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US
/ˈɛs/
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[ UK /ˈɛs/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛs/ ]
NOUN
- the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
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(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 - a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
- the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
- 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)
How To Use S In A Sentence
- The difficulties of the next year or two will, no doubt, reawaken the pro-euro lobby.
- Three tall memorial archways inscribed with Chinese characters stand outside the temple.
- Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
- When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
- I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze and love is a riddle, I don't know where to go, can't do it alone.
- He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
- He was a cute little beggar, looked like you as well.
- The buildings are usually gabled, with rows of tiles along the ridges of the roofs.
- If you wonder about ‘furphy’, as I did, here's a gloss and explanation.
- Richardson, are proprietors of shows, and the berouged, bedraggled creatures who exhibit on the platform outside for their living. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843
