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s   (TTS Sound)



Overview of noun s

The noun s has 6 senses


  • second, sec, s -- (1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)

  • sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16 -- (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))

  • south, due south, southward, S -- (the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees)

  • mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm, S -- (a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm)

  • S, s -- (the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet)

  • randomness, entropy, 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")