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long s

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  1. long snoun

    The character, as distinct from the short s the s character

  2. long snoun

    A similar letter in German Fraktur

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  1. Long s

    The long s ⟨ſ⟩, also known as the medial s or initial s, is an archaic form of the lowercase letter ⟨s⟩. It replaced the single s, or one or both of the letters s in a 'double s' sequence (e.g., "ſinfulneſs" for "sinfulness" and "poſſeſs" or "poſseſs" for "possess"—but never *"poſſeſſ"). The modern ⟨s⟩ letterform is known as the 'short', 'terminal', or 'round' s. In typography, it is known as a type of swash letter, commonly referred to as a "swash s". The long s is the basis of the first half of the grapheme of the German alphabet ligature letter ⟨ß⟩, (eszett or scharfes s [sharp s]).

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  1. Long s

    The long, medial, or descending s is a form of the minuscule letter s, which was formerly used where s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word. The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, or short s.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of long s in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of long s in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of long s in a Sentence

  1. Tom Bossert:

    I’ve known Administrator Long now for 15 years.We could n’t have picked a finer leader.He’s had state director experience.He’s had FEMA experience. Administrator Long’s absolutely the top of the top.

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