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S

Abbreviation for south.

S

In physics, symbol for siemens, the SI unit of electrical conductance, equal to a conductance of 1 ohm−1.

S

19th letter in the English alphabet, and its principal sibilant. It corresponds to the Greek sigma (Σ, ς. It usually represents an alveolar fricative, either unvoiced /s/, as in ‘sing’, or voiced /z/, as in ‘roses’. The other possible sound represented by the symbol is exemplified in ‘sugar’ and ‘sure’.

It was the 18th letter of the Greek and the Latin alphabets.

s

The dominant note in any key in tonic sol-fa notation, pronounced ‘Soh’.



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