noun
Meaning 1
The decade of the 1940s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 1940s, forties
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
40s
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noun
Meaning 2
A range of the numbers forty (40) to forty-nine (49).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
plural of 40 (“bottle of beer”)
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Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 4
The small subunit of the eukaryotic 80S ribosomes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: molecular biology
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History
Etymology
Abbreviated form of 1940s.
Referring to its sedimentation coefficient measured in svedbergs (S).