h

The definition of h is the eighth letter of the English alphabet.

(noun)

An example of h is the first letter in the word "hold."

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See h in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or H

noun pl. h's, H's

  1. the eighth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek eta, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (h) of hat
  3. a type or impression for h or H
  4. the eighth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of h or H
  2. eighth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like

hecto-

Planck's constant

  1. harbor
  2. hard
  3. hardness
  4. height
  5. Physics
    1. henry
    2. the horizontal component of terrestrial magnetism
  6. Slang heroin
  7. high
  8. Baseball hit(s)
  9. hot (on water faucets)
  10. hour(s)
  11. hundred(s)
  12. husband
Also, for 2-4, 5b, 7, 8, 10, & 12, h

Anthrop. homo

Origin: L

hydrogen

See h in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or H

noun pl. h's h's or H's also hs or Hs
  1. The eighth letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter h.
  3. The eighth in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter H.

The symbol for Planck's constant.

abbreviation
  1. height
  2. hour

  1. The symbol for the element hydrogen .
  2. The symbol for enthalpy.

abbreviation
  1. Physics Hamiltonian
  2. Physics henry
  3. high
  4. Baseball hit
  5. hot
  6. humidity

abbreviation
  1. harbor
  2. hard
  3. husband

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