Dictionary Definition
As
Noun
1 a very poisonous metallic element that has
three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as
herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in
arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar [syn: arsenic, atomic
number 33]
2 a United States territory on the eastern part
of the island of Samoa [syn: American
Samoa, Eastern
Samoa] adv : to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they
were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as
sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as
mean as she is" [syn: equally, every
bit]
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Translingual
Abbreviation
asSynonyms
- asm (ISO 639-3)
Symbol
asPronunciation 2
- /a/":
Extensive Definition
AS may refer to:
Science and technology
- A. S. (automobile), a small French car in the 1920s
- as (Unix), an assembler on Unix
- Aggregate supply, the total supply of goods, in economics
- Associate of Science, an American Associate's degree
- Arsenic, chemical symbol As
- Autonomous system (Internet), a collection of IP networks
- Attosecond or as, one trillionth of a second, a unit of time
- Attosiemens or aS, one trillionth of a siemens, a unit of electric conductance
- AS, the hull classification symbol for Submarine tenders
Medicine
- Angelman syndrome, a neuro-genetic disorder
- Aortic stenosis, a valvular heart disease
- Ankylosing spondylitis, a type of arthritis
- Autism spectrum
- Asperger syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder
Places
- American Samoa, country code
- As, Belgium, a municipality in Belgium
- Ås, Askershus fylke, Norway
- Aš, a town in the Czech Republic
- Ås Hundred - a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden
- Australia, obsolete NATO country code
Organisations
- Aksjeselskap, a Norwegian stock-based company
- Aktieselskab, a Danish a stock-based corporation
- Alaska Airlines, IATA airline designator
- Diario AS, a Spanish sports newspaper
Other usage
- As (coin), a Roman coin and weight unit
- "As" (song), a song by Stevie Wonder
- Anti-submarine warfare
- Assamese language, ISO 639 alpha-2 language code
See also
as in Catalan:
As
as in Czech: AS
as in Danish: As
as in German: AS
as in Estonian:
As
as in Spanish:
As
as in Esperanto:
As
as in French: AS
as in Korean: AS
as in Italian:
AS
as in Hungarian:
As
as in Dutch: As
as in Japanese:
AS
as in Norwegian:
AS
as in Polish: As
as in Portuguese:
AS
as in Kölsch: AS (Watt ėßß
datt?)
as in Russian:
Ас
as in Slovenian:
As
as in Finnish:
As
as in Swedish:
As
as in Chinese:
AS
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ad eundem, after this fashion,
along these lines, as an example, as an instance, as long as, as
things go, as well, at what price, because, being, being as how, by what mode,
by what name, cause,
ceteris paribus, considering, correspondingly,
equally, equivalently, evenly, exempli gratia, for, for example, for instance,
forasmuch as, how, identically, in such wise,
in that, in this way, in what way, inasmuch as, indifferently, insofar as,
insomuch as, like, now, parce que, proportionately, seeing
as how, seeing that, since, so, thus, thus and so, to illustrate,
whereas, without
distinction