I know what "sic" means when it is used in a document, but does anyone know what the "s i c" stand for?
137786
It's a Latin word that means "thus".
654346
I've never seen such a thing on a legal document. /s/ is used to indicate there is a signature on an original, but the copy does not include the signature. /s/ is now used for electronic filing in the US Bankruptcy courts when followed by the printed name.\n\n"ss" is used after a county name to indicate it is a county, e.g., Worcester, ss - there is no period after "ss" because it is not an abbreviation.
650254
it is C as in use the formula for CI for one sample proprtion from your book(i better get the best answer choice cause this is the fifth one i am answering)\nand the above guy is a moron
1169575
It means "if they can" or "if s/he can" or "if one can" and it's like saying "if it's possible"\n\n\nI see the other two posts after mine. "Si" can mean either "yes" or "if" depending upon whether the i has an accent mark or not. Without an accent mark, it means "if" and with an accent mark it means "yes"
631729
This is the latin equivalent to corporation. It means anonymous society (sociate anonyme) The CD probaly refers to the country in which the organization is incorporated
262733
Are you sure it doesn't start with "S". If it does, then it's Strait. If not, then I have no idea.
72188
WhenI first saw this I almost skipped it  as I had little idea what it  all meant.\n\nBut I did some quick research and found these sites informative:\n\nhttp://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/\nhttp://research.microsoft.com/research/pubs/view.aspx?type=Technical%20Report&id=580\n\nAnd this book:\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/079237679X?v=glance\n\nGood luck with it.
1073349
The international Morse code distress signal, S.O.S., is one of the "words" with a false acronymic origin. \n\nS.O.S. does not stand for Save Our Souls, Save Our Ship, Stop Other Signals, Sure Of Sinking, or any other phrase.\n\nS.O.S. was chosen as the universal distress signal by the International Radio Telegraph Convention of July 1908 because this combination of three dots followed by three dashes followed by three dots (...---...), was easy to send and easily recognized, especially since they were usually sent as a nine-character signal, which stood out against the background of three-character Morse Code letters. The letters themselves are meaningless.\n\nThe first recorded mention of the false acronymic origin is in reference to the Titanic sinking of 1912, which may account for its wide spread and endurance.\n\nPrior to 1908, the high seas distress signal consisted of the letters C.Q.D., which many took it to mean Come Quickly, Danger. Actually this term is a combination of the letters C & Q, the standard radio hail meaning essentially "calling all stations" or "is anyone out there?" and the nonsense letter D. Some suppose that the D stands for distress, but this is not documented. Use of C.Q.D. continued past 1908, and the Titanic's initial distress calls used this older signal. It was not until that ship was near sinking did the radiomen send out the new signal.
848513
It is basically only used in the legal profession.  For instance, you would look up Title 38 USC (United States Code) §3.104(a) and that would tell you where to find whatever that section says.
549392
In electronic components, the designations for the component usually has two letters, followed by a serial number of a manufacturer.  The first letter stands for the material. In this case, the first letter, "B", stands for silicon.  The second letter, "C", indicates the type of component, which is indeed a transistor.\n\nEXTRA INFO: In some cases, the number may contain a suffix, which indicates the grade, or reliability factor, of the component.
71833
It's used when the author is quoting someone else to let the reader know the misspelled word (or grammatical error) was by the person being quoted and not a mistake on the part of the author.  For example:\n\nThough most researchers agree, Graham stated in his paper _Diverse Investing_, that "the whisdom (sic) of such investing is questionable."\n\nor\n\nNewly elected Mayor Edmund Jones said "The voters has (sic) made their choice."\n\nWhile most folks leave it out of friendly conversation on message boards when including quotes, it's useful in more serious writing to indicate you, as the author, didn't make the error.
831549
Sadly Ally H's sentance (sic) doesn't make sense.\nHowever, imagine a sign writer had written this pub sign:\n "TheCoachandHorses" with no gaps between words.\nYou'd have to tell the sign writer, "You've not left enough space between "Coach" and "and" and "and" and Horses." 5 in a row and making perfect sense.
456980
I.D. - identifying document
475604
Contrary to common belif, SOS does not stand for anything.  Many belive it stands for "save our ship" or "save our souls".  In fact, it was simply used because it is extremely easy to tap and interpret in morse code.  Dit dit dit dah dah dah dit dit dit.  It replaces It's predecesor, CQD, around 1912.  People have since given it names like save our ship, but when it was origionally created, this was not the case.
149705
I've seen it written as Is.  Also Isle as another poster mentioned.  I don't think it is usual to abreviate it.
917590
The notation 's', 'p', 'd', and 'f' originate from a now-discredited system of categorizing spectral lines.\n\ns= sharp\np= principal\nd= diffuse\nf= fundamental
530160
sorry,never heard of it!Maybe we could help u out if u expand the letters S & N.