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Noun
S: (n) second, sec, s (1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites)
S: (n) sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16 (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))
S: (n) S, s (the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) randomness, entropy, S ((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"
S: (n) physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
S: (n) absorptivity, absorption factor ((physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body)
S: (n) temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity))
S: (n) heat content, total heat, enthalpy, H ((thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure) "enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work"
S: (n) randomness, entropy, S ((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"
S: (n) reluctivity ((physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it)
S: (n) sensitivity, sensitiveness (the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences) "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity"; "the sensitiveness of Mimosa leaves does not depend on a change of growth"
S: (n) elasticity, snap (the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed) "the waistband had lost its snap"
S: (n) malleability, plasticity (the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking)
S: (n) length (the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place) "the length of the table was 5 feet"