s
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noun
- A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- (by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
- A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
- Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
noun
- Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
- A part of a year when something particular happens“mating season”
- That which gives relish; seasoning.
- The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
noun
- A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries.“The shilling was worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.”
- The currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
- A currency in the United States, differing in value between states.
- (New York and some other states) The Spanish real, formerly having the value of one eighth of a dollar.
noun
- One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map, abbreviated as S.
- The side of a church on the right hand of a person facing the altar.
noun
- A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass about 80 to 130 MeV. Symbol: s
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