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Etymology
Origin of Sn
From the Latin word stannum
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One type, called Sn or "lid" waves, moves along the top of the mantle in a region known as the lid.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026
Which of the following atoms would be expected to form negative ions in binary ionic compounds and which would be expected to form positive ions: Br, Ca, Na, N, F, Al, Sn, S, Cd?
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Compare Sn to π for n = 5, 10, 20 and discuss the number of correct decimal places.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
If S1 = 3, S = 9, and k = 1/2, numerically estimate the smallest value of n such that Sn ≥ 8.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
“Professor, I think — I know — that Sn — that someone’s going to try and steal the Stone. I’ve got to talk to Professor Dumbledore.”
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
To investigate further, the team closely examined both the visible light and gamma-ray signals from SN 2017egm and compared the observations with different theoretical models.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
SharkNinja’s SN -0.76%decrease; red down pointing triangle profit surged in the fourth quarter as sales across all four of the company’s product categories rose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Measurements show that this distant supernova closely matches the brightness and spectral features of SN 1998bw, a well known supernova linked to a gamma ray burst that exploded much closer to Earth.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2025
Thames Water said the temporary restriction would cover areas with postcodes beginning with OX, GL, SN, RG4, RG8 and RG9.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2025
I stare at a table of numbers whose columns are labeled DA DN SA SN, and have to flip back and scan for the explanation: Dissimilar Affirmative, Dissimilar Negative, Similar Affirmative, Similar Negative.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
A few moments ago, an injured Roger Federer’s completed sn absurd win from 7 match points down in the fourth set to beat Tennys Sandgren in 5 sets.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2020
This means that S is some linear function of s1, …, sn, but not a public linear function.
From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2017
But as sn oil producer, E.N.I, has been a bungling flop.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It's the sn ... the porcupine killers," said the solicitor general.
From Attention Saint Patrick by Leinster, Murray
The suffixes of all numbers and persons except the dual were in full use throughout, to Coptic; sn, however, giving way to a new suffix, -w, which developed first in the New Kingdom.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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