h

¹

abbreviation for

1. hard.

H

²

or h

[ eych ]

noun

, plural H's or Hs, h's or hs.

1. the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter H or h, as in hot or behave.
3. something having the shape of an H .
4. a written or printed representation of the letter H or h.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter H or h.

h

³

Symbol, Physics.

1. Planck's constant.

H

⁴

abbreviation for

1. hard.
2. Grammar. head.
3. Electricity. henry ( def ).
4. Slang. heroin ( def ).
5. high.

H

⁵

Symbol.

1. the eighth in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 200. Compare Roman numerals.
3. Chemistry. hydrogen ( def ).
4. Biochemistry. histidine ( def ).
5. Physics.
   1. enthalpy ( def ).
   2. horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field.
   3. magnetic intensity.
6. Music. the letter used in German to indicate the tone B.

h.

⁶

or H.

abbreviation for

1. harbor.
2. hard.
3. hardness.
4. heavy sea.
5. height.
6. hence.
7. high.
8. Baseball. hit; hits.
9. horns.
10. Also hr. hour; hours.
11. hundred.
12. husband.

H.

⁷

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) an hour.

h

¹

/ eɪtʃ /

noun

1. the eighth letter and sixth consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless glottal fricative, as in hat
3. 1. something shaped like an H
   2. ( in combination )

      an H-beam

h.

²

abbreviation for

1. harbour
2. height
3. hour
4. husband

H

³

symbol for

1. chem hydrogen
2. physics
   1. magnetic field strength
   2. Hamiltonian
3. electronics henry or henries
4. thermodynamics enthalpy
5. See B
   (on Brit pencils, signifying degree of hardness of lead) hard Compare B

   H

   3H

   2H

6. slang.
   heroin

abbreviation for

1. Hungary (international car registration)

h

⁴

symbol for

1. physics Planck constant
2. hecto-
3. See algebraic notation
   chess See algebraic notation

Word History and Origins

Origin of h¹

From the Latin word hōra

Example Sentences

I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From The Daily Beast

In a 2009 interview, Church apostle Dallin H. Oaks held that the Church “does not have a position” on that point.

From The Daily Beast

Or fast-fashion chains like Zara and H&M churning out runway imitations.

From The Daily Beast

It seems that Mr. H. is expecting not only me, he's expecting Thom Mount, the head of production at the studio.

From The Daily Beast

His sensitivity to this problem came out in his first sharp disagreement with his boss, VMI superintendent Francis H. Smith.

From The Daily Beast

G was a gamester, who had but ill-luck; H was a Hunter, who hunted a buck.

From Project Gutenberg

The valve-seat H has formed on its lower surface two crescent shaped long and narrow slits.

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For hadde (which gives no sense), read bad; confusion of b and h is not uncommon.

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Now Dabbler was a widower; he was not of prepossessing appearance, and his h's troubled him, but Dabbler was a warm man.

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William H. Riley, of Philadelphia, has been for years, one of the leading fashionable gentlemen's boot-makers.

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