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Noun: Sn
  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
    - tin, atomic number 50
Noun: S/N
  1. The ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity
    - signal-to-noise ratio, signal-to-noise, signal/noise ratio, signal/noise

Type of: carbon group element, crystallogen, Group 14 element, metal, metallic element, ratio, tetragen, tetrel

Part of: cassiterite, tin foil, tinfoil

Encyclopedia: Sn