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Definition: Y

Y

Noun

1. A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys.

2. The 25th letter of the Roman alphabet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Y" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Y

DomainDefinition

Computing

Y 1. General purpose language syntactically like RATFOR, semantically like C. Lacks structures and pointers. Used as a source language for Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser's peephole optimiser which inspired GCC RTL and other optimisation ideas. (ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/pub/y+po.tar.Z). It is a copy of the original distribution from the University of Arizona during the early 80's, totally unsupported. ["The Y Programming Language", D.R. Hanson, SIGPLAN Notices 16(2):59-68 (Feb 1981)]. [Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser, "The Design and Application of a Retargetable Peephole Optimiser", TOPLAS, Apr. 1980]. [Jack W. Davidson, "Simplifying Code Through Peephole Optimisation" Technical Report TR81-19, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1981]. [Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser, "Register Allocation and Exhaustive Peephole Optimisation" Software-Practice and Experience, Sep. 1984]. 2. See fixed point combinator. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Literature

Y A letter resembling "y" was the Anglo-Saxon character for th (hard); hence etc., are sometimes made to stand for the, that, this.
Y See Samian Letter . Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang

Abbreviation. Source: Computer terms..chat room. Definition: Its an abbreviation or alternate way of asking the quetsion why? by typing only "y". Context: Used to say or ask a question like the word "why". Social Source: Instant Messenger Users. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Space

Yotta, a multiplier, x1024 from the second-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet. See the entry for CGPM. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Aozora Bunko: Y

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See Aozora Bunko

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Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

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Any tributes to the individuals lost in this tragedy are welcome and encouraged at our memorial site. Some articles originally posted to wikipedia have been moved there - if you are looking for such an article, please check there.

See also Missing Persons, Foreign casualties, and Survivors.

Casualties

Planes - World Trade Center - Pentagon
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

As of October 29, 2003, 2,995 people were presumed dead as a result of all four September 11 attacks. This includes the casualties at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, on the airplanes and the hijackers.

Planes

265 people killed on four planes; 232 passengers, 25 flight attendants, 8 pilots. (Note that this total includes the 19 hijackers, who reportedly boarded the planes as passengers.)

See also: Memorial wiki tributes to the occupants of each plane

World Trade Center

By October 29, 2003, 2605 people were listed as confirmed dead and 1058 bodies had been identified. (Note: this total does not include the 127 passengers and 20 crew on the two aircraft or the 10 hijackers).

The listing and memorial.

See also:

Missing Persons

The number of missing people grew to estimates as high as over 6000 in the months following the attack, but steadily declined as stories were checked and duplicate entries removed. (See Timeline of WTC missing).

As of August 2002, there were approximately 90 people who were officially missing; that is, their remains had not been identified and no family members had requested a death certificate.

Detailed listing.

Survivors

The great majority of the over 40,000 people working at the World Trade Center at the time of the attack evacuated safely, including 18 who escaped from above the impact zone in the second tower hit. By 9/20/2001 6291 people, including rescue and recovery workers, had been treated for injuries.

Detailed listing.

Pentagon

The Pentagon reports 125 staffers killed or missing, with 121 remains recovered and identified, as of Sept. 11, 2002. At least one person died later as a result of wounds incurred.

The listing and memorial.

Missing Persons

The Pentagon reports 4 staffers missing. One passenger on the airliner which hit the Pentagon was also never identified.

Detailed listing.

Survivors

88 treated at hospital.

Detailed entry.

Victim legends

Due to the very large number of World Trade Center casualties and missing persons, victim legends were a common form of September 11, Terrorist Attack urban legends. These were tales of victims who did not exist, spread by word-of-mouth and the Internet. Official sites, such as http://www.september11victims.com, contain accurate entries and are trusted content. Because Wikipedia, and many other websites allowed freely adding victims, there were no doubt many obvious fake entries. Fake victims added to these lists were often simply missing at the time of the attacks, or actually survivors of the attacks.

