ESS

Noun

ess (plural esses)

The name of the Latin-script letter S.

Something shaped like the letter S.

Usage notes

• Compounds are normally spelled es: es-hook, es-link, etc.

Verb

ess (third-person singular simple present esses, present participle essing, simple past and past participle essed)

To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.

Hypernyms

• wind

Anagrams

• -ses, SES, SEs, SSE

Proper noun

ESS (plural er-noun)

(software, IBM) Initialism of Enterprise Storage Server.

Noun

ESS (plural ESSes)

(evolutionary theory) evolutionarily stable strategy

(electronics) Initialism of electronic switching system.

(electrical) Abbreviation of energy storage system.

Initialism of employee self-service.

Initialism of earth system science.

Anagrams

• -ses, SES, SEs, SSE

Source: Wiktionary


-ess. Etym: [OF. -esse, LL. -issa, Gr.

Definition: A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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