S vs Beacon - What's the difference?
s | beacon |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur
Symbols for SI units
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A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
* Gay
(nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
:* A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501).
A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
That which gives notice of danger.
* Shakespeare
To act as a beacon.
To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a noun beacon is
a signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.As a verb beacon is
to act as a beacon.s
Translingual
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Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }}beacon
English
(wikipedia beacon)Noun
(en noun)- No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar.
- Modest doubt is called / The beacon of the wise.
Derived terms
* aerobeacon * day beacon * radio beacon * web beaconSee also
* cairn * leading mark * navigation aid * navigation mark * radar reflector * sea mark, seamarkVerb
(en verb)- That beacons the darkness of heaven. — Campbell.