z

¹

abbreviation for

1. zone.

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. Astronomy. zenith distance ( def ).
2. 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

abbreviation for

1. Zambia (international car registration)

z

²

/ zɛd; ziː /

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
3. 1. something shaped like a Z
   2. ( in combination )

      a Z-bend in a road

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

Idioms and Phrases

see from soup to nuts (a to z) .

Example Sentences

Some questions we may never know the answer to: Was Jay Z doing something he shouldn't have been doing?

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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