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S vs Bitumen - What's the difference?

s | bitumen |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun bitumen is

bitumen.

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=··· , 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 ----

    bitumen

    English

    (wikipedia bitumen)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew’s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.
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  • By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
  • (Canadian English) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil[http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/OilSands/793.asp]

    • Synonyms

    * (mineral pitch) (all obsolete)

    Related terms

    * bituminous * bitumoid * crude bitumen * refined bitumen

    References

    See also

    * asphalt ----