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s | desiccation |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun desiccation is

(uncountable) the state or process of being desiccated.

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 ----

    desiccation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated
  • An act or occurrence of desiccating
  • *{{quote-journal, 1968, M.W. Service, The Ecology of the Immature Stages of Aedes detritus , Journal of Applied Ecology, volume=5, issue=3 citation
    • , passage=The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer. }}

    Derived terms

    *desiccational *electrodesiccation

    Related terms

    * desiccant * desiccate * desiccator