See also

September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack - Donations - Assistance - Memorials and Services

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Casualties of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks."

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Generation Y

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Generation Y is generally comprised of those born in the 1980s and 1990s although the exact birth years of this age demographic are currently in debate among scholars. Theoretically, this is the generation after Generation X. However, the name has yet to be widely accepted. The generation is also called the Millennial Generation, the Millennium Generation, the Echo Boomers, the Net Generation, N-Gen, Generation NeXt or "NeXters", Generation 2000, Generation Y2K, the Sunshine Generation, the Bittersweet Generation, the Hip-hop Generation, the Digital Generation, the Explorers, generation.com, e-Generation, Generation i (for Internet), the Little Boomers, the Boomlet, Generation Can-do, Generation "WHY?", the Y-inistas, and the Bridgers. The name "Newmils" is popular in the UK, as is the term Thatcher's Children. The term 'echo' is most popular in Canada, inspired by David K. Foot and Daniel Stoffman's book Boom, Bust and Echo. The Y in Generation Y comes from the X of the previous generation (Y immediately following X in the alphabet). It is usually given as beginning around 1977 or 1981.

In the Generations system of authors Strauss and Howe, the Millennial Generation, as they call it, is the generation of Americans born from 1982 to 2003 (assuming that this generation has a typical length). Their typical grandparents are from the Silent Generation; their typical parents are of the baby boomers and Generation X. The Millennial name of this generation represents the fact that its birth years span the year 2000; in that regard, Bimillennial may be a better name.

In the 1980s, as divorce and abortion rates ebbed, the popular culture in the United States began stigmatizing hands-off parenting styles and recast babies as special. Child abuse and child safety became hot topics, while books teaching virtues and values became best-sellers. Politicians began to define adult issues (from tax cuts to deficits) in terms of their effects on children. Hollywood replaced child devils with child angels, and cable television and the Internet developed 'child-friendly' havens. With adults viewing children more positively, American students are apparently faring better in international comparisons.

It has been claimed that the so-called 'Millennials' are emerging as something of a generational public property. Where child Generation Xers had once been the castoffs of Awakening-era euphoria, Millennials have become symbols of an Unraveling-era need to prevent the social hemorrhaging before it could damage another new generation. However there is a feeling that the new focus has not yet reversed the Awakening-era damage to the child's world. The child poverty rate is still high. The crack babies of the 1980s are growing up with severe emotional disabilities. Dysfunctional families are still a problem, and murderers of the age of the two Columbine assailants or younger still make the news. Certain issues such as television sex and violence prompted few complaints from adults in the Awakening, but infuriate them in the Unraveling.

The Millennial generation includes such celebrities as Leann Rimes and the Olsen twins. Their non-US-born peers include Princes William and Harry of the United Kingdom and Oscar winner Anna Paquin.

Generation Y Celebrities

A listing of US-born Millenial celebrities with birth dates from 1981 through 2000 (and death dates for those that have died) includes the following:

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List of airports: Y

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List of airports: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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List of Biblical names starting with Y

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List of Biblical names
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - Y - Z

Other items mentioned in the Bible that start with Y include yarn (1 Kings 10:28), year (Psalms 54:17), and yoke (Judges 29:10).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of Biblical names starting with Y."

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List of books by title: Y

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List of books in alphabetical order by title:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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List of cities in Germany starting with XYZ

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List of cities in Germany: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

TownPopulationDistrictBundesland
Zschopau12,400Mittlerer ErzgebirgskreisSaxony
Zweibrücken35,900--Rhineland-Palatinate
Zwickau101,100--Saxony

A "--" in the district column means, that the town is a district-free town, i.e. it is by itself a district.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of cities in Germany starting with XYZ."

