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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | H. This letter represents a style or hedge. It is called in Hebrew heth or cheth (a hedge). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
H. | German | Herausgeber | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But now, ladies and gentlemen, we finally have a working tractor beam, which we shall callPreparation H. (Austin Powers in Goldmember; writing credit: Mike Myers) William H. Bonney, heh? (Young Guns II; writing credit: John Fusco) Jesus H. bald-headed Christ! (Stand by Me; writing credit: Raynold Gideon) Marty! What in the name of Sir Isaac H. Newton happened here? (Back to the Future Part II; writing credit: Ronnie Cramer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Introductory Speech by Will H. Hays (1926) Mr. H. Casler and Baby. Experimental (1901) Barry H. (2002) Das Schicksal der Lilian H. (1995) La Vera vita di Antonio H. (1994) | |
Song Titles | Pow R. Toc H. (performing artist: Pink Floyd) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Division of pharmacology, NIH around 1938. Front (l-r): H. Kahler, J. Johnson, M. Smith, C. Voegtlin, W. Earle, M. Maver and H. Bauer. Second: T. Stark, J. Thompson, E. Emmart, M. Farrell, K. Harlow, O. Marshino, Rosen, and C. Wright. Third: C. Doane, R. Boltz, Springstern, M. Feeser, W. Pitkerton, E. Schilling, R. Bishop, M. Goldberg, G. Jarrels and Collison. Fourth: T. Hawkley, S. Rosenthal, R. Holbrook, R. Spencer, E. Davis, B. Westfall, F. Deeds. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | Shown is page 2 of the newspaper Washington Post on August 6, 1937 just after President Roosevelt signed a bill to authorize the erection of the National Cancer Institute, with Dr. Carl Voegtlin as the Chief. Shown are photos of Drs. Carl Voegtlin, R. H. Fitch, Herbert Kaher and Thomas Parran (Surgeon General). Shown is "'Conquer Cancer' Adopted as Battle Cry of the Public Health Service.". Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Map showing incidence of H. influenzae non-type b invasive disease among children <5 years of age, per 100,000 population, United States, 1996. Credit: CDC. | DHEW Secretary, F. David Mathews meetw with Dr. Philip S. Brachman, Dr. William H. Foege, and Mr. Jim Bloom. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | H. Julian Allen. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Richard H. Truly. Credit: NASA. |
![]() | Plane table setup in shoal water - legs driven about 6" into sand Note rodman slogging ashore in line with alidade Combined operations party of H. A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | 24' skiff built for under $100.00 Powered by K-70 Johnson outboard motor Combined operations party of H. A. Paton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | The NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN in the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks heading toward Lake Union from Puget Sound. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | The 15th Avenue Bridge opening to allow the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN passage into Lake Union. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Charles H. Spurgeon | By perseverance the snail reached the ark. |
Edward H. Harriman | Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more. |
| It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear. | |
H. G. Wells | The War That Will End War. |
H. Rap Brown | Violence is as American as cherry pie. |
H. Rogers | When a new book comes out I read an old one. |
Thomas H. Huxley | Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense. |
| All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. | |
| A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Your doctor can test you for H. pylori. (references) | |
They detect antibodies to H. pylori bacteria. (references) | ||
Therapy of H. pylori poses several unique challenges. (references) | ||
Business | In addition, supermarket chain Safeway offers cholesterol and H. Pylori tests in five stores. (references) | |
With the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain predicting that in-store pharmacy testing will become increasingly popular, opportunities will exist for manufacturers of tests for diabetes, osteoporosis, H. Pylori, and cholesterol. (references) | ||
On average, cholesterol tests cost between $20 and $40; osteoporosis tests, about $35; and H. Pylori tests, between $20 and $25. Results for H. Pylori and most cholesterol tests are generally available immediately, the rest take about a week. Many pharmacies market these tests as their own; however, the vast majority use equipment from, or send samples to, the labs of one London company, Pathology Management Company (PMC). PMC says that it expects 1,800 U.K. pharmacies to offer its testing services. (references) | ||
Economic History | Cameroon | Ambassador--Charles H. Twining, Jr. (references) |
Guatemala | H. Total Imports from U.S. 7.2 8.4 8. (references) | |
Kenya | H. PAPER PRODUCTS: Kenya has one major plant producing paper and paperboard from renewable forest products in an integrated pulp and paper mill. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mexico | In a December 2000 press conference in La Realidad, Chiapas, the EZLN's Subcommander Marcos stated that President Fox's initial gestures to resolve the conflict in Chiapas were encouraging and welcomed the choice of Luis H. Alvarez as his Chiapas Peace Coordinator. (references) |
Trade | El Salvador | H. Non-stamped paper for cigarettes, white or colored in rolls, spools, booklets or small tubes. (references) |
China | A point-of-contact in the USDOC on standards is at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Global Standards Program, (Mary H. Saunders, Director), 100 Bureau Drive, MS 2100, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-2100, Tel: 301-975-6094, Fax: 301-975-4715, e-Mail: gsp@nist.govm, website http://www.ts.nist.gov/gsp. The point-of-contact at USFCS-Beijing is Mark Bayuk at Tel: 86-10-8529-6655 or Fax: 86-10-8529-6558. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "H." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.60% of the time. "H." is used about 1,728 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.6% | 1,721 | 4,882 |
| Noun (common) | 0.4% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,728 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Denmark | H. Hoffmann & Sonner A/S | Germany | H. Meinecke AG |
| United Kingdom | H. Young Holdings Plc | USA | John H. Harland Company |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "H.": C. H. Best ♦ D. H. Lawrence ♦ Dr. James H. Clark ♦ E. H. Harriman ♦ E. H. Weber ♦ H. G. Wells ♦ H. H. Munro ♦ H. L. Mencken ♦ H. Rivera Colo]n ♦ James H. Clark ♦ John L. H. Down ♦ T. H. White ♦ W. H. Auden ♦ W. H. Hudson ♦ William H. Bonney. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "H."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Finnish | ularadio (ultra-short wave, V. H. F), ula (ultra-short wave, V. H. F), kunniatohtori (doctor h. c). (various references) | |
French | haut et bas (H.-L.), H.-B. (H.-L.). (various references) | |
German | Höchst-und Tiefstkurse (H.-L., High Low, highest and lowest quotations), H.-T. (H.-L., High Low, highest and lowest quotations). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 2E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 00101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H . |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 002E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4216 |
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