ss Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
USSS; United States Secret Service; US Secret Service; Secret Service.
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noun special police force in Nazi Germany founded as a personal bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in 1925; the SS administered the concentration camps
Schutzstaffel.
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noun 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
second; sec; s.
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noun 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)
sulfur; S; sulphur; atomic number 16.
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noun the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
due south; S; southward; south.
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noun a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
mho; S; reciprocal ohm; siemens.
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noun the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
s.
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noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
randomness; entropy; S.
- entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity