z
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6.8
- noun
- /zi/
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zeta
- ♪ Q, R, S ♪ ♪ T, U, V ♪ ♪ W, X, Y and Z ♪ ♪ Now I know my ABCs ♪ ♪ A, B, C, D ♪ ♪ E, F, G ♪ ♪ H, I, J, K ♪ ♪ L, M, N, O, P ♪ - I never knew her name, but she was the first girl I ever loved.
- z-axis
- Z-score
- z-test
The whole thing was shaped like a like AZ well, a very straight Z like steps.
- The whole thing was shaped like a like AZ well, a very straight Z like steps.
- Sine squared Z plus cosine squared Z OK, that's equal to.
- I don't do insert XY or Z thing that might be legal but not right.
- Like when I was XY and Z, this worked for me.
Examples
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With a 'Z, ' there is no copyright.
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Go ahead and give me a Z.
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If I do this, then X, Y, and Z will happen.
Academic text (1996) -
I still want to do one more thing, which is notice that Z is random, right?
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You catch a couple Z's and take a shower, will you?
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By this time, I'd forgotten Mr. Z and would not recall much of that visit.
Fiction book (1999) -
He's going out for the Z-Team next week.
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The Z word.
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Z!
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The word Z is the last letter of the English alphabet.
Synonyms
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9.1
The last letter of the English alphabet pronounced zee in American English and zed in British English
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9.9
The name Americans use for the letter Z
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9.9
The name British people use for the letter Z
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9.9
An old name for the letter Z in English
A Scottish name for the letter Z in the alphabet
Compounds
- Specialized
A way of bending paper to make a zigzag shape like an accordion, often used in brochures and maps
Surface Forms
Etymology
Z comes from the old Greek letter zeta, which itself comes from an even older sign that meant 'weapon' or 'sword'. So z is the symbol for the 'z' sound and the last letter of the alphabet, and you can remember it by words like zebra or by its name 'zee' in American English or 'zed' in British English.