| associate professor | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in the US and Canada) a university teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor |
| 2. | (in New Zealand) a senior lecturer holding the rank below professor |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |