Score - Definition and Overview

Score can mean one of several things:

• A score is a group of twenty things; "four score" means eighty.
• Score also refers to the stark inescapable facts of a situation <knows the score>.
• In music:
  • The sheet music for an ensemble is a score, if it includes all parts in a single time sequence, giving an overall picture of the composition; ant. parts
  • A film score is a sound recording of the music in a film.
• In sports, the score refers to the number of points accumulated by each participant.
• In education, a score is a numerical value describing the result of a test given to a student.
• In statistics:
  • The score is the derivative, with respect to some parameter θ, of the logarithm of the likelihood function.
  • A raw score is an original datum that has not been transformed.
  • A standard score is a dimensionless quantity derived from the raw score.
• Score is a men's magazine co-published in the US and UK.
• Project SCORE was the world's first communications satellite.
• Score in video games is a number showing how many points have been gotten.
• To score is also used to describe sexual activity.
• Scores is also a strip club in Nyc.