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S vs Centromere - What's the difference?

s | centromere |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun centromere is

centromere.

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 ----

    centromere

    English

    (wikipedia centromere)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2000, p. 16:
    • Every chromosome has a long arm and a short arm separated by a pinch point known as a centromere .