Definition of S-shape

1. Noun. A double curve resembling the letter S.

Generic synonyms: Curve, Curved Shape

Lexicographical Neighbors of S-shape

S-adenosylhomocysteine deaminase
S-adenosylmethionine-dedimethylamino-4-aminoanhydrotetracycline N-methyltransferase
S-adenosylmethionine-dependent phosphate methyltransferase
S-adenosylmethionine-erythromycin O-methyltransferase
S-adenosylmethionine-tocopherol methyltransferase
S-adenosylmethionine-vitexin 2''-O-rhamnoside-7-O-methyltransferase
S-adenosylmethionine - tRNA ribosyltransferase-isomerase
S-alkylcysteine lyase
S-expression
S-expressions
S-linalool synthase
S-mephenytoin N-demethylase
S-phenacylglutathione reductase
S-pole
S-receptor kinase
S-shape
S-sulfocysteine
S-sulfocysteine synthase
S-wave
S.
S.Afr.
S.C.
S.D.
S.D.N.Y.
S.D.W.Va.
S.D. Ala.
S.D. Cal.
S.D. Fla.
S.D. Ga.

Literary usage of S-shape

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Application of Physico-chemical Theory to Technical Processes and by Robert Konrad Kremann, Albert Mond (1913)
"The -j- curve will exhibit a more or less marked s-shape according dx dt to the ... From what has been said above, the s-shape would have disappeared if ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... roughly of an s-shape, ... exactly in the central line, and following the s-shape of the coasts. ..."

3. Landscape and Figure Composition by Sadakichi Hartmann (1910)
"115, we have a combination of the S shape and a triangle. A different version of the S shape, cut into by a diagonal angular form, we have in Mary Cassatt's ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"ATLANTIC OCEAN, a belt of water, roughly of an s-shape, between the ... 40° S., almost exactly in the central line, and following the s-shape of the coasts. ..."

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