s
n. 19th letter of the English alphabet S (saturday) n. last day of the week S (south) n. compass direction which is the opposite of north S (sunday) n. first day of the week | ||||
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S
the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh.
the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh.
s
A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has.
The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.
The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.
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S
Noun
1. an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
(synonym) sulfur, sulphur, atomic number 16
(hypernym) chemical element, element
(hyponym) brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur
(substance-holonym) sulfide, sulphide
2. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
(synonym) south, due south
(hypernym) cardinal compass point
3. a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
(synonym) mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm
(hypernym) conductance unit
4. the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
(hypernym) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
(member-holonym) Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet
5. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity"
(synonym) randomness, entropy
(hypernym) physical property
(hyponym) conformational entropy
(classification) thermodynamics
Noun
1. an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
(synonym) sulfur, sulphur, atomic number 16
(hypernym) chemical element, element
(hyponym) brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur
(substance-holonym) sulfide, sulphide
2. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
(synonym) south, due south
(hypernym) cardinal compass point
3. a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
(synonym) mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm
(hypernym) conductance unit
4. the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
(hypernym) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
(member-holonym) Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet
5. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity"
(synonym) randomness, entropy
(hypernym) physical property
(hyponym) conformational entropy
(classification) thermodynamics
s
Noun
1. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
(synonym) second, sec
(hypernym) time unit, unit of time
(hyponym) leap second
(part-holonym) minute, min
(part-meronym) millisecond, msec