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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The 26th letter of the modern English alphabet.
- noun Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter z.
- noun The 26th in a series.
- noun Something shaped like the letter Z.
- noun Slang Sleep.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In astronomy, an abbreviation of
Zonæ Cordobenses , Gould's Cordova Zones. SeeC. Z . - noun An abbreviation of
Zoölogical Garden or Gardens. - The twenty-sixth character in the English alphabet, and the last, as in that of the later Romans.
- As a symbol, in mathematics:
- [lowercase] In algebra, the third variable or unknown quantity.
- [lowercase] In analytical geometry, one of the system of point-coördinates in space.
- In mechanics, the component of a force in the direction of the axis of z.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to
s ,y , andj ; as in glass , glaz e; E.y oke, Gr. �, L.y ugum; E.z ealous,j ealous. SeeGuide to Pronunciation , §§ 273, 274.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The twenty-sixth letter of the
basic modern Latin alphabet . - noun metrology Symbol for the prefix
zepto- . - noun astronomy Symbol for the
redshift . - noun mathematics Used to denote a
real variable whenx andy are already in use. - noun mathematics Used to denote the third
coordinate inthree-dimensional Cartesian andcylindrical coordinate systems. - noun mathematics Used to denote a
complex variable . - noun statistics Used to denote a value of a
standard normal random variable . - noun analytic geometry, classical mechanics Quantity along the third axis in a three-dimensional system, vertical when applicable.
- noun chemistry Symbol for
atomic number . - noun
voiced alveolar fricative - noun The twenty-sixth
letter of the Englishalphabet , calledzed orzee and written in theLatin script .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ending of a series or sequence
- noun the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
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Examples
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For example, all pronouns like first person *zō violate markedness because plain *z is so rare in his convoluted phonology while palatal *ź is used to explain almost everything see his list of 'z words' here where his diacritic bias is self-evident.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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For example, all pronouns like first person *zō violate markedness because plain *z is so rare in his convoluted phonology while palatal *ź is used to explain almost everything see his list of 'z words' here where his diacritic bias is self-evident.
The Tower of Babel 2007
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Let x, y, z, and t denote the coordinates and syn - chronized clock times used by E in his spaceship refer - ence frame S; and let x′, y′, z′, and t′ denote the corre - sponding quantities used by E′ in S′.
RELATIVITY BANESH HOFFMANN 1968
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Z-- z-- z-- z! as I ducked to the saddle-bow, and something scraped across my back with a sound as of rending garments.
The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Various
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W + x + y + z = 4 (6) and W² + x² + y² + z² = 1 (7) are equations in which their number is four.
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I think it's S, z, c, z-- _ [Lina gives him her visiting-card].
Misalliance George Bernard Shaw 1903
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She reeled in, slowly and steadily for a moment, and then, whiz -- z-- z! off he dashed again.
In the Quarter 1899
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When the triangle _a z n_, by settling, drives backwards the 2/3 of each 1/2 circle that is _a s_ and in the same way _z m_, the reason is that _a_ is perpendicularly over _b_ and so likewise _z_ is above
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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When the triangle _a z n_, by settling, drives backwards the 2/3 of each 1/2 circle that is _a s_ and in the same way _z m_, the reason is that _a_ is perpendicularly over _b_ and so likewise _z_ is above
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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Slide 50: The Formula zi+1 = zi2 + c (1) where z0: = 0 + 0i c: = x + yi for every pixel: z →0⇒z ∈ M z → ∞ ⇒z ∈ M /
artoparts commented on the word z
zulu time - We should arrive there at 1700Z today. The Z means Zulu which means UTC which means Universal Time Coordinated which means Greenwich Mean Time GMT.
July 24, 2009
thesaraheffect commented on the word z
Pronunciation?
September 19, 2009