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s | paedomorphic |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective paedomorphic is

of, relating to, or resulting from the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} 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 ----

    paedomorphic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * pedomorphic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or resulting from the retention of juvenile characteristics by an adult.
  • *2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 744:
  • *:Based on pedomorphic changes in the fossils of Paleolithic humans, Wrangham has suggested that a similar process has been taking place in human evolution during the past thirty to fifty thousand years, and may still be taking place.

    • Synonyms

    * neotenic

    Related terms

    * paedomorphism, pedomorphism