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z

1

abbreviation for



Z

2
or z

[ zeeor, especially British, zed; Archaic iz-erd ]

noun

, plural Z's or Zs, z's or zs.
  1. the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter Z or z, as in zero, zigzag, or buzzer.
  3. something having the shape of a Z .
  4. a written or printed representation of the letter Z or z.
  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter Z or z.

z

3
Symbol, Mathematics.
  1. an unknown quantity or variable.
  2. (in Cartesian coordinates) the z- axis.

Z

4

abbreviation for

  1. zone.

Z

5
Symbol.
  1. the 26th in order or in a series.
  2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 2000. Compare Roman numerals.
  3. Chemistry, Physics. atomic number ( def ).
  4. Electricity. impedance ( def 1 ).

z.

6

abbreviation for

  1. zero.

Z

1

symbol for

  1. any unknown, variable, or unspecified factor, number, person, or thing
  2. chem atomic number
  3. physics impedance
  4. zone
  5. currency zaïre
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abbreviation for

  1. Zambia (international car registration)
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z

2

/ ziː; zɛd /

noun

  1. the 26th and last letter and the 20th consonant of the modern English alphabet
  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiced alveolar fricative, as in zip
    1. something shaped like a Z
    2. ( in combination )

      a Z-bend in a road

“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

z

3

symbol for

  1. the z- axis or a coordinate measured along the z- axis in a Cartesian or cylindrical coordinate system
  2. an algebraic variable
“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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Idioms and Phrases

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Example Sentences

I’m also showing you the Z Lok Combo from Hiplok, because even just adding another lock to a bike adds annoyance.

During the protests, Gen Z was documenting the movement on TikTok.

Bogliari argued that Reels would be a truly viable threat to TikTok if it manages to attract Gen Z back to Instagram and promotes Reels better than it did IGTV, a previous attempt to attract video-viewing audiences.

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Alexander Gilkes has partied with Jay Z in Paris and toured vineyards with the rapper, too.

Now, just as avid an art collector, Jay Z spoke about the meeting of cultural worlds (and rapped about them) in “Picasso Baby”.

Jay Z, Leonardo DiCaprio (also in Miami, sighted leaving a club with 20 women), and Owen Wilson are all dedicated art collectors.

Jay Z, Prince William, Beyoncé and Kate Middleton met at a Brooklyn Nets game Monday evening...and the Internet survived.

Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.

Messrs. X and Z had specially engaged two eminent organists to play for them.

An extended table of the sensitiveness of many indicators, on which the above tables are based, is given by Salm, Z. phys.

The first extended experimental investigation in support of it was made by Barus and Schneider, Z. phys.

The concentrations are calculated from the data given by Bodenstein, Z. phys.

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