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List of colleges and universities starting with Y

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A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
  1. Yale University
  2. Yamanashi University
  3. Yasuda Women's University
  4. Yavapai College
  5. Yerevan Physics Institute
  6. Yeshiva University
  7. Yeungnam University
  8. Yildiz Technical University
  9. Yokohama National University
  10. Yonsei University
  11. York College
  12. York University
  13. Youngstown State University
  14. Yuan-Ze Institute of Technology
  15. Yuba College

See also : Colleges and universities

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of colleges and universities starting with Y."

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List of Japanese authors:Y

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List of Japanese authors

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List of people by name: Y

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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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List of rare diseases starting with Y

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This list of rare diseases was originally taken from the NIH public domain resource at http://ord.aspensys.com/asp/diseases/diseases.asp .

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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List of songs by name: Y

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List of songs by name: 0 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
"Yacht Dance" - XTC
  • "Yalla Yalla" - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
  • "Yarra Song" - Billy Bragg
  • "Yellow Submarine" - The Beatles
  • "Yer so Bad" - Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty
  • "YMCA" - Village People
  • "You Angel You" - Bob Dylan
  • "You Are The Everything" - R.E.M
  • "You Belong to Me" - Elvis Costello
  • "You Belong to Me" - Carly Simon
  • "You Bowed Down" - Elvis Costello
  • "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" - Bruce Springsteen
  • "You Can't Be Too Strong" - Graham Parker
  • "You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)" - Joe Jackson
  • "You Can't Take Love For Granted" - Graham Parker
  • "You Cried Wolf" - Todd Rundgren
  • "You Enjoy Myself" - Phish
  • "You Hit The Spot" - Graham Parker
  • "You Inspire Me" - Nick Lowe
  • "You Left Me in the Dark" - Elvis Costello
  • "You Little Fool" - Elvis Costello
  • "You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" - The Beach Boys
  • "You Should Have Been There" - Marshall Crenshaw
  • "You Stabbed Me in the Front" - Nick Lowe
  • "You Still Believe in Me" - The Beach Boys
  • "You Tripped At Every Step" - Elvis Costello
  • "You Turned to Me" - Elvis Costello
  • "You Want Her Too" - Paul McCartney
  • "You Woke Up My Neighbourhood" - Billy Bragg
  • "You'll Never Be A Man" - Elvis Costello
  • "You're a Big Girl Now" - Bob Dylan
  • "You're All Talk" - Cheap Trick
  • "You're Missing" - Bruce Springsteen
  • "You're the Wish You Are I Had" - XTC
  • "(You're My) Wildest Dream" - Nick Lowe
  • "You're No Good" - Linda Ronstadt
  • "You've Got To Be Kidding" - Graham Parker
  • "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" - The Beatles
  • "Younger Girls" - Cheap Trick
  • "Youngstown" - The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen
  • "Your Dad Did" - John Hiatt
  • "Your Dictionary" - XTC
  • "Your Possible Pasts" - The Final Cut by Pink Floyd
  • "Your Woman" - White Town
  • "Yyz" - Moving Pictures by Rush

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of songs by name: Y."

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    Poker jargon starting with Y

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    Poker jargon:

    A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

    No jargon listed at this time

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Poker jargon starting with Y."

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    Sex-determination system

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    A sex-determination system is a biological system that determines the development of sexual characteristics in an organism. Most common sex-determination systems in animals involve a genetic mechanism based on the chromosomes of that organism. However, other systems can involve other variables such as temperature. The details of some sex-determination systems are not yet fully understood.

    The most familiar sex-determination system is the XY sex-determination system found in human beings and other mammals. In the XY sex-determination system, females have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (XX), while males have two distinct sex chromosomes (XY). Some species (including humans) have a gene SRY on the Y chromosome that determines maleness; others (such as the fruit fly) use the presence of two X chromosomes to determine femaleness. There can also be other, less common, cases: see the "chromosome" article for information on abnormalities of the XY sex-determination system, and the "intersexual" article for information on variations in human sexual forms.

