Translingual

Symbol

1. a symbol of the trigonometric function cosine.

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒs

Noun

1. A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on Cos
• Wikipedia article on cosine

Catalan

Noun

1. body

French

Abbreviation

1. cosine.

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

1. foot
2. leg

Declension

Latin

Noun

1. whetstone

Math, science and technology

• Cosine, a trigonometric function
• Carbonyl sulfide, a chemical compound
• Class of service, a 3 bit field within a layer two Ethernet frame header when using IEEE 802.1Q
• Cobalt sulfide, a chemical compound
• Cray Operating System, a proprietary operating system Cray supercomputers
• Crypto Operating System, the development name of a Mac-compatible operating system
• CatOS, an obsolete operating system for Cisco Catalyst devices
• Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, an ultraviolet instrument due to be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope
• Console Operating System, The Redhat Enterprise Linux operating system environment used for ESX management

Places

• Cos, Ariège, a commune of the Ariège department in France
• Cos or Kos, a Greek island
• Colorado Springs Airport, a public airport located near Colorado Springs
• Gulf of Cos, a narrow gulf of the Aegean Sea

Roles

• Chief of Staff, the coordinator of the supporting staff of an organization
• Chief of Station, an official appointed as chief of a stationary post
• Roman consul, the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Empire

Organizations, societies and churches

• Cooper Ornithological Society, an ornithological society founded in 1893 in California
• Charity Organization Society, a private charity (late 1800s to early 1900s) for information on the poor
• Children's Orchestra Society, a non-profit organization in New York City for musically talented children and teens
• Church of Satan, an organization for those who lead their life according to the The Satanic Bible
• Church of Scientology, an organization devoted to the practise and the promotion of the Scientology belief system
• Church of Scotland, the national church of Scotland
• Commandement des Opérations Spéciales, a French organization that coordinates special forces of all military branches

Other

• Cos lettuce, a variety of lettuce
• COS is the ICAO airline designator for Coyotair, in Spain
• Cost of sales, the direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company
• Chicks on Speed, an electropop group which started in Munich
• Martín Perfecto de Cos (1800–1854), 19th-century Mexican general
• COS - Collection of Style, a better sportswear fashion collection by H&M sold in signature stores

See also

• Kos (disambiguation)