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Definition of s

abbreviation

  • second(s).
  • Law section (of an act).
  • shilling(s).
  • Grammar singular.
  • Chemistry solid.
  • (in genealogies) son(s).
  • 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.

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