symbols, acronyms & abbreviations

s

1

second. Used without a period. A symbol in SI, the International System of Units.

2

stere. Adopted as the symbol for the stere by the CIPM in 1879¹, abandoned in 1948 when the 9th CGPM (Resolution 7) changed the symbol for stere to st, to make s available for the second.

1. Proc.-Verb. Com. Int. Poids et Mesures, 1879, page 41.