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a | ss |

As a letter a

is the letter a with a tilde.

As a noun ss is

.

a

Translingual

Etymology 1

From (etyl) letter .

Letter

  • The first letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script) *

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (Marks the first item in a list)
  • A . Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
  • A hypothetical item or person designated first when there are more than one.
  • Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
  • The hexadecimal digit for 10
  • 0x0000000A
    The value is hexadecimal A 0, or decimal 160.
  • A standard size of dry cell battery slightly larger than a AA battery.
  • A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as , etc.
  • See also
    * (previous) , (next) B

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of various terms.

    Symbol

    (head)
  • Symbol for the element Argon (Since 1956 has been changed to Ar).
  • area
  • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • ampere, a unit of electrical current.
  • IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
  • IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for alanine in proteins.
  • Austria
  • See also

    {{Letter, page=A , NATO=Alpha , Morse=·– , Character=A1 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin A.png, Capital and lowercase versions of A , in normal and italic type File:Fraktur letter A.png, Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur File:UncialA-01.svg, A in uncial script

    References

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    ss

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • Saints
  • Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • Schutzstaffel
  • social security
  • Subsahara, Subsaharan
  • spousal support
  • steam ship
  • Screw Steamer - screw-driven steamship
  • (US, Navy) Sub Surface - diesel powered attack submarine
  • Silent Sound(tm)
  • (military, rocketry) NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missile systems developed by the Soviet Union
  • (baseball) shortstop
  • See also

    * alimony * (submarine) SSN , SSG , SSGN , SSB , SSBN , SSK , APSS , LPSS * (NATO) CSS