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S-shaped

S-shaped adjective: shaped like the letter S or its mirror image.

s-shaped: shaped like the letter S or its mirror image
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Adjective

S-shaped (comparative more S-shaped, superlative most S-shaped)

  1. Shaped like the letter S or its mirror image.
    Synonyms:
    sigmoid, sigmoidal

Synonyms of S-shaped

Forms of S-shaped

comparativemore S-shaped
superlativemost S-shaped

Questions about S-shaped

What does S-shaped mean?
S-shaped means shaped like the letter S or its mirror image.
What part of speech is S-shaped?
S-shaped is an adjective.

Words near S-shaped in the dictionary

  1. S-protein
  2. s-risk
  3. s-risks
  4. s-selection
  5. s-selections
  6. S-shaped
  7. S-side
  8. s-t cut
  9. s-t cuts
  10. S-tier
  11. S-train

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