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Science and technology

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S2 (star) S2, also known as S0–2, is a star in Sagittarius A* cluster, the star cluster close to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), orbiting it with a period of 16.0518 years, a semi-major axis of ...
, Milky Way galaxy * S/2007 S 2, a natural satellite of Saturn *
Disulfur Disulfur is the diatomic molecule with the formula S2. It is analogous to the dioxygen molecule but rarely occurs at room temperature. This violet gas is the dominant species in hot sulfur vapors. S2 is one of the minor components of the atmosph ...
(S2), an allotrope of sulfur * S2: Keep out of the reach of children, a safety phrase in chemistry *
S2 steel S, or s, is the nineteenth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphab ...
(shock resisting steel) * S2 map projection, a map projection created at Google


Mathematics

* S2, the two-dimensional
sphere A sphere () is a Geometry, geometrical object that is a solid geometry, three-dimensional analogue to a two-dimensional circle. A sphere is the Locus (mathematics), set of points that are all at the same distance from a given point in three ...
* S2, the
permutation group In mathematics, a permutation group is a group ''G'' whose elements are permutations of a given set ''M'' and whose group operation is the composition of permutations in ''G'' (which are thought of as bijective functions from the set ''M'' to it ...
on two elements


Biology and medicine

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British NVC community S2 British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
, a swamps and tall-herb fens community in the British National Vegetation Classification system * Schneider 2 cells, or S2 cells, a commonly used ''Drosophila'' cell line *
Secondary somatosensory cortex The human secondary somatosensory cortex (S2, SII) is a region of cortex in the parietal operculum on the ceiling of the lateral sulcus. Region S2 was first described by Adrian in 1940, who found that feeling in cats' feet was not only represente ...
, a brain area in the parietal cortex *
Sacral spinal nerve 2 The sacral spinal nerve 2 (S2) is a spinal nerve of the sacral segment.American Medical Association
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, a spinal nerve of the sacral segment * Schedule 2, an Australian legal category assigned to drugs; See Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons * S2, the second
sacral vertebrae The sacrum (plural: ''sacra'' or ''sacrums''), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1S5) between ages 18 and 30. The sacrum situates at the upper, back part ...
* S2 (heart sound), a sound in cardiac auscultation *
ATC code S02 S02A Anti-infectives S02AA Anti-infectives :S02AA01 Chloramphenicol :S02AA02 Nitrofural :S02AA03 Boric acid :S02AA04 Aluminium acetotartrate :S02AA05 Clioquinol :S02AA06 Hydrogen peroxide :S02AA07 Neomycin :S02AA08 Tetracycline :S02AA09 Chlorhex ...
''Otologicals'', a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System


Computing

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S2 (programming language) LiveJournal (russian: Живой Журнал), stylised as LiVEJOURNAL, is a Russian-owned social networking service where users can keep a blog, journal, or diary. American programmer Brad Fitzpatrick started LiveJournal on April 15, 1999, ...
* S2 Spreadsheet, by IBM in 1984


Transportation


Cars

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Audi S2 The Audi S2 is an Audi two-door sports car, manufactured by the division of quattro GmbH (now Audi Sport GmbH) on the same platform as the Audi 80 (B4) in Neckarsulm, Germany, produced from 1991 to 1995. The Audi S2 is the first car in the Audi ...
, a turbo-charged sports car * Lotus Elise S2, a Lotus Elise production series of roadster automobile * Porsche 944 S2, a 3l naturally aspirated
Porsche 944 The Porsche 944 is a sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 1982 until 1991. A front-engine, rear-wheel drive mid-level model based on the 924 platform, the 944 was available in coupé or cabriolet body styles, w ...
sports car


Roads and bus routes

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County Route S2 (California) There are 34 routes assigned to the "S" zone of the California Route Marker Program, which designates county routes in California. The "S" zone includes county highways in Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Santa Barbara counties. S1 ...
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Expressway S2 (Poland) Expressway S2 is a short highway in Poland, serving as the southern section of the (partially completed) Warsaw Express Ring Road. Conceptually forming one continuous route with motorway A2, it was initially planned (since 1970s) as a part of i ...
, a southern bypass of Warsaw *
S2 National Highway S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History ...
, one of the
National Highways of Pakistan National Highways of Pakistan ( ur, ) are a network of toll highways in Pakistan, which are owned, maintained and operated by the National Highways Authority under the Ministry of Communications. It maintains of roadways organized into various ...
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S2 expressway (Shanghai) S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History ...
, an expressway in Shanghai also known as the ''Hulu Expressway'' * S2, an abbreviation for a standard single carriageway road, with a single lane going in each direction *
Stagecoach Gold bus route S2 Stagecoach West is the trading name of Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company Limited, a bus operator providing services in Gloucestershire, Bristol, Swindon, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, North Somerset and Herefordshire, in the West of England. ...
, a bus route in Oxfordshire, England


