Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- The symbol for atomic number.
- The symbol for impedance.
- abbr. Zulu time
Wiktionary
- n. The twenty-sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
- n. metrology Symbol for the prefix zetta-
- n. physics the impedance of an electrical circuit
- n. physics the depth dimension in a 3D environment
- n. physics atomic number
- n. The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.
Examples
“If books X, Y, and Z, for instance, are all about birds and I love them all, I might take note that X is about sparrows and Y is about eagles but Z -- that Z!”
“BLITZER: And they get a Z-- it's a new Z visa that they would get almost right away, is that right?”
“Any time you lead in with, X is dumb, Y is dumb, but Z--oh, my beloved Z!”
“Ba, Z, and Z_ {1} are the battery and its variable series resistances.”
Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man
“It is not -- or ought not to be -- necessary for you to stop to think how to say the alphabet correctly, as a matter of fact it is slightly more difficult for you to repeat Z, Y, X than it is to say X, Y, Z-- habit has established the order.”
“But for a heavier element of atomic number Z, we need to multiply this Rydberg constant by a factor of Z² due to the increased attractive force on the electron by the greater nuclear charge.”
“Home Minister P Chidambaram will take a call personally on Z and Z+.”
“The 2009 Nissan Z marks the first full redesign of the Nissan Z® since its reintroduction as a 2003 model.”
“Volume Three, Issue 32, File #5 of 12 % P P% % H C UNIX ` nasties 'PART I H% % A by A% % Z Sir Hackalot of PHAZE (10/20/90) Z% % E E%”
“[quote joeboxers32] [quote Z-Anonymous] [quote Anonymous] @Z Both.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Z’.
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All Things Scrabble
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Boy or Girl Letters?
I recently had a discussion with my family on the sex of language. So I was just wondering about y'all's opinions on the gender/sex of American English letters.
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Letters
See also The Phonetic alphabet by oroboros.
aye, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, eff, gee, aitch, eye, jay, kay and 452 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for Z.
ruzuzu You're the first person to list the capitalized versions of these letters. That's cool, Jubjub! I've been looking for a way to list letters so that I can figure out how many Scrabble points they're worth, etc.--I think this will be a good place to start. Jan 2, 2010
Jubjub I know ... looking at the pile of letters I've heaped on Zeitgeist, I'm embarrassed. Jan 2, 2010
dontcry Wow Jan 2, 2010
Jubjub Girl Jan 2, 2010