H, h
- the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- any spoken sound represented by the letter H or h, as in hot or behave.
- something having the shape of an H.
- a written or printed representation of the letter H or h.
- a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter H or h.
h
- hard.
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- the eighth in order or in a series.
- (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 200.Compare Roman numerals.
- Chemistry. hydrogen.
- Biochemistry. histidine.
- Physics.
- enthalpy.
- horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field.
- magnetic intensity.
- Music. the letter used in German to indicate the tone B.
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1or 1H, Ha
H
2or 2H, Hb
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3or 3H, Hc
hr.
or h
- hour; hours.
h.
or H.
H.
- (in prescriptions) an hour.
Origin of H.
eta
- the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- the vowel sound represented by this letter.
Origin of eta
Related Words for h
dope, opium, drug, narcotic, festivity, geniality, effervescence, conviviality, blitheness, color, cheer, glee, brilliance, brightness, gladness, entertainment, elation, exhilaration, animation, funExamples from the Web for h
Contemporary Examples of h
Several visitors who were there at the same time posted photos on instagram, as observed by our old pals at H Wales Watch.
Around the time of M*A*S*H, I was always looking for the next job.
Robert Duvall on His Storied Career, His New Movie, and Why He’s Ditching the GOPMarlow Stern
March 13, 2014
If you undergo chemotherapy, you will soon come to terms with the fact that you are bald (see “H Is for Hair”).
The M*A*S*H finale in 1983 is still tops, percentage-wise; it got nearly half the country, 106 million out of 234 million.
In another shot she is shown kissing him on the cheek, while h has his arm wrapped around her and is grinning.
Historical Examples of h
So Bill Nevins, my engineer, who was workin' the h'ister, and I went up.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
Just suppose your friend is a reincarnation of Antony without an 'H'?
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
"I think he came from your friend Anthony with an 'H,'" Cleopatra broke in.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
"A—h—" He turned his head away and flung an arm up over his eyes.
Southern Lights and ShadowsVarious
"I h'ard naething," answered Andrew, stopping at her cry and listening.
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
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H
- the eighth letter and sixth consonant of the modern English alphabet
- a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless glottal fricative, as in hat
- something shaped like an H
- (in combination)an H-beam
h
- physics Planck constant
- hecto-
- chess See algebraic notation
H
- chem hydrogen
- physics
- magnetic field strength
- Hamiltonian
- electronics henry or henries
- thermodynamics enthalpy
- (on Brit pencils, signifying degree of hardness of lead) hardH; 2H; 3H Compare B (def. 9)
- slang heroin
- Hungary (international car registration)
eta
1- the seventh letter in the Greek alphabet (Η, η), a long vowel sound, transliterated as e or ē
Word Origin for eta
eta
2- (in Japan, formerly) a member of a class of outcasts who did menial and dirty tasks
Word Origin for eta
ETA
1- estimated time of arrival
ETA
2- Euzkadi ta Askatsuna: an organization of militant Basque nationalists attempting to gain independence for the Basques, esp those ruled by Spain, until a ceasefire in 1998, by means of guerrilla warfare
Word Origin for ETA
h.
H.
- harbour
- height
- hour
- husband
Word Origin and History for h
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the pronunciation "aitch" was in Old French (ache "name of the letter H"), and is from a presumed Late Latin *accha (cf. Italian effe, elle, emme), with the central sound approximating the value of the letter when it passed from Roman to Germanic, where it at first represented a strong, distinctly aspirated -kh- sound close to that in Scottish loch. In earlier Latin the letter was called ha.
In Romanic languages, the sound became silent in Late Latin and was omitted in Old French and Italian, but it was restored in Middle English spelling in words borrowed from French, and often later in pronunciation, too. Thus Modern English has words ultimately from Latin with missing -h- (e.g. able, from Latin habile); with a silent -h- (e.g. heir, hour); with a formerly silent -h- now often vocalized (e.g. humble, humor, herb); and even a few with an excrescent -h- fitted in confusion to words that never had one (e.g. hostage, hermit).
Relics of the formerly unvoiced -h- persist in pedantic insistence on an historical (object) and in obsolete mine host. The use in digraphs (e.g. -sh-, -th-) goes back to the ancient Greek alphabet, which used it in -ph-, -th-, -kh- until -H- took on the value of a long "e" and the digraphs acquired their own characters. The letter passed into Roman use before this evolution, and thus retained there more of its original Semitic value.
h
- The symbol forPlanck's constant
H
- The symbol for the elementhydrogen
eta
(ā′tə, ē′tə)- The seventh letter of the Greek alphabet.
h
- Abbreviation of height
- The symbol for Planck's constant.
H
- The symbol for henry.
- The symbol for hydrogen.
hydrogen
- The lightest and most abundant element in the universe, normally consisting of one proton and one electron. It occurs in water in combination with oxygen, in most organic compounds, and in small amounts in the atmosphere as a gaseous mixture of its three isotopes (protium, deuterium, and tritium) in the colorless, odorless compound H2. Hydrogen atoms are relatively electropositive and form hydrogen bonds with electronegative atoms. In the Sun and other stars, the conversion of hydrogen into helium by nuclear fusion produces heat and light. Hydrogen is used to make rocket fuel, synthetic ammonia, and methanol, to hydrogenate fats and oils, and to refine petroleum. The development of physical theories of electron orbitals in hydrogen was important in the development of quantum mechanics. Atomic number 1; atomic weight 1.00794; melting point -259.14°C; boiling point -252.8°C; density at 0°C 0.08987 gram per liter; valence 1. See Periodic Table. See Note at oxygen.