    SRY is not the only male-determining gene in mammals, or even the most common: most non-primate mammals use a different Y-chromosome gene, UBE1, for this purpose. Also, two species of "mole voles", Ellobius tancrei and E. lutescens, have lost the Y chromosome entirely. In one species, both sexes have unpaired X chromosomes; in the other, both females and males have XX.

    The WZ sex-determination system is found in birds and some insects and other organisms. In the WZ sex-determination system, the situation is reversed: females have two different kinds of chromosomes (WZ), and males have two of the same kind of chromosomes (ZZ).

    The haploid-diploid system is found in Hymenoptera. Males are haploid; females are diploid. Thus, if a queen bee mates with one drone, her daughters share 3/4 of their genes with each other, not 1/2 as in the XY and WZ systems. This is believed to be significant for the development of eusociality, as it increases the significance of kin selection.

    Other sex-determination systems

    Many other exotic sex-determination systems exist. In some species of reptiles, including alligators, sex is determined by the temperature at which the egg is incubated. Other species, such as some snails, practice sex change: adults start out male, then become female.

    Some species have no sex-determination system. Earthworms and some snails are hermaphrodites; a few species of lizard, fish, and insect are all female and reproduce by parthenogenesis.

    In some arthropods, sex is determined by infection. Bacteria of the genus Wolbachia alter their sexuality; some species consist entirely of ZZ individuals, with sex determined by the presence of Wolbachia.

    Other unusual systems (need confirmation of these):

    See also:

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    Y

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    Y is the twenty-fifth letter of the Latin alphabet.

    A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

    See V. In Greek Υψιλον (Ypsilon) was pronounced /u/ (later on /y/, now /i/; see English MYTH and GIFT which both have /I/). The Romans borrowed Y directly from the Greek, because they felt that V no longer adequately represented Greek /y/. The English name of the letter - /waI/ - is of unknown origin. In Spanish, Y is called i griega, in Catalan i grega and in French i grec (both mean "Greek i"); in most other European languages the Greek name is still used. The letter Y was originally established as a vowel. It is now established both as a vowel and as a consoant. On Wheel of Fortune, the letter Y counts as a consonant.

    The letter y was used by Caxton and other printers in mediaeval England to represent the thorn.

    Yankee represents the letter Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

    Y is also:

    Two-letter combinations starting with Y:

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Y."

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    Y (game)

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    Y is an abstract strategy board game invented by Craige Schenstead (now Ea Ea) and Charles Titus. It is a member of the connection game family inhabited by Hex, Havannah, TwixT, and others; it is also an early member in a long line of games that Ea Ea has developed, each game more complex but also more generalised.

    Y is typically played on a triangular board with hexagonal spaces; the "official" Y board has three points with five-connectivity instead of six-connectivity, but it is just as playable on a regular triangle. Schenstead and Titus' book Mudcrack Y & Poly-Y has a large number of boards for play of Y, all hand-drawn; most of them seem irregular but turn out to be topologically identical to a regular Y board.

    As in most games of this type, one player takes the part of Black and one takes the part of White; they place stones on the board one at a time, neither removing nor moving any previously-placed stones, and the pie rule can be used to mitigate any first-move advantage. A simple example board, 8 spaces to a side, with periods representing empty spaces: 

           .
      . .
     . . .
    . . . .
   . . . . .
  . . . . . .
 . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
    The rules are as follows: The first player to connect all three sides of the board wins; the corners count as belonging to both sides of the board to which they are adjacent.

    As in most connection games, the size of the board changes the nature of the game; small boards lend towards pure tactical play, whereas larger boards tend to make the game more strategic.

    Schensted and Titus claim that Y is a superior game to Hex because Hex can be seen as a subset of Y; consider the following, with number signs representing Black stones and zeroes representing White stones:

            .
       . .
      . . .
     # # # #
    . . . . .
   0 . . . . .
  . 0 . . . . .
 . . 0 . . . . .
. . . 0 . . . . .
    The portion of the board at the bottom-right can now be considered a 5x5 Hex board, and played identically. However, this sort of artificial construction on a Y board is extremely uncommon, and the games have different enough tactics out of constructed situations to be considered separate, though related.

