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s | recon |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun recon is

(chiefly|us|military slang) reconnaissance or recon can be (genetics) the smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

As a verb recon is

(chiefly|us|military slang) reconnoiter.

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 ----

    recon

    English

    (wikipedia recon)

    Etymology 1

    Contracted form of reconnaissance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, military slang) reconnaissance.

    • Verb

  • (chiefly, US, military slang) reconnoiter.
    • Synonyms
    * recce (qualifier)

    Etymology 2

    Contracted form of recombination + -on

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) The smallest genetic unit that is capable of undergoing recombination.

    • Anagrams

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