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• h
  h

  abbreviation

  hard.
• H
  H

  noun

  the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• h.
  h.

  abbreviation

  harbor.
• H.
  H.

  abbreviation

  (in prescriptions) an hour.

h

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. hard.

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h ² American  

Symbol, Physics.

1. Planck's constant.

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H ³ American  

[eych] / eɪtʃ /

Or h

noun

plural

H's, Hs, h's, 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.

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H ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. hard.

2. Grammar. head.

3. Electricity. henry.

4. Slang. heroin.

5. high.

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H ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the eighth in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 200.

3. Chemistry. hydrogen.

4. Biochemistry. histidine.

5. Physics.

   1. enthalpy.

   2. horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field.

   3. magnetic intensity.

6. Music. the letter used in German to indicate the tone B.

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h. ⁶ American  

Or H.

abbreviation

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.

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H. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. (in prescriptions) an hour.

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H ¹ British  

symbol

1. chem hydrogen

2. physics

   1. magnetic field strength

   2. Hamiltonian

3. electronics henry or henries

4. thermodynamics enthalpy

5. (on Brit pencils, signifying degree of hardness of lead) hard Compare B

   H

   2H

   3H

6. slang heroin

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abbreviation

1. Hungary (international car registration)

h ² British  

/ 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

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h. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. harbour

2. height

3. hour

4. husband

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h ⁴ British  

symbol

1. physics Planck constant

2. hecto-

3. chess See algebraic notation

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Etymology

Origin of H.

From the Latin word hōra

Example Sentences

"And for one-and-sixpence we can introduce a stream of h- air that goes up the chimbly, and carries away all that it finds!"

From Lucretia — Volume 05 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

When joined together, the h- of the -hood is put in immediate apposition with the s of the monks-.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Hence both the French and English forms have an unexplained h-, the earlier achement being nearer the original.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

Is this a h- arm, and this a bunch of fives?

From Lucretia — Volume 05 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The initial h-, which we regard with such veneration, is treated quite arbitrarily in surnames.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

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