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s | corrective |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective corrective is

of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.

As a noun corrective is

something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

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 ----

    corrective

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
    • As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes .
  • Qualifying; limiting.
  • * Holdsworth
    • The Psalmist interposeth this corrective particle.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability
    • alkalies are correctives of acids
    penalties are correctives of immoral conduct
  • (obsolete) limitation; restriction
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