Sen.1
/ˌɛsˈiː/, U.S. /ˌɛsˈi/ Chemistry.
The element selenium.
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1820 J. J. Berzelius in Ann. Philos. 15 27 Seleniuret of copper = Cu Se, to which I think it superfluous to give any other name than the chemical appellation.
1828 Philos. Mag. 2nd Ser. 4 115 The gray mineral will be expressed by the formula n e4 + HgS. The red mineral by the formula n e4 + HgS2.
1920 Jrnl. Industr. & Engin. Chem. 12 1100/2 One run (130 g. of Se2Cl2) could be made in about 2 hrs. time.
1988 L. Stryer Biochem. (ed. 3) xxiv. 592 The selenium analog of cysteine, in which Se has replaced S.
2012 Ecotoxicol. & Environmental Safety 86 3/2 Both As and Se were taken up by the cells.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
sen.2
Chinese Music.
A twenty-five-stringed plucked musical instrument, somewhat similar to the zither. This ancient instrument was already widely used during the Spring and Warring States period (770–476 b.c.). The number of strings was not fixed in ancient times. In quot. 1955, wrongly described as a lute.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > zither > [noun]
cistiera1591
zither1831
qin1839
zeze1860
valiha?1866
cither1871
se1874
autoharp1882
zither banjo1888
gusli1893
langeleik1907
kantele1921
Scheitholt1961
1874 C. Engel Descr. Catal. Mus. Instruments S. Kensington Mus. (ed. 2) 53 The ancient stringed instruments, the kin and chê, were of the dulcimer kind.
1874 C. Engel Descr. Catal. Mus. Instruments S. Kensington Mus. (ed. 2) 182 Tche. Wood, mounted with bone. Sixteen thin brass wires. The movable bridges belonging to the instrument are wanting.
1884 J. A. Van Aalst Chinese Mus. 62 The Sê..is said to have been invented by P‘ao Hsi.., and to have had originally 50 strings... But the sê now in use has 25 strings..elevated on a movable bridge.
1908 A. C. Moule in Jrnl. N.-China Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 39 108 Shê (Che)... A horizontal psaltery, curved above and flat below... There are twenty-five silk strings..stretched along the body.
1955 A. Fang in E. Pound Classic Anthol. p. xi Of the two kinds of lute, the k' in has seven strings and the se twenty-five.
1977 Kwang-chih Chang Archaeol. Anc. China (ed. 2) ix. 402 Remains of wooden bases for the musical instrument se have been collected from the tombs.
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s.e.
s.e. n. (also s.e.m., S.E., S.E.M.) Statistics standard error (of the mean).
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the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > distribution > variability or spread > standard error
standard error1897
s.e.1946
1946 C. E. Weatherburn First Course in Math. Statistics vi. 110 This S.D. is usually called the standard error (S.E.) of the number of successes in a sample of size n.
1946 C. E. Weatherburn First Course in Math. Statistics vi. 111 A deviation from the mean less than twice the S.E. is regarded as not significant.
1964 F. N. Kerlinger Found. Behavioral Res. ix. 167 SEM = 2·73.
1971 Nature 1 Jan. 62/1 On these assumptions, the mean number (± s.e.) of skeletomotor nerve fibres in normal nerves was 191± 26.
1974 Nature 23 Aug. 654/1 The mean concentration of prolactin in the peripheral blood of women during the cycle is 15± 1 (± s.e.m.).
S.E.
S.E. n. (also S/E) Stock Exchange.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > stock exchange
stock exchange1773
S.E.1927
main market1981
stock-market-
1927 Financial Times 7 May 6/5 (heading) S.E. Clerks' Provident Fund.
1942 E. Partridge Dict. Abbrev. 88/2 S/E, Stock Exchange.
1978 Times 23 Jan. 15/1 A Stock Exchange investigation..is now awaiting examination by the SE Council.
S.E.
S. n. = South; also S.E., SE., S.W., South-east, South-west, etc.; also used to designate a London postal district.
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society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [noun] > addressing letter > address > London postal district
N.W.1615
W.C.1857
S.W.1934
S.E.1968
1708 London Gaz. No. 4418/3 The Wind was, this Morning..at 10, at S. and S.S.E.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 270 After that, it blew..S.W. by S. then S.W. by W.
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 10 [The wind] is S.W. and by W. ¾ W.
1857 Punch 7 Feb. 51/2 Rowland Hill has just divided London's waste of brick by ten... Pimlico is in S.W., Brompton fast, and Chelsea mild.
1857 Punch 7 Feb. 51/2 Yonder dismal hole S.E., Southwark.
1884 H. A. Moriarty in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 277/1 A point of destination bore W.S.W. 10 miles; a current ran S.E. by S. 4 miles an hour.
1885 List of Subscribers Exchange Syst. (United Telephone Co.) (ed. 6) 62 Atkinson & Co, Westminster Bridge Road, S.E.
1934 D. Thomas Let. Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 147 5 Redcliffe Street, London, S.W.10... Dear Bert.
1968 Listener 19 Dec. 810/2 In between the bombing raids, the doodle-bugs and the V2s they'd improvised a splendid life in SE20.
SE.
S. n. = South; also S.E., SE., S.W., South-east, South-west, etc.; also used to designate a London postal district.
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society > communication > correspondence > sending items > [noun] > addressing letter > address > London postal district
N.W.1615
W.C.1857
S.W.1934
S.E.1968
1708 London Gaz. No. 4418/3 The Wind was, this Morning..at 10, at S. and S.S.E.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 270 After that, it blew..S.W. by S. then S.W. by W.
1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida III. 10 [The wind] is S.W. and by W. ¾ W.
1857 Punch 7 Feb. 51/2 Rowland Hill has just divided London's waste of brick by ten... Pimlico is in S.W., Brompton fast, and Chelsea mild.
1857 Punch 7 Feb. 51/2 Yonder dismal hole S.E., Southwark.
1884 H. A. Moriarty in Encycl. Brit. XVII. 277/1 A point of destination bore W.S.W. 10 miles; a current ran S.E. by S. 4 miles an hour.
1885 List of Subscribers Exchange Syst. (United Telephone Co.) (ed. 6) 62 Atkinson & Co, Westminster Bridge Road, S.E.
1934 D. Thomas Let. Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 147 5 Redcliffe Street, London, S.W.10... Dear Bert.
1968 Listener 19 Dec. 810/2 In between the bombing raids, the doodle-bugs and the V2s they'd improvised a splendid life in SE20.
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