| NOUN | time | s, second, sec | 1/60 of a minute |
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| substance | S, sulfur, sulphur, atomic number 16 | an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element | |
| relation | S, south, due south, southward | the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees | |
| quantity | S, mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm | a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm | |
| communication | S / s | the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet | |
| attribute | S, randomness, entropy | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work |
| Sounds | eh's | |
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| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. | |
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| Synonyms | second, sec | |
| Part of | minute, min | A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour |
| Parts | millisecond, msec | One thousandth (10^-3) of a second |
| Narrower | 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 |
| Broader | time unit, unit of time | A unit for measuring time periods |
| Spanish | segundo, s | |
| Catalan | segon, s | |
| 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). | |
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| Synonyms | sulfur, sulphur, atomic number 16 | |
| Narrower | brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur | An old name for sulfur |
| Broader | 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 |
| Substance of | sulfide, sulphide | A compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive |
| vitriol, oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid | (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide | |
| Spanish | azufre, número atómico 16, S | |
| Catalan | número atòmic 16, S, sofre | |
| Meaning | The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees. | |
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| Synonyms | south, due south, southward | |
| Broader | cardinal compass point | One of the four main compass points |
| Spanish | sud, sur | |
| Catalan | sud | |
| Meaning | A unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm. | |
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| Synonyms | mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm | |
| Broader | conductance unit | A measure of a material's ability to conduct an electrical charge |
| Spanish | mho, siemensio, siemens | |
| Catalan | mho, siemens, S | |
| Meaning | The 19th letter of the Roman alphabet. | |
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| Member of | Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet | The alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe |
| Broader | letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character | The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech |
| Spanish | S | |
| Catalan | s | |
| Meaning | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work. | |
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| Synonyms | randomness, entropy | |
| Category | thermodynamics | The branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy |
| Narrower | conformational entropy | entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone |
| Broader | physical property | Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions |
| Spanish | aleatoriedad, entropía | |
| Catalan | entropia | |
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