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Science and technology

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S2 (star) S2, also known as S0–2, is a star in the star cluster close to the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), orbiting it with a period of 16.0518 years, a semi-major axis of about 970  au, and a pericenter d ...
, Milky Way galaxy * S/2007 S 2, a natural satellite of Saturn *
S2 impact The Barberton Greenstone Belt is a geologic formation situated on the eastern edge of the Kaapvaal craton in South Africa. It is known for its gold mineralisation and for its komatiites, an unusual type of ultramafic volcanic rock named after the ...
(ie, "Spherules 2"), major impact of early Earth * S2 map projection, a map projection created at Google *
S2 steel S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. ...
(shock resisting steel) * S2: Keep out of the reach of children, a safety phrase in chemistry *
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 *
Sulfide Sulfide (also sulphide in British English) is an inorganic anion of sulfur with the chemical formula S2− or a compound containing one or more S2− ions. Solutions of sulfide salts are corrosive. ''Sulfide'' also refers to large families o ...
() anion


Mathematics

* S2, the two-dimensional
n-sphere In mathematics, an -sphere or hypersphere is an - dimensional generalization of the -dimensional circle and -dimensional sphere to any non-negative integer . The circle is considered 1-dimensional and the sphere 2-dimensional because a point ...
* 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 ...
on two elements


Biology and medicine

* British NVC community S2, a swamps and tall-herb fens community in the British National Vegetation Classification system *
Schneider 2 cells Schneider 2 cells, usually abbreviated as S2 cells, are one of the most commonly used ''Drosophila melanogaster'' cell lines. S2 cells were derived from a primary culture of late stage (20–24 hours old) ''Drosophila melanogaster'' embryos by Dr. I ...
, or S2 cells, a commonly used ''Drosophila'' cell line *
Secondary somatosensory cortex The human secondary somatosensory cortex (S2, SII) is a region of sensory 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 r ...
, 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
, 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 The Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (SUSMP), also known as the Poisons Standard for short, is an Australian Statutory instrument, legislative instrument produced by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)., subse ...
* S2, the second
sacral vertebrae The sacrum (: sacra or sacrums), in human anatomy, is a 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 of the pelvic cavity, ...
* S2 (heart sound), a sound in cardiac auscultation * ATC code S02 ''Otologicals'', a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System


Computing

* S2 (programming language) *
S2 Spreadsheet S2 Spreadsheet was a Lotus 1-2-3 compatible spreadsheet developed by IBM in 1984. It had all the features of Lotus 1-2-3, plus it had an ability to connect to IBM mainframes via TCP/IP and pull data from IBM databases such as IBM DB2 and IBM SQL/D ...
, by IBM in 1984


Transportation


Cars

* AS S2, a 1927 car manufactured in Poland *
Audi S2 The Audi S2 is an Audi 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 S series ...
, a turbo-charged sports car * Lotus Elise S2, a
Lotus Elise The Lotus Elise is a sports car conceived in early 1994 and released in September 1996 by the British manufacturer Lotus Cars. A two-seater Roadster (automobile), roadster with a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, the Elise has a fibregl ...
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 Porsche 924, 924 Car platform, platform, the 944 was available in coupé o ...
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. ...
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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 ...
, a southern bypass of Warsaw *
S2 National Highway S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. ...
, one of the National Highways of Pakistan *
S2 expressway (Shanghai) S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. ...
, an expressway in Shanghai also known as the ''Hulu Expressway'' * S2, an abbreviation for a standard
single carriageway A single carriageway (British English) is a road with one, two or more lanes arranged within a one carriageway with no central reservation, central reservation/median strip to separate opposing flows of traffic. A single-track road is a type of ...
road, with a single lane going in each direction * Stagecoach Gold bus route S2, 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 List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
(aircraft registration code) * JetLite (IATA airline code) * Focke-Wulf S 2, a 1928 German trainer aircraft *
Grumman S-2 Tracker The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) is 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 conventional ...
, a 1952 United States Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft * SABCA S-2, 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, 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 second 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 that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various time ...
, 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 loc ...
, a unique steam turbine locomotive * NER Class S2, a class of British steam locomotives


