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s is a noun meaning "1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites". It is pronounced /ˈɛs/ — es. It carries 6 recorded senses.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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)
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
(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”
thermodynamics
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for s come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.