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E, e

  [ee]
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–noun, plural E's or Es, e's or es.
1. the fifth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter E or e, as in met, meet, mere, etc.
3. something having the shape of an E.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter E or e.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter E or e.

E

 
1. east.
2. eastern.
3. English.
4. excellent.
5. Expressway.

E

 
Symbol.
1. the fifth in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes lowercase) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark, as in school or college, indicating the quality of a student's work is in need of improvement in order to be passing.
3. Music.
a. the third tone in the scale of C major or the fifth tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
b. a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
c. a written or printed note representing this tone.
d. (in the fixed system of solmization) the third tone of the scale of C major, called mi.
e. the tonality having E as the tonic note.
4. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 250. Compare Roman numerals.
5. Physics, Electricity.
a. electric field.
b. electric field strength.
6. Physics. energy.
7. Biochemistry. glutamic acid.
8. Logic. universal negative.
9. a proportional shoe width size narrower than EE and wider than D.

e

 
1. electron.
2. Physics. elementary charge.

e

 
Symbol.
1. Mathematics. a transcendental constant equal to 2.7182818 …, used as the base of natural logarithms; the limit of the expression (1+1/n)n as n approaches infinity.
2. Logic. universal negative.

e-

 
var. of ex- 1 , occurring in words of Latin origin before consonants other than c, f, p, q, s, and t: emit.

e-

 
(used in combination)
1. electronic: e-mail; E-text.
2. online: e-commerce.
Also, E-.

E.

 
1. Earl.
2. Earth.
3. east.
4. Easter.
5. eastern.
6. engineer.
7. engineering.
8. English.

e.

 
1. eldest.
2. Football. end.
3. engineer.
4. engineering.
5. entrance.
6. Baseball. error; errors.

ex-

1 
a prefix meaning “out of,” “from,” and hence “utterly,” “thoroughly,” and sometimes imparting a privative or negative force or indicating a former title, status, etc.; freely used as an English formative: exstipulate; exterritorial; ex-president (former president); ex-member; ex-wife.
Also, e-, ef-.

Origin:
< L, comb. form of ex, ē (prep.) out (of), from, beyond

Go⋅rey

  [gawr-ee]
–noun
Edward (St. John), 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.

Waugh

  [waw]
–noun
1. Alec (Alexander Raban), 1898–1981, English novelist, traveler, and lecturer (son of Arthur, brother of Evelyn).
2. Arthur, 1866–1943, English literary critic, publisher, and editor (father of Alec and Evelyn).
3. Evelyn (Arthur St. John), 1903–66, English novelist, satirist, biographer, and author of books on travel (son of Arthur, brother of Alec).
4. Frederick Judd, 1861–1940, U.S. painter and illustrator.
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e 1 or E   (ē)   
n.   pl. e's or E's also es or Es
  1. The fifth letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter e.
  3. The fifth in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter E.
  5. E A grade that indicates failing status.
  6. Music
    1. The third tone in the scale of C major or the fifth tone in the relative minor scale.
    2. A key or scale in which E is the tonic.
    3. A written or printed note representing this tone.
    4. A string, key, or pipe tuned to the pitch of this tone.
  7. e Mathematics The base of the natural system of logarithms, having a numerical value of approximately 2.71828.
  8. E The hypothesized traditional source of those narrative portions of the Pentateuch in which God is referred to as Elohim rather than with the Tetragrammaton.

[Sense 8, from Elohim.]
e 2  
abbr.  electron
E  
abbr.  
    1. east
    2. eastern
  2. energy
  3. Baseball error
  4. excellent
east   (ēst)   
n.  
  1. Abbr. E
    1. The cardinal point on the mariner's compass 90° clockwise from due north and directly opposite west.
    2. The direction of the earth's axial rotation.
    3. The eastern part of the earth, especially eastern Asia.
    4. The eastern part of a region or country.
    5. The region of the United States east of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
    6. The former Communist bloc of countries in Asia and especially in Eastern Europe.
  2. An area or region lying in the east.
  3. often East
    1. The eastern part of the earth, especially eastern Asia.
    2. The eastern part of a region or country.
    3. The region of the United States east of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
    4. The former Communist bloc of countries in Asia and especially in Eastern Europe.
  4. often East
    1. The region of the United States east of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
    2. The former Communist bloc of countries in Asia and especially in Eastern Europe.
adj.  
  1. To, toward, of, facing, or in the east: the east bank of the river.
  2. Originating in or coming from the east: a cool east wind.
adv.  In, from, or toward the east: a river flowing east.

