ss
- (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forSwazi.
- (pharmacy, alchemy)Apothecary symbol forhalf.
- Synonym:ß
ss
- plural ofs(Can we add anexample for this sense? )
- Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet.New Fowler’s Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that “after letters an apostrophe is obligatory.” The 17th edition ofThe Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.15, “To aid comprehension, lowercase letters form the plural with an apostrophe and ans”. TheOxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.
ss
- (Internetslang, text messaging)Abbreviation ofscreenshot.
ss (notcomparable)
- (biochemistry)Abbreviation ofsingle-stranded.
- Coordinate term:ds
ss
- sss(the hiss of a snake or other reptile)
ss
- Sometimes used to replace the letterß, especially when this key or character is not available. It was also the only official way of writing a capitalß, untilẞ was officially adopted by the Council for German Orthography in June 2017.
- Switzerland andLiechtenstein standard spelling ofß
In alphabetic ordering, the letterß is equivalent to the stringss (formerlysz), soaß(“ate”) is sorted betweenAspirin(“aspirin”) andAst(“branch”), immediately after the alphabetically equivalentAss(“ace”). The letter is never used in Swiss or Liechtenstein German, where it is always replaced by ss. Furthermore, ß was unique among the letters of the Latin alphabet as there was no capital form until ẞ was adopted in June 2017; inall-caps, all instances of ß were officially replaced bySS. However, not every instance of SS can be substituted back into ß.
Since the orthography reform from 1996, the letter ß is used only after long vowels and diphthongs. Before 1996, ß could also occur after short vowels at the end of a word or before a consonant. A rather large number of words that used to be spelled with ß ia now spelled with ss (for example, daß has become dass).
ss
- (Internetslang, text messaging)alternative form ofs(“yes”)
ss m (uncountable)
- (Internetslang, text messaging)alternative form ofs(“yes”)
ss
- (Internetslang, text messaging)alternative form ofs(“yes”)
ss
- alternative form ofst
