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Z, z 
Audio Help [zee or, especially Brit., zed; Archaic iz-erd] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [zee or, especially Brit., zed; Archaic iz-erd] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural Z's or Zs, z's or zs.
| 1. | the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant. |
| 2. | any spoken sound represented by the letter Z or z, as in zero, zigzag, or buzzer. |
| 3. | something having the shape of a Z. |
| 4. | a written or printed representation of the letter Z or z. |
| 5. | a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter Z or z. |
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Z
| 1. | Astronomy. zenith distance. |
| 2. | zone. |
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Z
Symbol.
| 1. | the 26th in order or in a series, or, when I is omitted, the 25th. |
| 2. | (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 2000. Compare Roman numerals. |
| 3. | Chemistry, Physics. atomic number. |
| 4. | Electricity. impedance. |
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z
Symbol, Mathematics.
| 1. | an unknown quantity or variable. |
| 2. | (in Cartesian coordinates) the z-axis. |
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z.
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| atomic number
n. Symbol Z Abbr. at. no. The number of protons in an atomic nucleus. |
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| im·ped·ance
Audio Help (ĭm-pēd'ns) Pronunciation Key
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| z or Z
Audio Help (zē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. z's or Z's also zs or Zs
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Z 1
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| Z 2
abbr. Zulu time |
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| Zulu time
n. Abbr. Z See universal time. |
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Z
not a native letter in O.E.; in Anglo-Fr. words it represents the "ts" sound (cf. Anglo-Fr. fiz, from L. filius, modern Fitz); late 13c. it began to be used for the voiced "s" sound and had fully taken that role by 1400. For letter name, see zed.
"Thou whoreson Zed, thou vnnecessary Letter." ["King Lear," II.ii.69]Series of zs to represent a buzzing sound first attested 1852; zees "spell of sleep, a nap" is slang first recorded 1963, Amer.Eng. student slang.
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noun | |
| 1. | the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation [syn: omega] |
| 2. | the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard" |
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z
see from soup to nuts (a to z).
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Z
/zed/
See also Z++.
["Understanding Z", J.M. Spivey, Cambridge U Press 1988].
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Z
Z\ (z[=e]; in England commonly, and in America sometimes, z[e^]d; formerly, also, [i^]z"z[e^]rd) 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, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. ?, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 273, 274.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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