n. The name of the Greek letter Σ, σ, ς, equivalent to the English S, s. (For its early forms, see under S.)n. An S-shaped or sigmoid flesh-spicule of a sponge.n. The curve of the letter S or any approximate curve.n. In descriptive biol., one of the S-shaped ridges on the surface of certain molluscan shells, as those of gastropods and cephalopods.n. In experimental psychology, the time-unit, of a second: abbreviated σ.