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SR as an acronym may refer to:
Geography and politics
- Slovak Republic, official political name of Slovakia
- Socialist Republic or socialist state, as in USSR, ASSR, RSFSR, etc
- Socialist-Revolutionary, as in the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party, operative 1902-1940
- A Just Russia (Spravedlivaya Rossiya), a Russian political party, formed in 2006
Non-political organizations
- Sørvágs Róðrarfelag, a Faroese rowing association
- Saarländischer Rundfunk, a German regional public broadcasting company
- Sveriges Radio, a Swedish national publicly funded radio broadcasting company
Science
- Steradian, the SI unit of solid angle
- Sedimentation rate, shortened form for Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- Sarcoplasmic reticulum, a structure found within muscle cells
- Sinus rhythm, the pattern made by a healthy heart on an electrocardiogram
- Sodium ricinoleate, compound used in SR toothpaste
- Special relativity, a theory of space and time created by physicist Albert Einstein
- Single-reduction, a type of steam turbine
- Strontium, a chemical element of the alkaline earth metals group
- Sustained release or slow release formulation of a medicine, e.g. Wellbutrin SR
- Synchrotron radiation, electromagnetic radiation from charged particles moving in magnetic fields
- Systematic review or standardized review
- Stimulus-response, a term used in psychology or criminology
- SR protein, a type of proteins which are involved in regulating and selecting splice sites in eukaryotic mRNA
Technology
- Selective repeat, a type of Automatic Repeat-reQuest Protocol
- Shift register, a group of processor registers set up in a linear fashion
- Slew rate, the maximum rate of change of electrical signals
- Sound reinforcement, a high-power audio system
- Speech recognition, the process of converting speech to text
- SR flip-flop circuit, an electronic logic device
- SR programming language, a concurrent computer programming language
- Steam reforming, the catalytic reaction of hydrocarbon with steam
- Symbol rate, a term used in data transmission
Transportation
- Southern Railway Zone, a zone in Indian Railways
- Southern Railway (United Kingdom)
- Southern Railway (U.S.)
- State route, a designation for highways in some American states
- the IATA code for the Swissair airline
- Nissan SR engine
- an abbreviation for Sun Roof usually in motor sales advertising
- Saunders-Roe, a former British aircraft manufacturer
- Manx SR and SR2, 1970 American kit cars based on the Volkswagen Beetle frame
Music
- Suburban Rhythm, a ska/punk band
- Straylight Run, an American alternative/indie band
- Simply Red, a pop/rock band
- Steve Rothery, a guitarist of Marillion
- Sigur Rós, an Icelandic post-rock band
Gaming
- Saints Row (series), a video game series
- Saints Row (video game), the first title in the series
- Shadowrun, a cyberpunk fantasy roleplaying game
- Several video games featuring Sonic the Hedgehog, including:
- Soul Reaver, the sequel to Blood Omen in the Legacy of Kain series
- Space Rangers (video game), a turn-based space trading and combat simulator
Film, television and literature
- School Rumble, an anime and manga series
- Speed Racer, a manga and anime series from the 60s
- Speed Racer (film), a live-action adaptation of the anime series
- Superman Returns, a 2006 film based on the iconic superhero
- Skarloey Railway, a fictional railway in both The Railway Series and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends by W.V. Awdry
Other
- Saudi riyal, the currency of Saudi Arabia
- Steel Reserve, an alcoholic beverage
- Scoville rating, a measure of the "hotness" of a chili pepper
- Spelling reform, demonstrably different from simplified spelling
- Strategic Reconnaissance, a code used for the Blackbird (plane)
- Slot receiver, a position in American football
- Serbian language, ISO-639-1 code
- Sincere regards (s/r), a form of valediction