S vs Cistern - What's the difference?
s | cistern |
The nineteenth letter of the .
voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
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
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A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.
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* {{quote-book
, year=2001
, author=Philip J. King and Lawrence E. Stager
, title=Life in Biblical Israel
, chapter=3
, isbn=0664221483
, page=126
, passage=Cisterns (bôr'', ''b?'r ), mentioned frequently in the Bible, are artificial reservoirs, usually cut into bedrock, for collecting and conserving rain runoff from roofs and courtyards.}}
(technical) In a flush toilet, the container in which the water used for flushing is held; a toilet tank.
* {{quote-book
, year=2003
, author=Allan Windust
, title=Waterwise House & Garden: a Guide for Sustainable Living
, chapter=9
, isbn=0643068007
, page=36
, passage=It is possible to connect your tank to your toilet cistern and/or garden, so that even if the water is not drinkable it still can be used productively to make major water savings.}}
(anatomy) A cisterna.
As a letter s
is the letter s with a.As a noun cistern is
a reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.s
Translingual
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Symbol
(wikipedia) (mul-symbol)See also
(Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }}cistern
English
Noun
(en noun)- Their extreme necessity is attested by the countless number of old, unused cisterns with which the Holy Land is literally honeycombed.