Aviation and space

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Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
(aircraft registration code) *
JetLite JetLite was a low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways. It was formerly known as ''Air Sahara'' until the buyout by Jet Airways which rebranded the airline as JetLite. On April 17, 2019, JetLite grounded all of its flights and ceased all operations ...
(IATA airline code) *
Focke-Wulf S 2 The Focke-Wulf S 2 was a trainer aircraft built in Germany in the late 1920s. It was a conventional parasol-wing monoplane A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types ...
, a 1928 German trainer aircraft *
Grumman S-2 Tracker The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventiona ...
, a 1952 United States Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft *
SABCA S-2 The SABCA S.2 was an airliner built in Belgium in 1926.Taylor 1989, p.787 Design and development The S.2 was a conventional, high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailskid undercarriage. The flight deck was open, but the passenger cabin wa ...
, a 1926 Belgian aircraft * Short S.2, a
Short Brothers Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Shorts was founded in 1908 in London, and was the first company in the world to make production aeroplanes. It was particu ...
aircraft *
Strojnik S-2 The Strojnik S-2 is an American high-wing, single-seat motor glider that was designed and built by Aleš Strojnik.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 133. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920 Desi ...
, motorglider *
S-II The S-II (pronounced "S-two") was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket. It was built by North American Aviation. Using liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) it had five J-2 engines in a quincunx pattern. The second stage accelerated ...
or S-2, the 2nd stage of the Saturn V rocket


Rail


Locomotives

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Alco S-2 The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer of locomotives, diesel generators, steel, and tanks that operated from 1901 to 1969. The company was formed by the merger of seven smaller locomo ...
, a locomotive *
Pennsylvania Railroad class S2 The Pennsylvania Railroad's S2 class was a steam turbine locomotive designed and built in a collaborative effort by Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, as an attempt to prolong the dominance of the steam loco ...
, a unique steam turbine locomotive *
NER Class S2 The North Eastern Railway Class S2 - London and North Eastern Railway Class B15 - was a mixed-traffic 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Vincent Raven. The design was based on NER Class S. Superheaters The first seven was built with saturated ...
, a class of British steam locomotives


Passenger services

* S2 (Berlin), an S-Bahn service * S2 (Dresden), an S-Bahn service *
S2 (Munich) The S2 is a service on the Munich S-Bahn network. It is operated by DB Regio Bayern. It runs from Petershausen station to Erding station via Dachau station, Dachau, München-Laim station, Laim, central Munich, Munich East station, Munich East an ...
, an S-Bahn service *
S2 (Nuremberg) The S2 is a service on the Nuremberg S-Bahn. It is long and runs from Roth Roth may refer to: Places Germany * Roth (district), in Bavaria, Germany ** Roth, Bavaria, capital of that district ** Roth (electoral district), a federal electoral ...
, an S-Bahn service * S2 (RER Vaud), an S-Bahn service in Switzerland *
S2 (Rhine-Main S-Bahn) The S2 service of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main system bearing the KBS (German scheduled railway route) number 645.2 is a railway connection between the small Taunus town Niedernhausen and Dietzenbach. Usually DBAG Class 423 railcars are used on this se ...
, an S-Bahn service *
S2 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Line S2 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr network. It starts in Dortmund Hauptbahnhof and runs westerly. During weekdays one service per hour runs each to Essen Hauptbahnhof and Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof using Stadler FLIRT 3XL units. Line ...
, an S-Bahn service *
S2 (St. Gallen S-Bahn) The S2 is a railway service of the St. Gallen S-Bahn that provides hourly service between and , in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. THURBO, a joint venture of Swiss Federal Railways and the canton of Thurgau, operates the service. Operations ...
, an S-Bahn line in Switzerland * S2, a planned Bremen S-Bahn service * S2, a
Hamburg S-Bahn The Hamburg S-Bahn is a suburban commuter railway network in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together, the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the s ...
service * S2, a
Hanover S-Bahn The Hanover S-Bahn (in German: ''S-Bahn Hannover'') is an S-Bahn network operated by DB Regio and Transdev Hannover in the area of Hanover in the German state capital of Lower Saxony. It went operational shortly before Expo 2000 and is focused o ...
service * S2, a
RheinNeckar S-Bahn The Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn ''(S-Bahn RheinNeckar)'' forms the backbone of the urban rail transport network of the Rhine Neckar Area, including the cities of Mannheim, Heidelberg and Ludwigshafen. The S-Bahn operates over 437 km of route in th ...
service * S2, a Rostock S-Bahn service * S2, a
Stuttgart S-Bahn The Stuttgart S-Bahn is a suburban railway system (S-Bahn) serving the Stuttgart Region, an urban agglomeration of around 2.7 million people, consisting of the city of Stuttgart and the adjacent districts of Esslingen, Böblingen, Ludwi ...
service * S2, a Stadtbahn Karlsruhe service * S2 (ZVV), a service of the S-Bahn Zürich in Switzerland * Line S2 (BCR), a commuter rail service in Beijing * Line S2 (Milan suburban railway service) *
Line S2 (Nanjing Metro) Line S2 () is a suburban rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or tra ...
, a suburban rapid transit line currently under construction in China * Line S2 (Wenzhou Rail Transit), a suburban rapid transit line currently under construction in China * FGC line S2, a suburban train service in Barcelona Province


