SE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does SE mean? 

• SE (noun)
  The noun SE has 2 senses:

1. a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)

2. the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees

  Familiarity information: SE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in sulfide ores (as pyrite)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 34; Se; selenium

Hypernyms ("Se" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

antioxidant (substance that inhibits oxidation or inhibits reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides)

Holonyms ("Se" is a substance of...):

fool's gold; iron pyrite; pyrite (a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

SE; sou'-east; southeast; southeastward

Hypernyms ("SE" is a kind of...):

compass point; point (any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass)

 Context examples 

Selenium is introduced into yeast during fermentation and incorporated into selenocompounds, such as selenomethionine and glutamyl SE methylselenocysteine.

(High-Selenium Baker's Yeast, NCI Thesaurus)

When the scientists exposed human T cells to tofacitinib—a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis—the activities of many genes controlled by SEs were preferentially affected.

(Autoimmune Disease Super-Regulators Uncovered, NIH)

I went for only one night, and could not get away till that very day se'nnight.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It will be in my power to assure him that her ladyship was quite well yesterday se'nnight.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The domains included are DM, CO, SE and SV.

(CDISC Special Purpose Class, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine composed of a recombinant form of the tumor antigen NY-ESO-1 and glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA)-stable emulsion (GLA-SE), with potential antineoplastic and immunomodulating activities.

(NY-ESO-1/GLA-SE Vaccine ID-G305, NCI Thesaurus)

We leave Bath, as she has perhaps told you, on Saturday se'nnight.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

An enhancing lesion is a well-demarcated area of unequivocally increased signal intensity on T1-weighted spin-echo (SE) images compared with normal-appearing, surrounding tissue following intravenous injection of a gadolinium chelate.

(Enhancing Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)

The dominant gene class associated with SEs in T cells encoded cytokines and cytokine receptors.

(Autoimmune Disease Super-Regulators Uncovered, NIH)

Upon intramuscular injection, the adjuvant portion of the NY-ESO-1/GLA-SE vaccine ID-G30 binds to toll-like receptor subtype 4 (TLR-4) expressed on dendritic cells (DCs), monocytes, macrophages and B cells.

(NY-ESO-1/GLA-SE Vaccine ID-G305, NCI Thesaurus)