s meaning

Noun: s  es

1. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Système International d'Unités
   - second, sec 
2. The 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
   - S

Noun: S  es

1. A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
   - mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm 
2. The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
   - south, due south, southward 
3. An abundant tasteless odourless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
   - sulfur [N. Amer], sulphur [Brit, Cdn], atomic number 16 
4. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
   - randomness, entropy

Derived forms: ss, Ss

Type of: alphabetic character, cardinal compass point, chemical element, conductance unit, element, letter, letter of the alphabet, physical property, time unit, unit of time

Part of: Latin alphabet, min, minute, oil of vitriol, Roman alphabet, sulfide [N. Amer], sulfuric acid [N. Amer], sulphide [Brit, Cdn], sulphuric acid [Brit, Cdn], vitriol

Encyclopedia: S S, as in Zebatinsky S,M,L,XL S,

[Architecture]
1.

On drawings, abbr. for “side.”

2.

On drawings, abbr. for “south.”

3.

Abbr. for “seamless.”

[Economics]
= report of the auditor

[Electronics]
1. Symbol for distance or DISPLACEMENT.

2. Symbol for SCREEN GRID of a vacuum tube.
3. Symbol for STANDARD DEVIATION.
   4. Abbreviation for SECOND.

[Finance]
Fifth letter of a Nasdaq stock symbol specifying a beneficial interest.

[Medicine]
abbr
1 sacral —used esp. with a number from 1 to 5 to indicate a vertebra or segment of the spinal cord in the sacral region ‹the relative length of cord segments S1 to S5›
2 signa —used to introduce the signature in writing a prescription
3 smooth —used of bacterial colonies
4 subject
5 svedberg
S
symbol sulfur
abbr kilocycles per second

[Computer]
<language> A statistical analysis language from AT&T.

Examples

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1. he weighed the parcel in his hand ( s ) ..
2. a subset s of a ring a is a subring of a.
3. s is the concentration of unpaired nucleotides.
4. politic s cannot be equated with art.
5. the beam from the laser l passes through the shutter s.