Military

* Soviet submarine ''S-2'', a Soviet World War II submarine *
Grumman S-2 Tracker The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventiona ...
, a US Navy aircraft * Finnish torpedo boat ''S2'', which sank in 1925 * USS ''S-2'' (SS-106), a US Navy submarine * Göta Signal Corps (designation S2), a 1944–1997 Swedish Army signal unit * S2 (missile), the first deployed French land-based strategic missile * S-2, a military intelligence officer on the
staff Staff may refer to: Pole * Staff, a weapon used in stick-fighting ** Quarterstaff, a European pole weapon * Staff of office, a pole that indicates a position * Staff (railway signalling), a token authorizing a locomotive driver to use a particula ...
of a regiment or battalion * HMS ''Rorqual'' (S02), a 1956 British Royal Navy ''Porpoise''-class submarine * ORP S-2, Polish World War II motor gun boat


Organisations

* S2 Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music *
S2 (TV channel) S2 was a television station broadcast throughout the Scottish and Grampian ITV regions by SMG plc, the holder of the Scottish and Grampian region ITV franchises. S2, which aired on the digital terrestrial platform (branded ONdigital, at the tim ...
, a former Scottish television channel *
S2 Games S2 Games was a video game developer, video game development company which was founded by Marc "Maliken" DeForest, Jesse Hayes, and Sam McGrath, based in Rohnert Park, California. They also had a development location in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Hi ...
, a video game developer *
S2 Yachts S2 Yachts is an American boat builder based in Holland, Michigan. From 1974 until 1989 the company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats and it continues as a builder of motorboats. The company was founded by Leon S ...
, a defunct sailboat-building company


Products

* Samsung Galaxy S II, an Android smartphone * Samsung Gear S2, a Tizen smartwatch *
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a line of Android-based and Windows-based tablet computers produced by Samsung Electronics. The first model in the series, the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, was presented to the public on 2 September 2010 at the IFA in B ...
, an Android tablet


Cameras

* Nikon S2, a 35mm rangefinder camera produced between 1954 and 1958 as part of the
Nikon S-mount The Nikon S-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount used by a series of Nikon 35mm rangefinder cameras ( Nikon I, Nikon M, Nikon S, Nikon S2, Nikon SP, Nikon S3, Nikon S4). The lenses were sold under the name Nikkor. The mount was a cop ...
range * Nikon 1 S2, a digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera *
Canon PowerShot S2 IS The Canon PowerShot S is a series of digital cameras released by Canon (company), Canon, as part of the wider Canon PowerShot, PowerShot range. The S-series was originally a line of compact point-and-shoot cameras, slowly evolving into a wikt:prosu ...
, a 2005 5.0 megapixel digital camera *
FinePix S2 Pro The Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro is an interchangeable lens digital single-lens reflex camera introduced in January 2002. It is based on a Nikon F80 (N80 in the U.S.) film camera body that was modified by Fujifilm to include its own proprietary image ...
, a 2002 interchangeable lens digital single-lens reflex camera by Fuji *
Leica S2 The Leica S2 is a digital medium format DSLR camera announced by Leica Camera on September 23, 2008. It features a Kodak-made custom CCD sensor measuring 30×45 mm and containing 37 million pixels. This sensor has a 26% longer diagonal and ...
, a 2009 37 million pixel medium format digital single-lens reflex camera


Other uses

* S2, a version of the racing simulation '' Live for Speed'' * S2, a district of the
S postcode area The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eight post towns. These cover most of South Yorkshire (includi ...
, covering areas of eastern Sheffield *
Seattle Sounders FC 2 Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma, Washington (state), Washington, U.S. that competes in the MLS Next Pro, the third tier of the Unit ...
, nicknamed S2 * Second year, in the Scottish education system * S2 (classification), used for categorising swimmers based on their level of disability * ''
Splatoon 2 is a 2017 third-person shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released on July 21, 2017, and is a direct sequel to ''Splatoon'', which includes a new story-driven single-player mode and various online ...
'', a 2017 video game for the Nintendo Switch * Pitts Special, Two-Seat Aerobatics Biplane {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig