1. [n]  the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
2. [n]  a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
3. [n]  the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
4. [n]  an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
5. [n]  1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the System International d'Unites

S.
S., the heroine of this novel by a Serbian journalist, gives birth to a child, the result of her rape by soldiers in a prison camp. Her horrifying story is accompanied by her obsessive memories of other women she knew in the camp, casualties of a brutal war.

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1. \S\ ([e^]s),
   the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a
   consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its
   hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere
   hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the
   same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it
   sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure.
   It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words,
   but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is
   determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle,
   d['e]bris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See
   Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 255-261.
   Note: Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived
         from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek
         from the Ph[ae]nician. The ultimate origin is Egyptian.
         S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and
         r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase,
         raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison,
         L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise (see C, Z, T, and
         R.).
   

2. \-s\
   1. [OE. es, AS. as.] The suffix used to form the plural of
      most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
   2. [OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -[eth].] The suffix used to
      form the third person singular indicative of English
      verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.
   3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, --
      originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See {-'s}.
   

3. \-'s\ [OE. -es, AS. -es.] The suffix used to form the
   possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's. 's \'s\
   A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. ``My heart's
   subdued.'' --Shak.
   

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["S: An Interactive Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics", Richard A. Becker, Wadsworth 1984].