hydrocarbon: Physical properties: …number of carbon atoms, an unbranched alkane has a higher boiling point than any of its branched-chain isomers. This effect is evident upon comparing the boiling points (bp) of selected C8H18 isomers. An unbranched alkane has a more extended shape, thereby increasing the number of intermolecular attractive forces that must…

bread: Methods of bread making: Mixing is performed by the straight-dough or sponge-dough methods or by the continuous-mixing process. In the straight-dough method, frequently used in small bakeries, all ingredients are mixed at one time. In the sponge-dough method, only some of the ingredients are mixed, forming a sponge that is allowed to ferment and…

markhor: …Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India; the straight-horned markhor (C. f. megaceros) lives in Afghanistan and Pakistan; and the Bukharan markhor (C. f. heptneri) is present in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. All subspecies are considered endangered to critically endangered. Habitat loss, overhunting for meat and trophies, and competition from livestock are…

depreciation: Straight-line, fixed-percentage, and, more rarely, annuity methods of depreciation (giving, respectively, constant, gradually decreasing, and gradually increasing charges) are standard. Sometimes charges vary with use (e.g., with the number of miles per year a truck is driven). Special rules allow depletion of nonreproducible capital (such…

orthogenesis, theory that successive members of an evolutionary series become increasingly modified in a single undeviating direction. That evolution frequently proceeds in orthogenetic fashion is undeniable, though many striking features developed in an orthogenetic group appear to have little if

programmed learning: Linear programming immediately reinforces student responses that approach the learning goal. Responses that do not lead toward the goal go unreinforced. Each bit of learning is presented in a “frame,” and a student who has made a correct response proceeds to the next frame. All…

straight-rail billiards, billiard game played with three balls (one red and two white) on a table without pockets. The object is to score caroms by hitting both object balls with a cue ball. A player may use either white ball as cue ball but not one that has been placed on one of the small spots

taxon: …line is usually called a strain. In botany the term cultivar is applied to a recognizable variant that originates under cultivation.