plural of non-traditional student

(machine learning, humorous) The process of choosing hyperparameters manually and in an ad-hoc manner, typical of work assigned to a graduate student.

A form of hypochondriasis in which medical students perceive themselves or others to be experiencing the symptoms of a disease they are studying.

plural of parent-teacher-student association

A formal organization composed of parents, teachers, students, and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school.

(mathematics, mnemonic) An acronym used to remember the sign values of all the trigonometric functions in the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system: all, sine, tangent, cosine — signifying which of the functions are positive, in the order of the quadrants, starting at the top right and moving counterclockwise.