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  • SD
    SD
    abbreviation
    the intelligence and counterespionage service of the Nazi SS.
  • sd.
    sd.
    abbreviation
    sound.
  • S/D
    S/D
    abbreviation
    school district.
  • s.d.
    s.d.
    abbreviation
    sine die.
  • S.D.
    S.D.
    abbreviation
    doctor of science.
  • sd
    sd
    abbreviation
    sine die
Synonyms

SD

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. the intelligence and counterespionage service of the Nazi SS.


SD 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. sea-damaged.

  2. South Dakota (approved especially for use with zip code).

  3. Statistics. standard deviation.


sd. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. sound.


S/D 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. school district.

  2. sight draft.


s.d. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. sine die.

  2. Statistics. standard deviation.


S.D. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. doctor of science.


S.D. 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. sea-damaged.

  2. senior deacon.

  3. South Dakota.

  4. special delivery.

  5. Statistics. standard deviation.


SD 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. South Dakota

  2. Also: sdstatistics standard deviation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

abbreviation

  1. Swaziland (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
sd 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. sine die

  2. sound

  3. philosophy sense datum

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sd 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Sudan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of SD1

From the German word Sicherheitsdienst

Origin of S.D.6

From Latin Scientiae Doctor

Example Sentences

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I had more trouble with voiceless consonants than voiced ones—one of the sample sentences for this type of SD reduced my voice to a whisper on nearly every syllable.

From Slate Apr. 18, 2026

There’s a joke on TikTok that one person in every group is the “digital camera friend,” wrangling everyone for photos and handling SD cards and adapters.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 6, 2025

Edward Snowden removed information using a SD memory card he hid on some occasions in a Rubik’s cube.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2025

Riding for Team SD Worx, the 29-year-old claimed victory in thrilling style by winning a four-way sprint finish ahead of France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, Liane Lippert of Germany and Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2025

Assume a line drawn through B parallel to SD, meeting SA in A' and SC in C'.

From An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry by Lehmer, Derrick Norman

Waterhouse bore away to the sd. sloop to Consult with Capt.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

Sutton sd. att yt tyme there was noe dogg there, but his wch was a puppy, & Mr Danes that would not byte.

From Anne Bradstreet and Her Time by Campbell, Helen

Rime e Satire, 1 vol.; together 5 vols. royal 8vo., sd., uncut, 24s.

From Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Paris, 1818. ——, another edition, 8 vols. royal 8vo. sd. 36s.

From Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 by Various

King of England: Van den Derden Edewaert, Coning van Engelant, Rymkronyk geschreven het Jaer 1347, door Jan de Klerk van Antwerpen, 8vo., sd., scarce, 1s. 6d.

From Notes and Queries, Number 58, December 7, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George

Error bars represent s.d. of two biological replicates. e, Average editing levels of sites in different tissues from wild-type and Adar2−/− mice.

From Nature Oct. 10, 2017

Data are mean ± s.d. g, Comparison of mutation spectrums after targeting mouse embryos with sgRNA2b plus Cas9 mRNA or protein.

From Nature Sep. 19, 2017

We then defined a threshold that was 2 s.d. of the firing rate, but not below 0.2 Hz and not above 1 Hz.

From Nature Mar. 28, 2017

Data are presented as mean ± s.d. unless indicated otherwise.

From Nature Mar. 19, 2017

S.D., salutem dicit=Sends greeting. s.d., sine die=Without day.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Gracie said one of her earliest “Little House” memories is visiting the family homestead in De Smet, S.D., when she was about 5 years old, and the two have attended several cast reunions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

But apparently no one said where exactly, because Boritt soon set out for Yankton, S.D., where he graduated from the now-defunct Yankton College in 1962.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

He regularly stops in smaller places like Bismarck, N.D., and Rapid City, S.D., to “pick up another week of playing,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2024

The courtyard of the Oglala Lakota Artspace in Kyle, S.D., features a stainless steel sculpture representing Star Knowledge.

From New York Times Jan. 9, 2024

Pretending to be the owner of the house, the S.D. man had invited Jop in.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Test statistic = 2.18. p-value = 0.0719 using ⎛ x¯ d = 3.71, sd = 4.5⎞ .

From Textbooks Mar. 27, 2020

Cornered, I moved content on to a micro sd card, using an external card reader, then moved that card into the phone.

From The Guardian Mar. 31, 2018

Using the differences data, calculate the sample mean and the sample standard deviation. x¯ d = 3.71, sd = 4.5.

From Textbooks Sep. 19, 2013

That in April last was twelve-months' hee was Shipped Carpenter of sd Ship at London then called the Wm. and Anne, Anthony Thorne of London Commander, mr.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)

Considering that I am the most ordinarie of his daughters, 'tis singular I sd have secured the best husband.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

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