Brit. the letter Z
Origin of zed
Middle English from Middle French zede from Late Latin zeta from Classical Greek z?ta
noun
Zed is the British name for the letter Z.
An example of zed is the common map book used in London called the A to Z, pronounced a to zed.
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zed
noun
Chiefly BritishThe letter z.
Origin of zed
Middle English from Old French zede from Late Latin zēta zeta from Greek; see zeta .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural zeds)
- (UK, Canada) The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
- Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zed-bar.
- (UK, colloquial) (usually plural) Sleep (as in "get some zeds").
Verb
(third-person singular simple present zeds, present participle zedding, simple past and past participle zedded)
Origin
See also: zeÄFrom Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zÄ“ta)
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zed - Computer Definition
A ZigBee terminal device, such as a sensor, that can perform only a single monitoring or control function. A ZED comprises a low-cost microprocessor, RAM and ROM, a long-life battery, and a low-power radio and controller. A ZED is small enough to be embedded in a light switch, smoke or carbon dioxide detector, thermostat, security sensor, utility meter, or medical sensor. A ZED can communication only with a ZigBee Router (ZR), and not other ZEDs. See also ZigBee and ZR.
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Sentence Examples
- If aliens open a convenient wormhole from Prime to Zed, there had better be a pretty good reason for them to do so.
- At the Agency, Zed talks to you about a current alien threat he would like you to eliminate.
- If it takes ten days to get to Alpha Prime from Beta Zed, it must always take ten days.