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Definition of S-shape
1. Noun. A double curve resembling the letter S.
Lexicographical Neighbors of S-shape
Literary usage of S-shape
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Application of Physico-chemical Theory to Technical Processes and by Robert Konrad Kremann, Albert Mond (1913)
"The -j- curve will exhibit a more or less marked S-shape according dx dt to the
... From what has been said above, the S-shape would have disappeared if ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... roughly of an S-shape, ... exactly in the central line, and following the
S-shape of the coasts. ..."
3. Landscape and Figure Composition by Sadakichi Hartmann (1910)
"115, we have a combination of the S shape and a triangle. A different version of
the S shape, cut into by a diagonal angular form, we have in Mary Cassatt's ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"ATLANTIC OCEAN, a belt of water, roughly of an S-shape, between the ... 40°
S., almost exactly in the central line, and following the S-shape of the coasts. ..."