S

S ¹

1. The symbol for the element sulfur.

2. The symbol for entropy.

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s ¹ or S  (s)

n. pl. s's or S's also ss or Ss

1. The 19th letter of the modern English alphabet.

2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter s.

3. The 19th in a series.

4. Something shaped like the letter S.

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s ²

abbr.

1. second (unit of time)

2. Mathematics second (of arc)

3. stere

4. strange quark

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s second (of time)

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S

1. South(ern)

2. Chem sulphur

3. Physics siemens

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s

1. Abbreviation of second (of time), second (of an arc)

2. The symbol for strangeness.

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S

The symbol for sulfur.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	s - 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites sec, second time unit, unit of time - a unit for measuring time periods min, minute - a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour; "he ran a 4 minute mile" leap second - a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation millisecond, msec - one thousandth (10^-3) of a second
	2.	S - 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) atomic number 16, sulfur, sulphur chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur - an old name for sulfur sulfide, sulphide - a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid, vitriol - (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry
	3.	S - the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees due south, southward, south cardinal compass point - one of the four main compass points
	4.	S - a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm mho, reciprocal ohm, siemens conductance unit - a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge
	5.	s - the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
	6.	S - (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" randomness, entropy physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions conformational entropy - entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone thermodynamics - the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy

Translations

S, s [ɛs] n (letter) → S, s f;

S for Sugar → S de sábado

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S abbr (= Saint) → Sto./a.;

(US) (SCOL) (mark) (= satisfactory) → suficiente (= south) → S = small

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S, s [ɛs] n (= letter) → S, s m;

(US) (Scol) (= satisfactory); assez bien;

S for Sugar → S comme Suzanne

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S abbr (= south, small) → S (= saint) → St

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S¹, s [ɛs] n (letter) → S nt, s nt;

(US) (Scol) (satisfactory) → 3;

S for sugar → S wie Samuel

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S² [ɛs] abbr (= saint) → St. (= small) → kl. (= south) → S

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S, s [ɛs] n (letter) → S, s f or m inv;

(US ) (SCOL) (= satisfactory) → sufficiente;

S for Sugar → S come Savona

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S abbr (= saint) → S. (= south) → S;

(on clothes) (= small)