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y1 definition

y or Y ()

noun pl. Y's, y's

  1. the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek upsilon
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the semivowel (y) at the beginning of a syllable, as in yes or beyond, or the vowel (i) of myth, (ē) of holy, or (ī) of my
  3. a type or impression for y or Y
  4. the twenty-fifth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of y or Y
  2. twenty-fifth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
y2 definition

y ()

noun

  1. the second of a set of unknown quantities, x usually being the first
  2. a variable
  3. an ordinate
y3 definition

y

  1. yard(s)
  2. year(s)
  3. yocto-
Y1 definition

Y ()

noun

  1. YMCA
  2. YWCA
  3. YMHA
  4. YWHA
Y2 definition

Y

yotta-
Y3 definition

Y

yen: now usually ¥
Y4 definition

Y

  1. Elec. admittance
  2. Chem. yttrium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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