SN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sn mean? 

• SN (noun)
  The noun SN has 1 sense:

1. a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide

  Familiarity information: SN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 50; Sn; tin

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

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

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

tin foil; tinfoil (foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead)

cassiterite (a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin)

 Context examples 

A glycerophospholipid with an enol ether double bond in the sn-1 position of its glycerol backbone.

(Plasmalogen, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)