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  • noun metrology Symbol for the yottasecond, an SI unit of time equal to 1024 seconds.
  • proper noun mythology A mythical sunken city in Brittany.

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Examples

  • Where Ps is the power spectrum, Ys is the frequency spectrum and Ys* is the complex conjugate of the frequency spectrum.

    Making Hockey Sticks the Jones Way « Climate Audit 2006

  • Ys is a series I'd never heard of 'til the PSP ports, but never got around to it.

    Lonely Hearts SVGL 2008

  • The name Ys then could refer to the Breton city of King Gradlon who fell in love with a druid/fairy woman, bearing him a daughter Dahut.

    Joanna Newsom, Ys (Drag City DC303, 2006) Miglior acque 2007

  • The name Ys then could refer to the Breton city of King Gradlon who fell in love with a druid/fairy woman, bearing him a daughter Dahut.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Miglior acque 2007

  • Callahan separated; she toured with a group of friends she called The Ys Street Band.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • This one is from a game I played recently called Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim.

    Games and Girls... Carlo Artieri 2006

  • Fittingly enough, the game's going to be called Ys vs Sora no Kiseki.

    PSP Updates 2009

  • Fittingly enough, the game's going to be called Ys vs Sora no Kiseki.

    PSP Updates 2009

  • I learned today that Callahan is dating and working with uber-pixie Joanna Newsome, who made one of 2006's best records "Ys".

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • I learned today that Callahan is dating and working with uber-pixie Joanna Newsome, who made one of 2006's best records "Ys".

    The Next Johnny Cash 2007

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