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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
S \S\ ([e^]s), the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, d['e]bris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 255-261. [1913 Webster] Note: Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek from the Phoenician. The ultimate origin is Egyptian. S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase, raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison, L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise (see C, Z, T, and R.). [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
-'s \-'s\ [OE. -es, AS. -es.] The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's. [1913 Webster] 's \'s\ A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. "My heart's subdued." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
-s \-s\ 1. [OE. es, AS. as.] The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts. [1913 Webster] 2. [OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -[eth].] The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends. [1913 Webster] 3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See {-'s}. [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
s n 1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: second, sec] 2: 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) [syn: sulfur, sulphur, atomic number 16] 3: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: south, due south] 4: a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm [syn: mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm] 5: the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet 6: (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" [syn: randomness, entropy]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
S A statistical analysis language from AT&T. ["S: An Interactive Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics", Richard A. Becker, Wadsworth 1984]. (1997-01-21)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
s/// s/foo/bar/ is an idiom which means "I didn't mean to type 'foo', I meant to type 'bar'". Its use in talk systems, especially irc, comes from the use of s/// as a substitution operator in Perl, sed and ed. In these languages and tools, s/foo/bar/ would replace any substring matching the regular expression "foo" with the string "bar". (1997-03-16)

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