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Princeton's WordNet

  1. omega, Znoun

    the ending of a series or sequence

    "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation

  2. Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzardnoun

    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"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Z

    Is found in the Saxon alphabets, set down by Grammarians, but is read in no word originally Teutonick: its sound is uniformly that of an hard S.

Wikipedia

  1. Z

    Z, or z, is the 26th and final letter of the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its usual names in English are zed (pronounced ) and zee , with an occasional archaic variant izzard .

ChatGPT

  1. z

    Z is the 26th letter of the English alphabet. In mathematics, it is commonly used as a variable. Additionally, in a three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, Z represents the axis typically understood as 'up and down'. In complex numbers, 'z' is often used to represent a variable for a complex number. The definition of 'z' highly depends on the context it is used in.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Z

    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, // 273, 274

Wikidata

  1. Z

    Z is the twenty-sixth and final letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet.

Editors Contribution

  1. z

    THE DREAM IS ALIVE


    Submitted by freedom_1 on August 28, 2022  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of z in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of z in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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