Os Definition

ōs
os, ora, osar, ossa
noun

Esker.

Webster's New World
A bone.
Webster's New World
A mouth; opening.
Webster's New World

In particular, either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).

Wiktionary

An osar or esker.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Old Saxon.
Webster's New World
Old Style.
Webster's New World
Old series.
Webster's New World
Operating system.
Webster's New World
Ordinary Seaman.
Webster's New World
symbol
Osmium.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Os

Noun

Singular:
os
Plural:
oi, ora, ossa

Origin of Os

  • From neuter Latin word os with the genitive oris (meaning "mouth").

    From Wiktionary

  • From neuter Latin word os (genitive ossis) meaning "bone".

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin ōs mouth ōs- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin bone ost- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin os (“bone”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Swedish

    From Wiktionary

Os Sentence Examples

  • The only element of uncertainty was caused by the retardation of the current, which between Potsdam and Teheran (3000 m.) took 0 8.20 to travel; but it is probable that the final value can be accepted as correct to within os 05.

  • But in OS measures index error can be eliminated by bisecting both stars with the same web (or different webs of known interval fixed on the same frame), and not employing the fixed web at all.

  • The larger and more important of these are Todos os Santos, on which is located the city of Sao Salvador or Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro or Guanabara, beside which stands the capital of the republic. These two are freely accessible to the largest ships afloat.

  • If the answer to the question is X, we have either (a) I os.

  • Taking Ox along OS, the Stokes' function at P for the source S is p cos PSx, and of the source H and line sink OH is p(a/f) cos PHx and - (p/a) (PO - PH); so that = p (cos PSx+f cos PHx PO a PH), (q) and Ili = -p, a constant, over the surface of the sphere, so that there is no flow across.

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