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S vs Parietal - What's the difference?

s | parietal |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective parietal is

parietal.

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 ----

    parietal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the wall of a body part, organ or cavity.
    • Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the parietal cells of the gastric glands, located on the wall of the fundus of the stomach.
  • Of or relating to the parietal bones
  • Of or relating to college living and, especially, its regulation.
  • * 1856 , B. H. Hall
    • At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee.
  • Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; said of a placenta.

    • Derived terms

    * parietal bone * parietal lobe * parietal pleura

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (skeleton) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
  • Any of the scales of a snake that are located on the head and connected to the frontals towards the posterior.
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