S (disambiguation)
Appearance
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S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet.
S may also refer to:
History
[edit]- an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue
Language and linguistics
[edit]- Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where "s" occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word
- -s, a suffix added to some English surnames, originally meaning "son of"
- s, the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for a voiceless alveolar sibilant sound
- S, the subject of an intransitive verb
- Ѕ, the Cyrillic letter Dze
Transportation
[edit]- S (New York City Subway service), one of the three services:
- Franklin Avenue Shuttle
- 42nd Street Shuttle (also called the Grand Central/Times Square Shuttle) (internally referred to as the 0)
- Rockaway Park Shuttle (also called Rockaway Shuttle) (internally referred to as the H)
- Toei Shinjuku Line, a subway service operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei), labeled
- Sennichimae Line, a subway service operated by the Osaka Metro, labeled
, the official West Japan Railway Company service symbol for the Kansai Airport Line.
Mathematics and logic
[edit]- Integral symbol (∫), used in mathematics to denote integrals and antiderivatives
- S combinator in combinatory logic
- Sphere
- s(n), the aliquot sum of an integer n
Physics and chemistry
[edit]- Sulfur, symbol S, a chemical element
- s, for second, the SI unit of time
- S, the symbol for entropy
- S, a non-SI unit used to designate molecule size named after the Svedberg sedimentation coefficient
- S, a label that denotes one of two chiral center configurations in the R/S system
- s, one of the Mandelstam variables, the square of the invariant mass
- Siemens (unit), the SI derived unit of electric conductance
- S-block of the periodic table, which includes alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and hydrogen and helium
- Spin (physics)
- s, an abbreviation for solid
Biology and medicine
[edit]- Serine, a standard amino acid abbreviated as Ser or S
- ATC code S Sensory organs, a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System
- S phase or synthesis phase, a period in the cell cycle during interphase
Computing
[edit]- Samsung Galaxy S (2010 smartphone), the first flagship smartphone of the Samsung Galaxy S series
- S (programming language), an environment for statistical computing and graphics
- <s>, the opening tag for the HTML element denoting information that is "no longer accurate or no longer relevant", usually rendered as
strike-through text
People
[edit]- S, the pen name of Percy Bysshe Shelley
- "S.", the nickname for Solomon Shereshevsky (1886-1958), a Russian journalist, mnemonist, and synesthete notable for his unusual memory abilities
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Books
[edit]- S. (Dorst novel), written by Doug Dorst based on story by J.J. Abrams
- S. (Updike novel), part of the Scarlet Letter trilogy by John Updike
- S (novel series), a 2005-2006 light novel series
- "S" Is for Silence, the nineteenth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet mystery" series, published in 2005
Music
[edit]- S, the stage name of singer-songwriter and guitarist Jenn Champion
- S (group), a short-lived South Korean music group active in 2003 and 2014
- S (EP), a 2001 EP by Japanese musical duo NaNa
- Numbering of Franz Liszt's works according to Humphrey Searle's catalogue
- "S" (song), by Japanese band Sid
Television
[edit]- S, the production code for the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Time Meddler
- The S logo used for Globo’s weekly movie program SuperCine.
Comics
[edit]- S, the protagonist of Heavy Liquid
Automobiles
[edit]Production models
[edit]- Aion S, a Chinese electric compact executive sedan
- Jaguar S-Type (1963), a British sports saloon
- Jaguar S-Type (1999), a British executive saloon
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class, a German full-size luxury car series
- Mini Cooper S, a British hot hatch
- Neta S, a Chinese electric sedan
- Tesla Model S, an American electric executive sedan
Prototypes and concepts
[edit]- Sony Vision-S, Japanese mid-size electric concept sedan
Series and trims
[edit]- Acura Type-S, a range of Japanese performance vehicles
- Audi S, a range of German performance vehicles
- Honda S series, series of Japanese sports cars
- Jaguar S, a range of British performance vehicles
Other uses
[edit]- S by Shakira, the first woman's fragrance by Colombian singer songwriter Shakira
- Safety (gridiron football position)
- South on a map or compass, one of the four cardinal directions
- s, the SI symbol for second
- Shilling (British coin)
- Old Israeli Shekel, denominated as S
- S postcode area, a postcode area including Sheffield, England
- A party label for the Swedish Social Democratic Party
- Strike (baseball)
- S band, a band of radio which ranges from 2 to 4 GHz
- Sierra, the military time zone code for UTC−06:00
- Cool S, a graffiti sign