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English - Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites;
[syn: second, sec, s]

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, S, sulphur, atomic number 16]

3. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees;
[syn: south, due south, southward, S]

4. a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm;
[syn: mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm, S]

5. the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet;
[syn: S, s]

6. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work;
- Example: "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity"
[syn: randomness, entropy, S]