adj
Meaning 1
Alternative form of H.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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letter, name: /eɪtʃ/
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/heɪtʃ/
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South-Asia: /(h)ɛ(j)tʃ/
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rhymes with -eɪtʃ
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rhymes with (South Asia, also) -ɛtʃ
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/eɪt͡ʃ/
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Australian: [æɪt͡ʃ]
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -eɪt͡ʃ
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nonstandard, regional: /heɪt͡ʃ/
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Ireland: [heːt͡ʃ]
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Australian, nonstandard: [hæɪt͡ʃ]
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South-Asia: /ɛt͡ʃ/
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phoneme: /h/
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CMU ARPABET: EY1 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Abbreviation of hard, in reference to a grade of pencil lead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of high, in reference to a dialect's social status.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- An H variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.
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adj
Meaning 4
Abbreviation of hinged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
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adj
Meaning 5
Abbreviation of horrific, a former film classification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, not-comparable
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 6
Pornographic in a way characteristic of hentai.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- H scene
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adv
Meaning 7
Synonym of AH: in the year of the Hegira, used to mark dates employing the Islamic calendar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: calendar terms
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: AH
Antonyms: none provided
character
Meaning 8
The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: letter, lowercase
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name
Meaning 9
A hypothetical source proposed to underlie the Holiness Code and to have influenced various other parts of the Torah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 10
Abbreviation of hour, particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 11
Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 12
Abbreviation of heroin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Big H, boy, brown sugar, brown, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food, dope, dugee, henry, heroin, horse, H, junk, muck, mud, ron, scag, smack, spider, sugar, whiteboy, white lady, yam yam
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 14
Abbreviation of home phone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Meaning 15
Abbreviation of hits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 16
Abbreviation of half-year.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Topics: journalism, media
Examples
- We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.
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noun
Meaning 17
A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 18
A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil of grade 2H; a pencil with hard lead.
A pencil of grade H.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 19
Abbreviation of handicap.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Examples
- EOE M/F/V/H
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noun
Meaning 20
Abbreviation of Hindu; mostly used by Indian Muslim netizens primarily towards Hindutva supporters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hinduism, India, Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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num
Meaning 21
The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: lowercase
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noun
Meaning 22
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heat content, total heat, enthalpy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical property
noun
Meaning 23
the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
noun
Meaning 24
the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Planck's constant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: factor of proportionality, constant of proportionality
noun
Meaning 25
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: henry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inductance unit
noun
Meaning 26
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hydrogen, atomic number 1
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical element, element, gas
Narrower terms: tritium
History
Etymology
From Latin H, from Ancient Greek Η (Ē).
Borrowed from Japanese H, alternative form of エッチ (etchi), in turn from English H as an abbreviation of Japanese 変態 (hentai, “pervert”). A doublet of ecchi (“erotic, lascivious”) and hentai (“pornographic anime, manga, etc.”).
Calque of Arabic هـ (h-)
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