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Ros¹

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Rosalind.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Rosamund.

ROS²

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Russian Orbital Segment, the part of the International Space Station that was contributed by Russia, or using ROSCOSMOS/Mir specification-based modules.
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of Robot Operating System (“a kind of robotic middleware”).

noun ROS · ROSs

  1. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of reactive oxygen species O₂^(•−) and OH^• are highly unstable (half-life at the level of microseconds and nanoseconds, respectively) and cannot cross membrane, while H₂O₂, though not a free radical but a ROS, is relatively stable (half-life around 1 ms) (Møller et al. 2007) and can cross membranes through aquaporins.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, plural, plural only, uncountable Initialism of rights of survivorship

    Similar: JWROS

  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of run of station

RoS³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Registers of Scotland

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Closest in meaning: ross, erc, ras, ios, russian, sor, cas, str, rds, crp, era, eor, ocs, sds, sar, oss

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@misc{ros_2026,
  title = {Ros},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ros},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}