SAG, SAg, or sag may refer to:

Land formations

Sag (geology) In geology a sag, or trough, is a depressed, persistent, low area; the opposite of an arch, or ridge, a raised, persistent, high area. The terms sag and arch were used historically to describe very large features, for example, characterizing Nort ...

, or ''trough'', a depressed, persistent, low area *

Sag pond A sag pond is a body of fresh water collected in the lowest parts of a depression (geology), depression formed between two sides of an active geologic fault, strike-slip, transtensional or normal fault zone. Formation A sag pond is formed along ...

, a body of water collected in the lowest parts of a depression

People

Ivan Sag Ivan Andrew Sag (November 9, 1949 – September 10, 2013) was an American linguist and cognitive scientist. He did research in areas of syntax and semantics as well as work in computational linguistics. Personal life Born in Alliance, Ohio on N ...

(1949–2013), American linguist

Places

Šag Šag is a village in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , m ...

, a village near Osijek in Croatia *

Sâg Sâg ( hu, Felsőszék) is a commune located in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Fizeș (''Krasznafüzes''), Mal (''Ballaháza''), Sâg, Sârbi (''Krasznatótfalu'') and Tusa (''Tuszatelke''). Sights * Wooden ch ...

, a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania *

Șag Șag ( hu, Temesság; german: Schag) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Șag; Parța village broke off as a separate commune in 2004. Geography Șag is a plain commune, located in the Banat Plain, in the p ...

, a commune in Timiș County, Romania * Sag Harbor, New York, a village in Suffolk County, New York, USA * The Sag, a colloquialism for the

Sagtikos State Parkway The Sagtikos State Parkway (also known as the Sagtikos or Sagtikos Parkway; known colloquially as "the Sag") is a north–south limited-access parkway in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. It begins at an interchange ...

on Long Island, New York

Science

* Short for Sagittarius, a zodiac sign * SAg, short for

superantigen Superantigens (SAgs) are a class of antigens that result in excessive activation of the immune system. Specifically it causes non-specific activation of T-cells resulting in polyclonal T cell activation and massive cytokine release. SAgs are p ...

* ''SAG'' (gene), encodes the protein S-Arrestin in humans * Sagitta (optics), a measure of lens surface shape *

Smoothened agonist Smoothened agonist (SAG) was one of the first small-molecule agonists developed for the protein Smoothened, a key part of the hedgehog signaling pathway, which is involved in brain development as well as having a number of other functions in the ...

, a small bioactive molecule *

Lens sag Lens sag is a problem that sometimes afflicts very large refracting telescopes. It is the equivalent of mirror sag in reflecting telescopes. It occurs when the physical weight of the glass causes a distortion in the shape of the lens because the l ...

, distortion of astronomical lenses and mirrors *

Voltage sag Voltage, also known as electric pressure, electric tension, or (electric) potential difference, is the difference in electric potential between two points. In a static electric field, it corresponds to the work needed per unit of charge to m ...

or voltage dip, brief drop in voltage * SAG or single amplified genome, used to describe genomes recovered from a single cell

Organizations

* SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), an American labor union *

Scientific Analysis Group Scientific Analysis Group (SAG) is a laboratory of the Indian Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO). Located in Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of Ind ...

, a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organization of India *

Screen Actors Guild The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to m ...

, an American labor union *

SQL Access Group The SQL Access Group (SAG) was a group of software companies that was formed in 1989 to define and promote standards for database portability and interoperability. Initial members were Oracle Corporation, Informix, Ingres, DEC, Tandem, Sun and ...

, was a group of software companies *

Surface Action Group A carrier battle group (CVBG) is a naval fleet consisting of an aircraft carrier capital ship and its large number of escorts, together defining the group. The ''CV'' in ''CVBG'' is the United States Navy hull classification code for an airc ...

, a group of combat ships * Senior Advisory Group, advisory group to Australian government on the Indigenous voice to government

Other uses

SG&A SG&A (alternately SGA, SAG, G&A or SGNA) is an initialism used in accounting to refer to Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, which is a major non-production cost presented in an income statement (statement of profit or loss). SGA exp ...

, an alternative representation of Selling, General and Administrative Expenses * SAG mill, semi-autogenous grinding mill * SAG wagon or

broom wagon A broom wagon (also known as a ''SAG wagon'') is a vehicle that follows a cycling road race "sweeping" up stragglers who are unable to make it to the finish within the time permitted. If a cyclist chooses to continue behind the broom wagon, they ...

, a support vehicle following a group of cyclists or people who ride bikes *

Sango language Sango (also spelled Sangho) is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic and also the official language of the country. It is used as a lingua franca across the country and had 450,000 native speakers in 1988. It also has 1.6 ...

of Central African Republic (or Sangho'), ISO 639-2 and -3 code *

Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1952 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...