CES may stand for: *

Closed ecological system Closed ecological systems or contained ecological systems (CES) are ecosystems that do not rely on matter exchange with any part outside the system. The term is most often used to describe small, man-made ecosystems. Such systems can potentially ...

, isolated from the outside * Clean Energy Standards *

Constant elasticity of substitution Constant elasticity of substitution (CES) is a common specification of many production functions and utility function In economics, utility is a measure of a certain person's satisfaction from a certain state of the world. Over time, the term ...

, in economics, a feature of a particular class of production function *The ISO 639 code for the

Czech language Czech ( ; ), historically known as Bohemian ( ; ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 12 million people including second language speakers, it serves as the official language of the ...

* CES, annual technology trade show in Las Vegas produced by the

Consumer Technology Association The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® is North America's largest standards and technology trade organization representing more than 1,200 technology companies. CTA is led by CEO and Vice Chair Gary J. Shapiro. Trade shows CES C ...

Technology

* Circuit Emulation Service, a telecommunication technology *

Cryogenic energy storage Cryogenic energy storage (CES) is the use of low temperature (cryogenic) liquids such as liquid air or liquid nitrogen to store energy. The technology is primarily used for the large-scale storage of electricity. Following grid-scale demonstrator ...

Character encoding Character encoding is the process of assigning numbers to graphical character (computing), characters, especially the written characters of human language, allowing them to be stored, transmitted, and transformed using computers. The numerical v ...

scheme, a reversible transformation of sequences of code units to sequences of bytes * Charge-exchange spectroscopy, a diagnostic used in plasma physics

Companies

* ICAO Code designator for

China Eastern Airlines China Eastern Airlines (branded as China Eastern) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Changning, Shanghai, Changning, Shanghai. It is one of the three major airlines in the country, along with Air China and China Southern Airlines. ...

Medicine

Cauda equina syndrome Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a condition that occurs when the bundle of nerves below the end of the spinal cord known as the cauda equina is damaged. Signs and symptoms include low back pain, sciatica, pain that radiates down the leg, numbness ...

, a serious neurological condition *

Cranial electrotherapy stimulation Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) is a form of neurostimulation that delivers a small, pulsed, alternating current via electrodes on the head. CES is used with the intention of treating a variety of conditions such as anxiety, clinical depr ...

, therapeutic brain stimulation * Camurati-Engelmann disease, also called "Camurati Engelmann syndrome" (CES) *

Carboxylesterase The enzyme carboxylesterase (or carboxylic-ester hydrolase, EC 3.1.1.1; systematic name carboxylic-ester hydrolase) catalysis, catalyzes reactions of the following form: :a Ester, carboxylic ester + H2O \rightleftharpoons an Alcohol (chemistry), ...

, an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction between a carboxylic ester and water

Organization

* Caspian Engineers Society *

Center for Economic Studies The Center for Economic Studies (CES) is an independent institute within the Faculty of Economics of the University of Munich (LMU). It promotes the international exchange of knowledge and ideas in public finance and other areas of economics. CES ...

, University of Munich * Center for Ethical Solutions, bioethics think tank in the United States *

Centre for Environmental Studies The Centre for Environmental Studies (CES) was an environmental think-tank in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1967 by the second Wilson government as an independent charitable trust for the purpose of advancing education and research in ...

, former UK research organization *

Church Educational System The Church Educational System (CES) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) consists of several institutions that provide religious and secular education for both Latter-day Saint and non–Latter-day Saint elementary, sec ...

, of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

Coalition for Economic Survival The Coalition for Economic Survival (CES) is a grassroots, non-profit community organization. CES works in the greater Los Angeles area to influence policy makers to improve the lives of low and moderate income people. History CES' first organ ...

, a Los Angeles–based community organization *

Coalition of Essential Schools The Coalition of Essential Schools is a US organization created to further a type of whole-school reform originally envisioned by founder Ted Sizer in his book, ''Horace's Compromise.'' The group began in 1984 with twelve schools and grew to 600 ...

, US educational reform *

Community Exchange System The Community Exchange System (CES) is an internet-based global trading network which allows participants to buy and sell goods and services without using a Fiat money, national currency. It may be described as a type of local exchange trading s ...

, international Internet trading network *

Commonwealth Employment Service The Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) was an Australian Government employment agency that was established in 1946 with the introduction of the ''Re-establishment and Employment Act 1945'' under the Curtin ALP government. It was designed to i ...

, former Australian Government employment agency *

Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme The Confederation of European Scouts, called in French language, French and abbreviated as CES, was formed in Brussels, Belgium, on 12 November 1978 and is still based in Belgium. CES stresses the European dimension of the Scouting programme and ...

or Confederation of European Scouts *

Centre for European Studies (disambiguation) Centre for European Studies is the name of several organisations involved in the field of European studies: * The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, at Harvard University * The Centre for European Studies (think tank), the official fou ...

, the name of several educational institutions *

Center for Election Science The Center for Election Science is an American 501(c)(3) organization that focuses on voter education and promoting election science. The organization promotes cardinal voting methods such as approval and score voting. They have their early ro ...

, a US-based Approval voting advocacy organization

People

Jean Ces Jean Ces (5 September 1906 in Béziers – 25 December 1969) was a French bantamweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He won a bronze medal in Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight category, losing agains ...

, French boxer of the 1920s

Transportation

Central South station Central South () was a planned MTR station on the Sha Tin to Central Link. If it was constructed, the station would have served as the southern terminus of the North South Corridor. In the 2012 and 2013 MTR annual reports, Central South station ...

, a proposed MTR station in Hong Kong *

Cessnock Airport Cessnock Airport is a civil airport located North of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. History Built by the Department of Main Roads during World War II named as RAAF Base Pokolbin, as part of a system of parent and satellite aerodromes ...

, IATA airport code "CES" * Cressing railway station, British railway station with station code CES {{disambiguation