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s | midrise |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective midrise is

(architecture|of a building) neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically having 4-10 stories.

As a noun midrise is

(architecture) a building which is neither high- nor low-rise.

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 ----

    midrise

    English

    Alternative forms

    *mid-rise

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (architecture, of a building) Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically having 4-10 stories
    • The neighborhood is full of midrise apartment blocks.
  • (comptheory, data compression) Having a zero-valued classification threshold (analogous to a riser of a stairway).
    • midrise quantization

    See also

    * midtread

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A building which is neither high- nor low-rise
    • A lot of new midrises have been built in this area.