Passenger services

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S2 (Berlin) S2 is a line on the Berlin S-Bahn. It operates from Bernau to Blankenfelde over: *the Berlin-Szczecin railway, opened on 1 August 1842 and electrified on 8 August 1924, *the Nord-Süd-Tunnel, opened on 28 May 1936 from Humboldthain to Unter ...
, 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, Laim, central Munich, Munich East and Markt Schwaben. The line is operated at 20-minute inter ...
, an S-Bahn service * S2 (Nuremberg), an S-Bahn service *
S2 (RER Vaud) The R2 is a railway service of RER Vaud that provides hourly service between and in the Swiss canton of Vaud. Swiss Federal Railways Swiss Federal Railways (, SBB; , CFF; , FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland. The company ...
, 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 ...
, an S-Bahn service *
S2 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Line S2 is a S-Bahn line in the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn, 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 ...
, an S-Bahn service * S2 (St. Gallen S-Bahn), an S-Bahn line in Switzerland *
S2 (ZVV) The S2 is a railway service of the Zurich S-Bahn on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) transportation network, and is one of the network's services connecting the canton of Zurich with the cantons of Schwyz and St. Gallen. At , trains of the ...
, a service of the Zurich S-Bahn in Switzerland * S2, a
Breisgau S-Bahn The Breisgau S-Bahn, branded as Breisgau-S-Bahn 2020, is an S-Bahn network centered on Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Lines The network comprises six lines, three operated by DB Regio Baden-Württemberg and three by SWEG ...
service in Germany * S2, a planned
Bremen S-Bahn The Bremen S-Bahn () is an S-Bahn network in Germany, covering the Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region, from Bremerhaven in the north to Twistringen in the south and Bad Zwischenahn and Oldenburg (city), Oldenburg in the west. It has been in o ...
service in Germany * S2, a
Carinthia S-Bahn The Carinthia S-Bahn () is a regional transport system in the Austrian state of Carinthia and East Tyrol. The system is operated by the ÖBB, the national railway company. History The Carinthia S-Bahn network was launched on 12 December 2 ...
service in Austria * S2, a
Chur S-Bahn The expression Chur S-Bahn () is used to describe two S-Bahn-style regional rail services focused upon Chur, the capital of the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Both of these S-Bahn services run on metre gauge lines, and are operated by th ...
service in Switzerland * S2, a
Hamburg S-Bahn The Hamburg S-Bahn is a rapid transit railway system in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together, the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN Eisenbahn, AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city ...
service in Germany * S2, a
Hanover S-Bahn The Hanover S-Bahn (in German: ''S-Bahn Hannover'') is an S-Bahn network operated by 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 on the Hanover ...
service in Germany * 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 of route in the states of ...
service in Germany * S2, a
Rostock S-Bahn The Rostock S-Bahn () is a S-Bahn (suburban railway) network in Rostock in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It consists of three lines with a total length of about 90 km. Line S1 runs from Rostock Hauptbahnhof (main station) to Wa ...
service in Germany * S2, a
Salzburg S-Bahn The Salzburg S-Bahn is a large transport project in and around Salzburg in the Euroregion of Salzburg–Berchtesgadener Land–Traunstein (district), Traunstein, which crosses the border between Austria and Germany. Its S-Bahn network has been par ...
service in Austria * 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, Ludwigsb ...
service in Germany * S2, a
Stadtbahn Karlsruhe The Karlsruhe Stadtbahn is a German tram-train system combining tram lines in the city of Karlsruhe with railway lines in the surrounding countryside, serving the entire region of the middle upper Rhine valley and creating connections to neighbo ...
service in Germany * S2, a
Tyrol S-Bahn The Tyrol S-Bahn, operated by ÖBB, provides regional rail services in metropolitan Innsbruck, Austria and its hinterlands in the States of Austria, state of Tyrol; and extended rail services into Italy and Germany. Current lines There are eig ...
service in Austria and Italy (South Tyrol) * S2, a
Upper Austria S-Bahn The Upper Austria S-Bahn () is an S-Bahn system that was introduced on 11 December 2016 in the Greater Linz area of Upper Austria. In the first step a clock-face timetable was implemented with exactly the same departure minutes and closure of cloc ...
service in Austria * S2, an
Vienna S-Bahn The Vienna S-Bahn is a suburban commuter rail network in Vienna, Austria. As opposed to the city-run urban metro network, the Vienna U-Bahn, it extends beyond the borders of the city, is operated by the Austrian Federal Railways, ÖBB (Austria ...
service in Austria * S2, a
Vorarlberg S-Bahn Vorarlberg S-Bahn () is a label for regional rail services in the westernmost Austrian States of Austria, state of Vorarlberg. The S-Bahn services also connect to stations in the Germany, German town of Lindau, the Switzerland, Swiss towns of S ...
service in Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland *
Line S2 (BCR) Line S2 of Beijing Suburban Railway (BCR) ( zh, s=北京市郊铁路S2线, t=北京市郊鐵路S2線, p=Běijīng Shìjiāo Tiělù S Èr Xiàn) is a commuter rail line in Beijing. The main line runs from Huangtudian railway station in Changping ...
, a commuter rail service in Beijing, Chian *
Line S2 (Milan suburban railway service) The S2 is a commuter rail route forming part of the Milan suburban railway service (), which converges on the city of Milan, Italy. The service operates over the Milan–Asso railway, Milan–Asso and Milan Passante railway, Milan Passante lines ...
, Italy *
Line S2 (Nanjing Metro) Line S2 () is a suburban rapid transit line in the Nanjing Metro The Nanjing Metro is a rapid transit system serving the List of administrative divisions of Nanjing, urban and suburban districts of Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu Provin ...
, 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 FGC may refer to: * Family Groove Company, an American band * Family Group Conference * Federal Government College (disambiguation) * Female genital cutting * Ferozepur Group of Colleges, in Punjab, India * , a Spanish railway company * FGC-9, ...
, a suburban train service in Barcelona Province, Spain


