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The correct spelling is s.
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The correct spelling is s. A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈). For example: "mating season"
Usage Examples
“mating season”
“The third season of Friends aired from 1996 to 1997.”
“The shilling was worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- 2.(by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
- 3.A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
- 4.Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
- 5.A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.
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