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J's

Variant of 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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