(mathematics) The study of the behaviour of queues, and of stochastic processes modelled on them.

(translation studies) The idea that translating and interpreting should primarily take into account the function of both the source and target text.

(LGBT) A field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of LGBT studies and feminist studies, a kind of interpretation devoted to queer readings of texts.

(physics) A discredited scientific theory, once considered an alternative to special relativity, proposing that light is emitted at speed c relative to its source instead of applying the invariance postulate.

The theory that employees are inherently lazy and irresponsible and will tend to avoid work unless closely supervised and given incentives.

The theory that employees are capable of being ambitious and self-motivated under suitable conditions.

gender studies

(economics) The idea that the burdens of taxation "stick" to those taxed directly instead of spreading through the economy.

(politics, historical) Synonym of domino effect

An interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics, dealing with the control of the behavior of dynamical systems.