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• Q
  Q

  noun

  the 17th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• q.
  q.

  abbreviation

  farthing.
• Q.
  Q.

  abbreviation

  quarto.
• q
  q

  noun

  the 17th letter and 13th consonant of the modern English alphabet

Q

¹ American  

[kyoo] / kyu /

Or q

noun

Q's, plural Qs, plural q's, plural qs plural

1. the 17th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter Q or q, as in quick, acquit, or Iraq.

3. something having the shape of a Q .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter Q or q.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter Q or q.

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Q ² American  

abbreviation

1. quarterly.

2. Chess. queen.

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Q ³ American  

Symbol.

1. the 17th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 500.

3. Biochemistry. glutamine.

4. Physics. heat.

5. Thermodynamics. a unit of heat energy, equal to 10 18 British thermal units (1.055 × 10 21 joules).

6. Also called Q-factor.  Electronics. the ratio of the reactance to the resistance of an electric circuit or component.

7. Biblical Criticism. the symbol for material common to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke that was not derived from the Gospel of Mark.

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q. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. farthing.

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q. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. quart; quarts.

2. query.

3. question.

4. quintal.

5. quire.

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Q. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. quarto.

2. Quebec.

3. Queen.

4. question.

5. (in Guatemala) quetzal; quetzals.

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Q ¹ British  

symbol

1. chess queen

2. question

3. physics heat

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abbreviation

1. text messaging queue

Q. ² British  

abbreviation

1. quartermaster

2. Also: q.  quarto

3. Queen

4. question

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q. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. quart

2. quarter

3. quarterly

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q ⁴ British  

/ kjuː /

noun

1. the 17th letter and 13th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless velar stop, as in unique and quick

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q ⁵ British  

symbol

1. quintal

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q Idioms  

1. see mind one's p's and q's.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• qs
  plural
• Qs
  plural
• q's
  plural
• Q's
  plural

Etymology

Origin of q.

From the Latin word quadrāns

Example Sentences

N.a. j. et. d. sa. sal. de bil une Ba; il. dde au Gm. sil sa. ce. q. c'e.

From Time Magazine Archive

No bacula are known to me that are structurally intermediate between those of E. q. quadrivittatus and E. q. hopiensis.

From The Baculum in the Chipmunks of Western North America by White, John A.

The name of one of Māra's daughters, q. v.—36.

From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Carus, Paul

Remarks.—Topotypes of this subspecies are intergrades between it and E. q. quadrivittatus.

From Taxonomy of the Chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus by White, John A.

This suggests that where only E. q. hopiensis occurs on a mountain this subspecies goes higher than on a mountain where E. u. adsitus also occurs.

From Taxonomy of the Chipmunks, Eutamias quadrivittatus and Eutamias umbrinus by White, John A.