Q Definition

kyo͝o
noun
The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet: via Latin from the early Greek koppa, a borrowing from the Phoenician.
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Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English words, where it is typically followed by u (except in words borrowed from Arabic), the (kw) of queen or (k) of conquer.
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A type or impression for q or Q.
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The 17th in a series.
American Heritage
The seventeenth in a sequence or group.
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Synonyms:
  • q
abbreviation
Every.
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Quarter.
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Quarterly.
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Quart.
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Question.
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adjective
Of q or Q.
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Seventeenth in a sequence or group.
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Shaped like Q.
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symbol
Electric charge.
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(computing) The ASCII control character device control 1 in caret notation.

Wiktionary
letter

The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

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numeral

The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

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Other Word Forms of Q

Noun

Singular:
q
Plural:
qs

Origin of Q

  • Sense 5, probably from German Q(uelle) source

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Q Sentence Examples

  • Its area is 999 s q.

  • Let P, Q denote the normal thrust across the sides bc, ca, and R the normal thrust across the base ab.

  • Then, since these three forces maintain equilibrium, and R makes equal angles with P and Q, therefore P and Q must be equal.

  • But the faces bc, ca, over which P and Q act, are also equal, so that the pressure on each face is equal.

  • The varying direction of the inclining couple Pc may be realized by swinging the weight P from a crane on the ship, in a circle of radius c. But if the weight P was lowered on the ship from a crane on shore, the vessel would sink bodily a distance P/wA if P was deposited over F; but deposited anywhere else, say over Q on the water-line area, the ship would turn about a line the antipolar of Q with respect to the confocal ellipse, parallel to FF', at a distance FK from F FK= (k2-hV/A)/FQ sin QFF' (2) through an angle 0 or a slope of one in m, given by P sin B= m wA FK - W'Ak 2V hV FQ sin QFF', (3) where k denotes the radius of gyration about FF' of the water-line area.

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