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S vs Pellicle - What's the difference?

s | pellicle |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun pellicle is

a thin skin or film.

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 ----

    pellicle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin skin or film.
  • Cuticle, the hard protective outer layer of certain life forms.
  • The skin of a mushroom cap.
  • The growth on the surface of a liquid culture.
  • The photosensitive emulsion of photographic film.
  • (optics) A thin plastic membrane used as a beam splitter or protective cover.
  • (mycology) the outermost layer of a mushroom, often used only for a surface that is viscid and easily peels off.

    • Related terms

    * pelt * pelisse * pell * pellagra * pellage * peltry