S
\ˈɛs], \ˈɛs], \ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of S
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
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(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"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The nineteenth letter in the English alphabet.
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The common plural sign, becoming -es, after sibilants; as, cats, boxes.
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The ending of the third person singular present indicative.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, and thirteenth consonant, is sometimes called a semi-vowel. It has two distinct articulations or sounds- a hard, hissing sound, as in sand, sin, thus; and a softer humming or buzzing sibilant sound, as in muse, wise, pronounced like z, muz, wiz; it generally has the hard sound at the beginning of all proper English words, but in the middle and end of words its sound is to be known only by usage. In some words it is silent, as isle (il)
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