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S vs Saccade - What's the difference?

s | saccade |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective saccade is

jerky, jolty.

As a verb saccade is

.

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 ----

    saccade

    English

    (wikipedia saccade)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A sudden jerking movement.
  • A rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another.
  • * 1993 , :
    • He added the bill with a single saccade of his pulsing eyes.
  • * 2000 , Tim Radford, The Guardian , 21 Nov 2000:
    • Then 130 milliseconds or thousandths of a second later, each made a "saccade " - an extremely fast eye movement - to roughly where the ball was likely to bounce.
  • The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.
  • (music) The sounding of two violin strings together by using a sudden strong pressure of the bow.

    • Verb

    (saccad)
  • (of the eye) To make a rapid jerking movement to focus elsewhere.

    • Anagrams

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