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S vs Ceiling - What's the difference?

s | ceiling |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun ceiling is

the surface that bounds the upper limit of a room.

As a verb ceiling is

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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 ----

    ceiling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The surface that bounds the upper limit of a room.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceiling ed, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, […].}}
  • The upper limit of an object or action.
  • (aviation) The highest altitude at which an aircraft may fly.
  • (mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.
  • (nautical) The inner planking of a vessel.

    • Derived terms

    * bamboo ceiling * cathedral ceiling * ceilingward * dropped ceiling * flight ceiling * glass ceiling * hit the ceiling

    Antonyms

    * floor

    Verb

    (head)