Dark-colored metal pie pans tend to become hotter, and transfer heat better, than ceramic pans, and for that reason brown crust more quickly, a plus in pie-baking (where a pale, soggy bottom crust is the inexperienced baker's nemesis).
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Score American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Score is a global score that assesses the physical status of patients before surgery. It is sometimed refereed to as ASA-PS, because it is a measure of âphysical statusâ. ASA 1 A normal healthy patient. ASA 2 A patient with mild systemic disease. ASA 3 A patient with severe systemic disease.
noun, Psychology. 1. an intelligence test score that is obtained by dividing mental age, which reflects the age-graded level of performance as derived from population norms, by chronological age and multiplying by 100: a score of 100 thus indicates a performance at exactly the normal level for that age group. Abbreviation: IQ.