1. The ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity
   "The radio had poor reception due to a low S/N";
   - signal-to-noise ratio, signal-to-noise, signal/noise ratio, signal/noise

1. A silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide
   "Sn cans are actually made mostly of steel with a thin tin coating";
   - tin, atomic number 50

Type of: carbon group element, crystallogen, Group 14 element, metal, metallic element, ratio, tetragen, tetrel

Part of: cassiterite, tinfoil

Encyclopedia: Sn