A salad containing meat or cheese as well as vegetables.

plural of combination salad

(US, UK) A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components.

(dated) A sandwich with a mixed filling, such as ham and cheese.

plural of combination sandwich

A facial skin type categorized by a combination of dry and oily skin, especially when the T-zone produces more sebum than the rest of the face.

(philosophy) A problem arising from the tension between the seemingly irreducible nature of consciousness, and its ubiquity. If consciousness is ubiquitous, and every atom (or every bit, depending on the theory) has a minimal level of it, then it is not clear how these tiny consciousnesses combine to create larger experiences.

plural of combination problem

plural of affine combination

(physics) The observation that the sums and differences of the frequencies of spectral lines often equal other observed frequencies; a consequence of quantum mechanics.