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S
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Example:
entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
Synonyms:
entropy; randomness; S
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("S" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Domain category:
thermodynamics (the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "S"):
conformational entropy (entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("S" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("S" is a member of...):
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
Synonyms:
mho; reciprocal ohm; S; siemens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("S" is a kind of...):
conductance unit (a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
Synonyms:
due south; S; south; southward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("S" is a kind of...):
cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)
Sense 5
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
atomic number 16; S; sulfur; sulphur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("S" is a kind of...):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "S"):
brimstone; native sulfur; native sulphur (an old name for sulfur)
Holonyms ("S" is a substance of...):
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)
Sense 6
Meaning:
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Synonyms:
s; sec; second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("s" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Meronyms (parts of "s"):
millisecond; msec (one thousandth (10^-3) of a second)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "s"):
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)
Holonyms ("s" is a part of...):
min; minute (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour)
Context examples:
I had now got hold of Bessie's hand, and she did not snatch it from me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
And it's worse than ever now, for I'm dying to go and fight with Papa.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“There’s a constable in possession,” said Baynes.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was small and very plainly dressed and the look of him, even at that distance, went somehow strongly against the watcher’s inclination.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A spear's length from him, they each threw a somersault into the air, and came down upon their feet with smirking faces and their hands over their hearts.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
During all my childhood he was only a name to me, and a face in a miniature hung round my mother’s neck.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was about five in the morning when I entered my father’s house.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Let’s talk about romance now.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Upon which I shall desire liberty, with the reader’s patience, to enlarge a little.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
"There's a cyclone coming, Em," he called to his wife.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
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