S - English meaning
ˈsvɛdbəːɡ
S – definitions in English dictionary
abbreviationSecond(s).
abbreviationSection (of an act).
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The change is effected by the bringing into effect of s 130 of the companies act 1989abbreviationShilling(s).
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A room cost a guinea a night with a 2s 6d supplement for hot bathwaterabbreviationSingular.
abbreviationSolid.
abbreviation(in genealogies) son(s).
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M 1991; one s one dabbreviationSucceeded.
abbreviationDenoting electrons and orbitals possessing zero angular momentum and total symmetry.
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S-electronsabbreviation(chiefly in catholic use) saint.
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S ignatius loyolaabbreviationSiemens.
abbreviationSmall (as a clothes size).
abbreviationSouth or southern.
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65° sabbreviationSvedberg unit(s).
abbreviationSweden (international vehicle registration).
contractionIs.
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It's raining
prefix(used chiefly in oaths) god's.
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'sblood
suffixDenoting possession in plural nouns and sometimes in singular nouns having a final s.
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The girls' dormitories
suffixDenoting the plurals of nouns (as in apples, wagons, etc.).
suffixDenoting possession in singular nouns, also in plural nouns not having a final -s.
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The car's engine
suffixForming the third person singular of the present of verbs (as in sews, runs, etc.).
suffixDenoting the plural of a letter or symbol.
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T's
suffixForming adverbs such as besides.
suffixForming possessive pronouns such as hers, ours.
suffixForming nicknames or pet names.
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Ducks
nounThe nineteenth letter of the alphabet.
nounA shape like that of a capital s.
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An s-bend
verb(in an online discussion, especially on twitter) address (someone) in order to draw their attention to a comment or post, by using an @ symbol preceding their name.
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If you see anything else interesting, please @ me in the comments
nounA thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
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The second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with timenounLack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
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A marketplace where entropy reigns supremenoun(in information theory) a logarithmic measure of the rate of transfer of information in a particular message or language.
nounA person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and regarded in christian faith as being in heaven after death.
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A place dedicated to a seventh-century saint
nounA sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the si unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a caesium-133 atom.
nounA sixtieth of a minute of angular distance.
nounThe si unit of conductance, equal to one reciprocal ohm.
nounThe chemical element of atomic number 16, a yellow combustible non-metal.
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We should use coal which contains less sulphurnounAn american butterfly with predominantly yellow wings that may bear darker patches.
nounA unit of time equal to 10−13 seconds, used in expressing sedimentation coefficients.
The chemical element sulphur.
Entropy.
(in mathematical formulae) distance.
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Word origin
1940s: named after Theodor S. Svedberg (1884–1971), Swedish chemist.
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