os
see also: OS, Os
Etymology 1
OS
Etymology
Os
Noun
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see also: OS, Os
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin os.
Pronunciation Nounos (plural ossa)
- (anatomy) Synonym of bone.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing the great Address of the Landlady; the great Learning of a Surgeon, and the solid Skill in Casuistry of the worthy Lieutenant”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC ↗, book VII, page 109 ↗:
- I was once, I remember, called to a Patient, who had received a violent Contuſion in his Tibia, by which the exterior Cutis was lacerated, ſo that there was a profuſe ſanguinary Diſcharge; and the interior Membranes were ſo divellicated, that the Os or Bone very plainly appeared through the Aperture of the Vulnus or Wound.
os (plural ora)
- (anatomy, sometimes, botany) An opening or entrance to a passage, particularly one at either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).
- Synonyms: orifice
Borrowed from Swedish ås.
Pronunciation Nounos (plural osar)
Etymology 4 Pronunciation Noun- (rare) Alternative form of o's.
OS
Etymology
Abbreviation of Latin oculus sinister.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˌoʊ ˈɛs/
- (sports) Abbreviation of Owen Sound
- The Ordnance Survey, official mapping agency in Great Britain (see also the noun below).
- Related terms: OSNI
os (not comparable)
- Abbr of outsize (clothes for large people)
- Abbr of oversize
- Abbr of Old Style a term used in English language historical studies to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian calendar instead of the modern Gregorian calendar
- (screenwriting) Abbr of offscreen indicates a line of dialogue is spoken by someone not visible onscreen
os (not comparable)
- (AU, informal) Abbr of overseas
- 2015, Mick Houghton, I've Always Kept a Unicorn: The Biography of Sandy Denny:
- You did the overseas trip. You went OS.
- 2022, The Betoota Advocate, The Australian Dream: Sell everything and move to Betoota, page 33:
- I kind of expanded my circle a bit more when I went OS [overseas].
os (plural oss or es)
- (UK) an Ordnance Survey map.
- We've got an OS of the Cuckmere area.
- Calton Hill in Edinburgh is located at OS grid ref NT262741.
- (software) Initialism of operating system
- I've decided to install two different OSes on my new laptop.
- Abbreviation of ordinary seaman
- Portuguese: SO
Os
Noun
- plural form of O
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