(computing theory) A sorting algorithm that divides the input list into two sublists — items already sorted, and items not yet sorted — and gradually transfers elements from one list to the other.

(law) Of or pertaining to person below a certain legal age, or to a ward / Of or pertaining to a student / Of or pertaining to the pupil of the eye

(mathematics) A function, all of whose values are not greater than the corresponding values of another function

(physics) The optics of elliptically-polarized light