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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation electron
- noun The fifth letter of the modern English alphabet.
- noun Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter e.
- noun The fifth in a series.
- noun Something shaped like the letter E.
- noun A grade that indicates failing status.
- noun The third tone in the scale of C major or the fifth tone in the relative minor scale.
- noun A key or scale in which E is the tonic.
- noun A written or printed note representing this tone.
- noun A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.
- noun Mathematics The base of the natural system of logarithms, having a numerical value of approximately 2.71828.
- noun The hypothesized textual source of certain narrative portions of the Pentateuch in which God is referred to as Elohim rather than with the Tetragrammaton.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A prefix of Anglo-Saxon origin, one of the forms of the original prefix ge-. It remains unfelt in enough. See
i- . - A prefix of Latin origin, a reduced form of
ex- , alternating with ex- before consonants, as in evade, elude, emit, etc. Seeex- . - [capitalized] The sign of residuation (which see).
- [capitalized] In chem., sometimes used as the symbol for erbium: more commonly Er.
- The common symbol for the modulus of elasticity, or the force, in pounds, required to stretch a bar of any material one square inch in cross-section until its length is increased by one hundred per cent.
- In electricity, a symbol for electromotive force.
- An abbreviation of Earl;
- of Eastern;
- of English;
- in experimental psychology, of experimenter.
- The unpronounced termination of many English words.
- The fifth letter and second vowel in our alphabet.
- As a numeral, 250.
- As a symbol: In the calendar, the fifth of the dominical letters.
- In logic, the sign of the universal negative proposition. See
A , 2. - In algebra: [capitalized] The operation of enlargement: thus, Efx = f (x + 1); also, the greatest integer as small as the quantity which follows: thus, . [l. c.] The base of the Napierian system of logarithms; also, the eccentricity of a conic.
- In music: The key-note of the major key of four sharps, having the signature , or of the minor key of one sharp, having the signature ; also, the final of the Phrygian mode in medieval music.
- In the fixed system of solmization, the third tone of the scale, called
mi : hence so named by French musicians. - On the keyboard of the pianoforte, the white key to the right of every group of two black keys.
- The tone given by such a key, or a tone in unison with such a tone.
- The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; with the treble clef, the lower line and upper space .
- A note on such a degree, indicating such a key or tone .
- As an abbreviation: East: as, E. by S., east by south. See S. E., E. S. E., etc.
- In various phrase-abbreviations. See e. g., i. e., E. and O. E., etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The fifth letter of the English alphabet.
- (Mus.) E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E♭ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The fifth letter of the
basic modern Latin alphabet . - noun mathematics The base of
natural logarithms , atranscendental number with a value of approximately 2.718281828459 - noun
close-mid front unrounded vowel - noun The fifth
letter of the Englishalphabet , callede and written in theLatin script . - noun The
ordinal numberfifth , derived from thisletter of the Englishalphabet , callede and written in theLatin script . - noun The name of the
Latin script letterE /e . - noun mathematics the base of the natural logarithm, 2.718281828459045…
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282...
- noun a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body
- noun the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But I could not utter the word, so strong on the other hand, also in the dream, was my conventional awareness: countless inhibitions made the syllables stick in my throat, until, sobbing with anguish, I reached the point where the four letters: f, r, e, e -- crossed the threshold of my consciousness.
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But I could not utter the word, so strong on the other hand, also in the dream, was my conventional awareness: countless inhibitions made the syllables stick in my throat, until, sobbing with anguish, I reached the point where the four letters: f, r, e, e -- crossed the threshold of my consciousness.
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Crucially, this formula is not understood as ˜e is an event that contains a swim by Ewan™ or as “e is an event in which Ewan is swimming”.
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It is simply stipulated on the basis of contextual considerations that c* and e* are intended to act as contrasts to c and e.
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(The immediate structure of an expression is the syntactic mode its immediate constituents are combined. e is an immediate constituent of e² iff e is a constituent of e² and e² has no constituent of which e is a constituent.) (Clocal)
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On this view causal relations have the form: c causes e rather than e*.
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Let us say that the expressions e and e² are n-global equivalents just in case for some natural number k there is a k-ary F in
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Let us say that the expressions e and e² are local equivalents just in case they are the results of applying the same syntactic operation to lists of expressions such that corresponding members of the lists are synonymous.
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“Look what ‘e done to ’is own daughter, ‘oo nursed ’im like a saint with one foot in ‘eaven through all the years ’e was ill,” someone else observed.
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The upper ends of the hooks have fingers, _d d'_, which holds the shuttle in position as long as the action of the springs, _e e'_, continues.
oroboros commented on the word e
Symbol for the mathematical, transcendental number 2.718281828459045... Illustration: if you should invest $1.00 in a bank that paid interest compounded, not daily, or monthly, but EVERY INSTANT, at the end of a year you'd have $271.18. Cool, no? "e" is related to organic growth and radioactive decay et al.
December 4, 2006
seanahan commented on the word e
The derivative of e is 1, the derivative of e^x is e^x. Furthermore, the integral of 1/x is the (log base e)ln(x).
December 5, 2006
angharad commented on the word e
Plus, of course,
e ^ (i * π) = -1
December 5, 2006
oroboros commented on the word e
I like this even better:
e^(i*π) + 1 = 0
All of the most mysterious symbols of mathematics combined in one equation.
See Euler's identity.
December 5, 2006
gratitude commented on the word e
hmmm...the derivative (with respect to x) of e is 0, not 1.
March 21, 2007
sionnach commented on the word e
Agreed. e is a constant, and so differentiation gives zero.
March 21, 2007
mollusque commented on the word e
The end of time and the beginning of eternity.
September 11, 2008
sarra commented on the word e
e (Vietnamese): to fear.
October 20, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word e
For its use in the mnemonic words of logic, see a.
February 14, 2013