[Middle English est, from Old English ēast; see aus- in Indo-European roots.]
e·lec·tron   (ĭ-lěk'trŏn')   
n.   Abbr. e
A stable subatomic particle in the lepton family having a rest mass of 9.1066 × 10-28 grams and a unit negative electric charge of approximately 1.602 × 10-19 coulombs. See Table at subatomic particle.

[electr(ic) + -on1.]
er·ror   (ěr'ər)   
n.  
  1. An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
  2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.
  3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.
  4. A mistake.
  5. Mathematics The difference between a computed or measured value and a true or theoretically correct value.
  6. Abbr. E Baseball A defensive fielding or throwing misplay by a player when a play normally should have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner.

[Middle English errour, from Old French, from Latin error, from errāre, to err; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]
er'ror·less adj.
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E

E\ ([=e]). 1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet.

Note: It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Ph[oe]nician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels i, a, and o, as illustrated by to fall, to fell; man, pl. men; drink, drank, drench; dint, dent; doom, deem; goose, pl. geese; beef, OF. boef, L. bos; and E. cheer, OF. chiere, LL. cara.

Note: The letter e has in English several vowel sounds, the two principal being its long or name sound, as in eve, me, and the short, as in end, best. Usually at the end of words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in m[=a]ne, c[=a]ne, m[=e]te, which without the final e would be pronounced m[a^]n, c[a^]n, m[e^]t. After c and g, the final e indicates that these letters are to be pronounced as s and j; respectively, as in lace, rage. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 74-97.

2. (Mus.) E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E[flat] (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.
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Language Translation for : e
Spanish: un, una,
German: ein, *e,
Japanese: １つの
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E

A Nasdaq stock symbol specifying that the stock has been delinquent in required filings with the SEC.

Investopedia Commentary

Nasdaq-listed securities have four or five characters. If a fifth letter appears, it identifies the issue as other than a single issue of common stock or capital stock.

See also: Nasdaq, SEC, Stock Symbol

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e

  1. Used in the dividend column of stock transaction tables in newspapers to indicate the dividend that was declared and paid in the preceding 12 months: 1.75e.
  2. Used in mutual fund transaction tables in newspapers to indicate that the shares trade ex-distribution.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: E
Function: abbreviation
1 emmetropia
2 enema
3 enzyme
4 experimenter
5 eye
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e abbr.
electron

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e   (ē)  Pronunciation Key 
An irrational number, with a numerical value of 2.718281828459.... It is mathematically defined as the limit of (1 + 1/n )n as n grows infinitely large. It is the base of natural logarithms and has many applications in mathematics, especially in expressions involving exponential growth and decay.
E  
  1. The symbol for energy.
  2. The symbol for modulus of elasticity.

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E
1. An extension of C++ with database types and persistent objects. E is a powerful and flexible procedural programming language. It is used in the Exodus database system.
See also GNU E.
(ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/exodus/E/).
["Persistence in the E Language: Issues and Implementation", J.E. Richardson et al, Soft Prac & Exp 19(12):1115-1150 (Dec 1989)].
2. A procedural language by Wouter van Oortmerssen with semantics similar to C. E features lists, low-level polymorphism, exception handling, quoted expressions, pattern matching and object inheritance. Amiga E is a version for the Amiga.
(1999-10-05)

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e
  1. electron
  2. error
E
  1. east
  2. eastern
  3. electronic
  4. English
  5. error
  6. especial
  7. etiology
  8. excellent
  9. extra
  10. Spain (international vehicle ID)
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