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S vs Plicate - What's the difference?

s | plicate |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective plicate is

(biology) folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.

As a verb plicate is

to fold or pleat (usually used in passive).

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 ----

    plicate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.

    • Synonyms

    * (folded) corrugated, folded, plicated

    Related terms

    * plicately

    Verb

    (plicat)
  • To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).