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Rh

1 American  

abbreviation

Physiology.
  1. Rh factor.


Rh 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. rhodium.


RH 3 American  
Or rh

abbreviation

Meteorology.
  1. relative humidity.


r.h. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. right hand.


R.H. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Royal Highness.


Rh 1 British  

symbol

  1. rhodium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

abbreviation

  1. rhesus (esp in Rh factor )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
RH 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Royal Highness

  2. (Republic of) Haiti (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rh 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. right hand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Local and regional blood banks are particularly low on platelets and types O and Rh negative blood, the department said Wednesday.

From Seattle Times Oct. 26, 2023

The few people who do not have the Rh antigen and are Rh– can develop anti-Rh antibodies if exposed to Rh+ blood.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Four percent of African Americans have type O blood and a negative Rh factor, 5−10 percent of African Americans have the Rh– factor, and 51 percent have type O blood.

From Textbooks Mar. 27, 2020

Although dozens of Rh antigens have been identified, only one, designated D, is clinically important.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Rh is used in words derived from the Greek, as myrrh, myrrhine, catarrhous, rheum, rheumatick, rhyme.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Samuel Johnson

Looking ahead, RH expects second-quarter revenue growth of 0.5% to 2.5%, which is below analysts’ $940 million prediction.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

RH RH 7.15%increase; up pointing triangle bumped up its revenue and margin forecast for the year as it expects a boost from a new venture focused on luxury home furnishings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

The guidance comes as RH reported lower revenue for its latest quarter, dented by higher back-order and special order balances as a result of tariff-related resourcing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Shares of RH plummeted toward a six-year low Wednesday after the high-end furniture retailer’s latest earnings report and outlook suggested that even very well-off consumers have cut back spending on their homes.

From MarketWatch Apr. 1, 2026

In like manner the formulas RH, RH2, etc., show the composition of the compounds formed with hydrogen or chlorine.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson

It was this haiku, written by the Japanese master Matsuo Basho and translated by R.H.

From Washington Post Jun. 8, 2021

I was awed by the book itself, a 1930 edition from something called Three Sirens Press, “for R.H. Macy & Co.,” with exquisite black-and-white line drawings by Lyle Justis and pages cut by hand.

From New York Times Feb. 25, 2020

State transportation engineers proposed extending what’s now called Martin Luther King Jr. Way to run past Capitol Hill, under Union Bay, and on to Lake City and beyond — and naming the resulting R.H.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2018

S.S. and R.H. carried out the experiment and analysed the data.

From Nature May 1, 2018

Towards the end of October 1879, Julie started for Malta, to join Major Ewing, but she became so very ill whilst travelling through France that her youngest sister, and her friend, Mrs. R.H.

From Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books by Horatia K. F. Eden

In the mouth of an Arab the sound is that of the guttural ghain, which is pronounced by the Berbers and Negroes somewhat like the Northumberland burr, hence usually transliterated by rh in non-Semitic words.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

In Welsh in the case of r, l, the absolute initial is a voiceless r, l written rh, ll, which on mutation become voiced and are written r, l.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

There is a constant tendency to change these to an ordinary dental r and rh; thus, ghōḍā, pronounced ghōṛā or ghōrā.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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