h
h1 definition
h or H (āc̸h)
- the eighth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek eta, a borrowing from the Phoenician
- any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (h) of hat
- a type or impression for h or H
- the eighth in a sequence or group
- an object shaped like
adjective
- of h or H
- eighth in a sequence or group
- shaped like
h2 definition
h
hecto-
h3 definition
h
Planck's constant
H1 definition
H
- harbor
- hard
- hardness
- height
- Physics
- henry
- the horizontal component of terrestrial magnetism
- Slang heroin
- high
- Baseball hit(s)
- hot (on water faucets)
- hour(s)
- hundred(s)
- husband
Also, for 2-4, 5b, 7, 8, 10, & 12, h
H2 definition
H3 definition
H
hydrogen
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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