e
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plural
E's, Es, e's, es-
the fifth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter E or e, as in met, meet, mere, etc.
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something having the shape of an E .
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a written or printed representation of the letter E or e.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter E or e.
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the fifth in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark, as in school or college, indicating the quality of a student's work is in need of improvement in order to be passing.
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Music.
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the third tone in the scale of C major or the fifth tone in the relative minor scale, A minor.
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a string, key, or pipe tuned to this tone.
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a written or printed note representing this tone.
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(in the fixed system of solmization) the third tone of the scale of C major, called mi.
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the tonality having E as the tonic note.
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(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 250.
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Physics, Electricity.
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electric field strength.
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Physics. energy.
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Biochemistry. glutamic acid.
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Logic. universal negative.
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a proportional shoe width size narrower than EE and wider than D.
abbreviation
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Earl.
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Earth.
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east.
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Easter.
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eastern.
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engineer.
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engineering.
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English.
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Mathematics. a transcendental constant equal to 2.7182818 …, used as the base of natural logarithms; the limit of the expression (1+1/n ) n as n approaches infinity.
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Logic. universal negative.
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electric.
e-bike.
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electronic.
e-book;
e-cigarette.
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on the internet; online.
e-content;
e-commerce.
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involving electronic data transfer, especially over the internet.
e-banking.
abbreviation
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eldest.
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Football. end.
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engineer.
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engineering.
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entrance.
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Baseball. error; errors.
symbol
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maths a transcendental number, fundamental to mathematics, that is the limit of (1 + 1 /n ) n as n increases to infinity: used as the base of natural logarithms. Approximate value: 2.718 282…; relation to π: e πi = –1, where i = √–1
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electron
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chess See algebraic notation
abbreviation
prefix
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out
eviscerate
egest
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away
elapse
elongate
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outside
evaginate
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completely
evaporate
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without
ebracteate
prefix
symbol
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earth
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East
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English
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Egypt(ian)
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exa-
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music
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a note having a frequency of 329.63 hertz ( E above middle C ) or this value multiplied or divided by any power of 2; the third note of the scale of C major
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a key, string, or pipe producing this note
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the major or minor key having this note as its tonic
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physics
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energy
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electric field strength
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electromotive force
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Young's modulus (of elasticity)
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logic a universal negative categorical proposition, such as no pigs can fly: often symbolized as SeP Compare A I 2 O 1
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a person without a regular income, or who is dependent on the state on a long-term basis because of unemployment, sickness, old age, etc
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( as modifier ) See also occupation groupings
E worker
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abbreviation
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Spain (international car registration)
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informal the drug ecstasy
prefix
noun
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the fifth letter and second vowel of the modern English alphabet
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any of several speech sounds represented by this letter, in English as in he, bet, or below
Etymology
Origin of e-
First recorded in 1985–90; shortening of electronic ( def. )
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