s

Meanings

• 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
• 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)
• the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
• a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
• the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
• (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"

Synonyms

• second
• sec
• sulfur
• S
• sulphur
• atomic number 16
• south
• due south
• southward
• mho
• siemens
• reciprocal ohm
• randomness
• entropy

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