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j1 definition

j or J ()

noun pl. J's, j's

  1. the tenth letter of the English alphabet: formerly a variant of I, i, in the 17th cent. it became established as a consonant only, as in Julius, originally spelled Iulius
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the j of joy
  3. a type or impression for j or J
  4. the tenth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of j or J
  2. tenth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
j2 definition

j ()

noun

Physics the imaginary number
J definition

J

  1. January
  2. Physics joule
  3. Judge
  4. July
  5. June
  6. Justice

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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