Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun s

6 senses of s

Sense 1
second, sec, s -- (1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
       => time unit, unit of time -- (a unit for measuring time periods)

Sense 2
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))
       => 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)

Sense 3
south, due south, southward, S -- (the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees)
       => cardinal compass point -- (one of the four main compass points)

Sense 4
mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm, S -- (a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm)
       => conductance unit -- (a measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge)

Sense 5
S, s -- (the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet)
       => letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character -- (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters")

Sense 6
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")
       => physical property -- (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)