sPronunciation: /ɛs/Translate s | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of s abbreviation second(s). Law section (of an act): the change is effected by the bringing into effect of s 130 of the Companies Act 1989 shilling(s): a room cost a guinea a night with a 2s 6d supplement for hot bathwater Grammar singular. Chemistry solid. (in genealogies) son(s): m 1991; one s one d succeeded. Chemistry denoting electrons and orbitals possessing zero angular momentum and total symmetry:s-electrons[s from sharp, originally applied to lines in atomic spectra] symbol (in mathematical formulae) distance. s in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of s in the US English dictionary