Military

* Soviet submarine ''S-2'', a Soviet World War II submarine *
Grumman S-2 Tracker The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) is 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 conventional ...
, a US Navy aircraft * Finnish torpedo boat ''S2'', which sank in 1925 * USS ''S-2'' (SS-106), a US Navy submarine *
Göta Signal Corps The Göta Signal Corps (), designations S 1 Sk and S 2, was a Swedish Army signal unit, one of the few new formations raised in the 20th century. It was disbanded in 1997. The unit was garrisoned in Västergötland. History The unit has its ...
(designation S2), a 1944–1997 Swedish Army signal unit *
S2 (missile) The S2 was the first deployed French land-based strategic missile, equipped with a single nuclear warhead of 120 kilotonnes. In French it is called a , (''SSBS'' or " ground-ground strategic ballistic missile"). The S2 was a two-stage, solid-pr ...
, the first deployed French land-based strategic missile * S-2, a military intelligence officer on the staff 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

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S2 Records Sony S2 Records, formerly named as S2 Records and Sony Soho Square (typeset as Sony Soho2), was a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (SME), which operated as a record label in the 1990s and early 2000s. Sony Soho Square was named after its ...
, 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. The channel existed for two years, from April 1999 until July 2001. History S2 l ...
, 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, a defunct sailboat-building company


Products

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Nintendo Switch 2 The is a hybrid video game console developed by Nintendo, released in most regions on June5, 2025. Like the original Nintendo Switch, Switch, it can be used as a Handheld game console, handheld, as a Tablet computer, tablet, or connected via ...
, a hybrid video game console *
Samsung Galaxy S II The Samsung Galaxy S II (also unofficially known as the Samsung Galaxy S2) is a touchscreen-enabled, Slate phone, slate-format Android (operating system), Android smartphone developed and marketed by Samsung Electronics, as the second smartphon ...
, an Android smartphone *
Samsung Gear S2 The Samsung Gear S2 is a smartwatch developed by Samsung Electronics running Samsung's Tizen operating system. It was unveiled at IFA in 2015. The Gear S2 was the first device to use eSIM technology. Its successor, the Samsung Gear S3 The Sa ...
, a Tizen smartwatch *
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 The Samsung Galaxy Tab (stylized as SΛMSUNG Galaxy Tab) is a line of Android OS tablet computers produced by Samsung Electronics. The first model was the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2010 with 7-inch display, which was presented ...
, 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 35 mm rangefinder cameras ( Nikon I, Nikon M, Nikon S, Nikon S2, Nikon SP, Nikon S3, Nikon S4). The lenses were sold under the name Nikkor. Technical ...
range * Nikon 1 S2, a digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera * Canon PowerShot S2 IS, a 2005 5.0 megapixel digital camera * FinePix S2 Pro, a 2002 interchangeable lens digital single-lens reflex camera by Fuji *
Leica S2 The Leica S2 is a medium format digital SLR 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 5 ...
, a 2009 37 million pixel medium format digital single-lens reflex camera


Other uses

* Seremban 2, a suburb of Seremban, located in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia * S2, a version of the racing simulation ''
Live for Speed ''Live for Speed'' (''LFS'') is a Sim racing, racing simulator developed by a three-person team comprising Scawen Roberts, Eric Bailey, and Victor van Vlaardingen with its latest release in 2024. The main focus is to provide a realistic Auto ra ...
'' * S2, a district of the
S postcode area The S postcode area, also known as the Sheffield postcode area, is a group of postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eight post towns. These cover most of South Yorkshire (including Sheffield, Barnsley, Rotherham and Mexborough ...
, covering areas of eastern Sheffield *
Seattle Sounders FC 2 The Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in the Puget Sound region in Tukwila, Washington, United States. The team competes in MLS Next Pro, a league in the third ...
, nicknamed S2 *
Second year The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of ...
, in the Scottish education system *
S2 (classification) S2, SB1, SM2 are para-swimming classifications used for categorizing swimmers based on their level of disability. People in this class have limited use of their arms, and no or extremely limited use of their hands, legs and trunk. Swimmers in this ...
, used for categorising swimmers based on their level of disability * '' Silent Storm'', a 2003 video game also known as ''S2: Silent Storm'' * ''
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, as a direct sequel to ''Splatoon''. As with the previous installment, ''Splatoon 2'' consists of online multip ...
'', a 2017 video game for the Nintendo Switch *
Pitts Special The Pitts Special (company designations S-1 and S-2) is a series of light aerobatics, aerobatic biplanes designed by Curtis Pitts. It has accumulated many competition wins since its first flight in 1944. The Pitts biplanes domina ...
, Two-Seat Aerobatics Biplane


See also

* 2S (disambiguation) {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig