X
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- noun
- /ɛks/
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- Begins and ends with the letter 'x'.
- X and Y
- X, Y, Z
- X-axis
The second one is spelled with an X instead of a CKS.
- The second one is spelled with an X instead of a CKS.
- But what you can call yourself gender X and I can call you him.
- Well, in this case, you were two X as efficient with GPT.
- We funded this program for X amount of kids.
- I see a contact, it's called X, the letter X.
Examples
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Elon Musk changed the name of Twitter to X, that's it, the letter X.
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So, I mean, it's just X, the letter X.
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Letters on the side: F as in Frank, X as in X-ray.
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This time, the X-ray confirms the exciting news.
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The letter X is often used to mark the spot on maps.
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In the English alphabet, X comes after W and before Y.
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The teacher asked us to write our names using the letter X as the starting point.
Synonyms
299
9.1
The 24th letter of the English alphabet often used to mark mistakes or show an unknown value
Compounds
- Specialized
12
3.3
A machine that uses X rays to take pictures of the inside of the body or of bags
5
3.6
People born between the early 1960s and the late 1970s who come after the baby boomers
- US
4
3.9
People born between the mid-1960s and early 1980s, often in the United States and Canada
- Specialized
2
3.9
A cell part that carries genes, present once in males and twice in females and affecting traits related to sex
- Specialized
1
3.0
Special film that records pictures made by X-rays to show bones or the inside of objects
- Specialized
1
7.1
A way X-rays scatter from the atoms in a crystal to show its structure
- Specialized
A way a strong gene on the X chromosome causes a trait in children who inherit it
- Specialized
A gene on the X chromosome that causes traits or disorders passed on by that chromosome
- Specialized
A pattern where a gene on the X chromosome causes males to have a trait and females to be carriers
- Specialized
Serious immune disease in boys caused by a gene change on the X chromosome that prevents T cells from developing
- Specialized
A serious inherited disease in baby boys that stops their immune system working
- Specialized
A tail design for an aircraft with four moving parts in an X shape that help control its direction
Surface Forms
Etymology
X is the 24th letter of the alphabet. Its shape comes from an old Greek letter called chi, which looked like an X, and that is why we still write X and see it at the start of words like xylophone.