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s | ambulatory |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective ambulatory is

of, relating to, or adapted to walking.

As a noun ambulatory is

the round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.

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 ----

    ambulatory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or adapted to walking
    • ambulatory exercise
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels.
  • (comparable, medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden.
    • an ambulatory patient
  • (medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient.
    • an ambulatory electrocardiogram
    ambulatory medical care
  • Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable.
    • an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • The priesthood before was very ambulatory , and dispersed into all families.
  • (legal) Not yet legally fixed or settled; alterable.
    • The dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.

    Noun

    (ambulatories)
  • The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals.