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h1 definition

h or H (āc̸h)

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
h2 definition

h

hecto-
h3 definition

h

Planck's constant
H1 definition

H

  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
H2 definition

H

Anthrop. homo

Etymology: L

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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