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Main meanings of s in English

: s1S2S3

s1

Pronunciation /ɛs/

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abbreviation

  • 1Second(s).

  • 2Law
    Section (of an act)

    • ‘the change is effected by the bringing into effect of s 130 of the Companies Act 1989’

  • 3Shilling(s)

    • ‘a room cost a guinea a night with a 2s 6d supplement for hot bathwater’

  • 4Grammar
    Singular.

  • 5Chemistry
    Solid.

  • 6(in genealogies) son(s)

    • ‘m 1991; one s one d’

  • 7Succeeded.

  • 8Chemistry
    Denoting electrons and orbitals possessing zero angular momentum and total symmetry.

    • ‘s-electrons’

    Origin

    Sfrom sharp, originally applied to lines in atomic spectra.

  • (in mathematical formulae) distance.

Main meanings of S in English

: s1S2S3

S2

Pronunciation /ɛs/

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nounplural noun Ss, plural noun S's

(also s)

  • 1The nineteenth letter of the alphabet.

    1. 1.1Denoting the next after R in a set of items, categories, etc.

  • 2A shape like that of a capital S.

    • ‘an S-bend’

Main meanings of S in English

: s1S2S3

S3

Pronunciation /ɛs/

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abbreviation

  • 1(chiefly in Catholic use) Saint.

    • ‘S Ignatius Loyola’

  • 2Siemens.

  • 3Small (as a clothes size).

  • 4South or Southern.

    • ‘65° S’

  • 5Biochemistry
    Svedberg unit(s).

  • 6Sweden (international vehicle registration).

  • 1The chemical element sulphur.

  • 2Chemistry
    Entropy.