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  z

  abbreviation

  zone.
• Z
  Z

  noun

  the 26th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• z.
  z.

  abbreviation

  zero.

z

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. zone.

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z ² American  

Symbol, Mathematics.

1. an unknown quantity or variable.

2. (in Cartesian coordinates) the z- axis.

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Z ³ American  

[zee, zed, iz-erd] / zi, zɛd, ˈɪz ərd /

Or z

noun

• Z's,
  plural
• Zs,
  plural
• z's,
  plural
• zs
  plural

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.

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Z ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Astronomy. zenith distance.

2. zone.

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Z ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the 26th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 2000.

3. Chemistry, Physics. atomic number.

4. Electricity. impedance.

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z. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. zero.

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Z ¹ British  

symbol

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

1. Zambia (international car registration)

z ² British  

/ 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

3. 1. something shaped like a Z

   2. ( in combination )

      a Z-bend in a road

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z ³ British  

symbol

1. the z- axis or a coordinate measured along the z- axis in a Cartesian or cylindrical coordinate system

2. an algebraic variable

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z Idioms  

1. see from soup to nuts (a to z).

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Z's
  plural
• Zs
  plural
• z's
  plural
• zs
  plural

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Example Sentences

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This newly identified galaxy sits at z = 1.156, which means its light has traveled for 8.5 billion years to reach us.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

For example: “If we do this, could it prevent us from reaching the revenue target because x, y and z might happen?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Fyfield Manor, near Wallingford in Oxfordshire, posted a video to its TikTok page on Monday with the caption: "When you ask your gen z daughter to write the marketing script."

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024

If z = 4, 16, 37, 58, 89, 145, 42 or 20, then ijk is a sad number.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 24, 2023

In three dimensions, you just have a z axis as well.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The artists’ perspective, filtered through a Gen Z lens, struck a multigenerational nerve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sports investing was especially popular among family offices with a Gen Z or millennial principal, according to a new study.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Young people in Albania feel encouraged by their fellow Gen Z protesters around the world, Vatnikaj said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Nearly 20 percent of Gen Z women consider themself to be a “strong feminist” compared with less than 7 percent of Gen Z men, according to The 19th/YouGov poll.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

So Z filled them in on how Mr. Trepid had asked him to check out the holler and find any “special stones” and make a map.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

“Miles, without a z. My apologies for the stuff I said about your dad in our battle.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

This is always a case simply of imperfections in h and z. a.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer

J, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, y, z. until you have covered all the consonants.

From What Every Singer Should Know by Millie Ryan

Pronounce the s like z. shame, etc., was ashamed and was quietly making a hole in the shingle roof so as to get away.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Walter Jekyll

For further details, see C. Rose, Beitr. z. vergl.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

“Gen Z’s focus on investing may therefore reflect a thoughtful rent-versus-buy decision while still building wealth for the future.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The picture that emerges from a recent survey is more conventional than Generation Z’s reputation for speculative investing might suggest.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

But Freek Wallagh, a 28-year-old artist and organizer based in Amsterdam, said he sees a lack of Gen Z’s interest in Burning Man as a “sign of the times.”

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Generation Z’s backlash signals a desire for a say in the future that AI is creating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Tina Nguyen represented something new in Dr. Z’s lab as well as in his life.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

“The Gen Alphas for sure, and the younger Gen Zs, they’re still making decisions about brands they like, brands they prefer. They also have a huge influence on what is trending.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Lin’s fellow Gen Zs, as well as millennials, are taking to premium credit cards at a particularly rapid pace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Perhaps it was due to the large volume of young children stood in the crowd amongst us Gen Zs and millennials.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025

This week, Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers debate one of the great questions of our time: Do Gen Zs even get checks?

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024

By Family to Fashion I was beginning to wonder about going the other way: starting on the Zs and working backwards.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

It’s like a mini sensory deprivation pod, perfect for catching some z’s mid-flight.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2024

Horses have specialized anatomical features that enable them to stay on their hooves while catching some z's.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023

The study found that Northern elephant seals sleep far less at sea than they do on land, and the z’s they do catch at sea are caught hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

Finally, ties were broken based on things like which word was the most fun to say or whether any of the word choices included especially cool letters like z’s or w’s.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2015

Namely, because Pacheco could not stand the way Onofre, reading aloud in Spanish, pronounced his c s and z’s.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

This is Siesta of a Hungarian Snake: s sz sz SZ sz SZ sz Zs zs Zs zs zs z Morgan was born into a middle-class family in Hyndland, in Glasgow's west end.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2010

Almost immediately, on a shortwave band, they can hear someone talking in a strange language full of zs and s’s.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

C or cz is pronounced as English ts; cs as English ch; ds as English j; zs as French j; gy as dy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

They think if they talk like they had an egg in there mouth an put in lots of zs its French.

From "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" by G. William Breck

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