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s | sedentary |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective sedentary is

not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.

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 ----

    sedentary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity.
    • The oyster is a sedentary''' mollusk; the barnacles are '''sedentary crustaceans.
  • Not moving much; sitting around.
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • Sedentary , scholastic sophists.
  • * Beaconsfield
    • Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect.
  • (obsolete) inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
  • * Milton
    • The sedentary earth.
  • * Spectator
    • The soul, considered abstractly from its passions, is of a remiss, sedentary nature.
  • (obsolete) Caused by long sitting.
  • * Milton
    • Sedentary numbness.

    Synonyms

    * settled

    Antonyms

    * migratory * active