h
see also: H
Pronunciation
H
Pronunciation Letter
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see also: H
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /h/, silent
- Letter of the English alphabet
- (chiefly Internet slang) Used as a filler response when one does not have a response to use. Almost always used by itself.
- (science) Abbreviation of hour#English|hour (particularly when used as a (non-SI#English|SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units)
- 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata (Carnegie Institution of Washington), page 83 ↗:
- Another instance: 2h28m p. m., 10 micra; 3h08m p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3h09m p. m., 4 micra.
- 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata (Carnegie Institution of Washington), page 83 ↗:
- (baseball, in statistics) Abbreviation of hit#English|hit, the number of hits by a player
- (slang) Abbreviation of heroin#English|heroin.
- (computing) Abbreviation of hexadecimal#English|hexadecimal (following a number)
- 1989, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers
- If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video).
- 1994, Jan Axelson, The microcontroller idea book (page 47)
- The commands assume that the NV memory is addressed beginning at 8000h in external data memory.
- 1989, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers
- Homographs
- Η (Greek eta)
- Н (Cyrillic en)
H
Pronunciation Letter
- Letter of the English alphabet
- 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 3, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473 ↗:
- On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.
h (uncountable)
- (baseball) Abbreviation of hits#English|hits.
- (slang) Abbreviation of heroin#English|heroin.
- (journalism) Abbreviation of half-year#English|half-year.
- We expect the amendment to enter into force in H2 2013.
- (British) 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.
h (not comparable)
- (British) Abbreviation of hard#English|hard in reference to a grade of pencil lead.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of high#English|high |in reference to a dialect's social status.
- An H variety usually enjoys official approval and cultural prestige.
- (philately) Abbreviation of hinged#English|hinged.
afternoon (not comparable)
- (calendar terms) Synonym of AH#English|AH: in the year of the Hegira, used to mark dates employing the Islamic calendar.
h (uncountable)
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