S2

S2, S 2, S.2, S-2, S II, S₂ or S² may refer to:

In science

Mathematics

• S², the two-dimensional sphere
• S₂, the permutation group on two elements

Astronomy

• S2 (star), a star in the center of the Milky Way galaxy
• S/2007 S 2, a natural satellite of Saturn

Chemistry

• Disulfur (S
  2), an allotrope of sulfur
• S2: Keep out of the reach of children, a safety phrase in chemistry

Biology and medicine

In humans

• Secondary somatosensory cortex, a brain area in the parietal cortex
• Sacral spinal nerve 2, a spinal nerve of the sacral segment
• Schedule 2, an Australian legal category assigned to drugs
• The second sacral vertebrae
• S₂, a sound in cardiac auscultation
• ATC code S02 Otologicals, a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

In animals and plants

• British NVC community S2, a swamps and tall-herb fens community in the British National Vegetation Classification system
• Schneider 2 cells, or S2 cells, a commonly used Drosophila cell line

Transportation

Road transport

Cars

• Audi S2, a turbo-charged sports car
• Lotus Elise S2, a production series of roadster automobile
• Porsche 944 S2, a 3l naturally aspirated sports car (mf. 1989-1991)

Roads

• County Route S2 (California)
• Expressway S2 (Poland), a southern bypass of Warsaw
• S2 National Highway, one of the National Highways of Pakistan
• S2 expressway (Shanghai), an expressway in Shanghai also known as the Hulu Expressway
• an abbreviation for a standard single carriageway road, with a single lane going in each direction

Aviation

• Bangladesh aircraft registration code
• JetLite IATA airline designator

Aircraft

• Focke-Wulf S 2, a 1928 German trainer aircraft
• Grumman S-2 Tracker, a 1952 United States Navy anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft
• SABCA S-2, a 1926 Belgian aircraft
• Short S.2, a Short Brothers aircraft
• Strojnik S-2, motorglider

Rail

Locomotives

• Alco S-2, a locomotive
• PRR S2, a unique steam turbine locomotive

Train lines

• S2 (Berlin), an S-Bahn line
• S2 (Dresden), an S-Bahn line
• S2 (Munich), an S-Bahn line
• S2 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn), an S-Bahn line
• a planned Bremen S-Bahn line
• a Hamburg S-Bahn line
• a Hanover S-Bahn line
• a Nuremberg S-Bahn line
• a Rhine-Main S-Bahn line
• a RheinNeckar S-Bahn line
• a Rostock S-Bahn line
• a Stuttgart S-Bahn line
• a Stadtbahn Karlsruhe line
• S2 (ZVV), a line of the S-Bahn Zürich in Switzerland
• Line S2, Beijing Suburban Railway
• Line S2 (Milan suburban railway service)
• FGC line S2, a suburban train line in Barcelona Province

Military

• Soviet submarine S-2, a Soviet World War II submarine
• Grumman S-2 Tracker, a US Navy aircraft
• Finnish torpedo boat S2, which sank in 1925
• USS S-2 (SS-106), a US Navy submarine
• A designation for Göta signalregemente, a 1944–1997 Swedish Army signal regiment
• 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

Businesses and products

• S2 Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music
• S2, a former Scottish television channel
• S2 Games, a video game developer
• S2 Yachts, a now-defunct sailboat-building company
• Samsung Galaxy S II
• Samsung Gear S2

Cameras

• Nikon S2, a 35mm rangefinder camera produced between 1954 and 1958 as part of the Nikon S-mount 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, a 2009 37 million pixel medium format digital single-lens reflex camera

Software

• S2 programming language
• S2 Spreadsheet
• A version of the racing simulation Live for Speed

Other uses

• A district of the S postcode area, covering areas of eastern Sheffield
• The nickname of Seattle Sounders FC 2
• The second year in the Scottish education system
• S2 (classification), used for categorising swimmers based on their level of disability