J

¹

or j

[ jey ]

noun

, plural J's or Js, j's or js.

1. the tenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter J or j, as in just, major, or rajah.
3. something having the shape of a J .
4. a written or printed representation of the letter J or j.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter J or j.

J

²

abbreviation for

1. Jewish ( def 1 ).
2. Physics. joule; joules. Also j

J

³

Symbol.

1. the tenth in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 1. Compare Roman numerals.

j

⁴

Symbol.

1. Mathematics. a unit vector on the y-axis of a coordinate system.
2. Engineering. the imaginary number .

J.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. Cards. Jack.
2. Journal.
3. Judge.
4. Justice.

j

¹

symbol for

1. maths the unit vector along the y -axis
2. obsolete.
   Also calledi the imaginary number √–1

J

²

symbol for

1. cards jack
2. joule(s)
3. current density

abbreviation for

1. Japan (international car registration)

j

³

/ dʒeɪ /

noun

1. the tenth letter and seventh consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiced palato-alveolar affricate, as in jam

J

1. Abbreviation of joule

Example Sentences

I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

From The Daily Beast

J Crew did not give back the money it incidentally made off of Mrs. Obama.

From The Daily Beast

We live in a world where a J. Edgar Hoover biopic got made before a Martin Luther King Jr. one.

From The Daily Beast

READ MORE: Shocking New Reveals From Sony Hack: J. Law, Pitt, Clooney, and Star Wars Which brings us to the inimitable Kanye West.

From The Daily Beast

She said Wright, whom the girl refers to as the shorthand “J,” also sensed that the heat was on.

From The Daily Beast

I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.

From Project Gutenberg

Mais ce n'est pas de merveille; car, comme j'ay dict, ils sont enfans.

From Project Gutenberg

Neantmoins le vieil Membertou, pere du malade, conceut asss l'affaire, et me promit qu'on s'arresteroit tout ce que j'en dirois.

From Project Gutenberg

Ce fut lors que nos gens se penserent estre veritablement prins, et j tout n'estoit que clameur et tumulte.

From Project Gutenberg

On dit neantmoins que les Armouchiquois se craignirent de tels voysins, et cette cause firent mourir ce capitaine que j'ay dit.

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