Cs

abbr.
1 Civil Service.
2 chartered surveyor.
3 Court of Session.

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noun

a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal

• Syn: ↑cesium, ↑caesium, ↑atomic number 55

• Hypernyms: ↑metallic element, ↑metal

• Hyponyms: ↑cesium 137

• Substance Holonyms: ↑pollucite

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abbreviation

1. case

2. census

3. centistoke

4. consciousness

5. consul

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Symbol, Chem.

cesium.

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abbrev

1. Chartered surveyor

2. Christian Science

3. Civil Service

4. Clerk to the Signet

5. Court of Session. See also ↑CS gas

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cs.,

case or cases.

c.s.,

1. capital stock.

2. civil service.

Cs (no period),

1. cesium (chemical element).

2. cirro-stratus.

CS (no periods),

a potent tear gas that causes temporary blindness, used especially in riot control: »

CS caused some severe irritation, and the average period of incapacity was from five to 15 minutes (London Times).

╂[< Ben B. C(orson), born 1896, and Roger W. S(toughton), 1906-1957, American chemists who discovered it]

C.S.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. capital stock.

2. chemical society.

3. a) Christian Science. b) Christian Scientist.

4. civil service.

5. Keeper of the Seal (Latin, »

Custos Sigilli ).

C/S,

cases.

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symbol the chemical element cesium