    Mudcrack Y & Poly-Y also describes Poly-Y, the next game in the series of Y-related games; after that come Star and *Star.

    The simple (regular) form of Y can be played on Richard Rognlie's play-by-eMail server.

    References

    External link

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    Y, Alaska

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    Y is a town located in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 956.

    Geography


    Y is located at 62°2'12" North, 149°59'14" West (62.036803, -149.987154)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 871.6 km² (336.5 mi²). 863.6 km² (333.4 mi²) of it is land and 8.1 km² (3.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.92% water.

    Demographics


    As of the census2 of 2000, there are 956 people, 412 households, and 252 families residing in the town. The population density is 1.1/km² (2.9/mi²). There are 818 housing units at an average density of 0.9/km² (2.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 85.88% White, 0.63% Black or African American, 6.59% Native American, 0.63% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.84% from other races, and 5.44% from two or more races. 2.30% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 412 households out of which 29.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% are married couples living together, 9.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% are non-families. 32.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 2.90. In the town the population is spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 32.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 117.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 118.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $31,848, and the median income for a family is $38,304. Males have a median income of $54,500 versus $35,625 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,437. 17.4% of the population and 9.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.4% are under the age of 18 and 13.2% are 65 or older.

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Y, Alaska."

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    Yard

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    A yard (abbr. yd) is an imperial unit of length, defined as 3 feet or 36 inches, which is exactly 0.9144 metres, presuming international inches are used.

    The early yard was divided by the binary method into 2, 4, 8, and 16 parts called the half-yard, span, finger, and nail.

    The yard derives its name from the word for a straight branch or rod, although the precise origin of the measure itself is not definitely known. Some believe it derived from the double cubit, or that it originated from cubic measure. One postulate was that the yard was derived from the girth of a person's waist, while another claim held that the measure was invented by Henry I of England as being the distance between the tip of his nose and the end of his thumb. These are believed to be more likely standardising events as opposed to an actual coining of the measure.

    Several different standardisations of the yard have been produced over the years, resulting in yardsticks of various lengths. The modern yard is a compromise between the old British and American standards, and is calibrated against the metre.

    A yard is also an enclosed area of land, usually tied to a building (eg. back yard, prison yard).

    The Yard is the colloquial name for Scotland Yard: the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service who are responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). See also: Liberty of the yard.

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Yard."

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    Year

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    simple:year A year is the term for any period of time that is derived from the period of the orbit of the Earth (or indeed any planet) around its Sun. In astronomy, several types of year are defined:

    365.256363051 days (at the epoch J2000 = 1 Jan. 2000 12h TT).

    The actual duration varies from year to year because the motion of the Earth is influenced by the gravity of the Moon and other planets.

    365.24218967 days (365d 5h 48m 45s) (at the epoch J2000).

    the perihelion, where the Earth is closest to the Sun (around 2 January), and
  • the aphelion, where the Earth is furthest from the Sun (around 2 July).
    • Because of gravitational disturbances by the other planets, the shape and orientation of the orbit are not fixed, and the apsides slowly move with respect to a fixed frame of reference. Therefore the anomalistic year is slightly longer than the sidereal year: on average:

    365.259635864 days (at the epoch J2000).

    346.620075883 days (at the epoch J2000).

    411.78443029 days (at the epoch J2000).

    Calendars usually try to match some tropical year, because the seasons and their cardinal points are determined by this sort of year. For practical reasons, a calendar year consists of an integer number of days. In the calendar currently in use in western societies, the Gregorian calendar, most years have 365 days. In order to keep synchronized with the March equinox tropical year (365.2424 days), almost every 4th year gets 366 days: this is called a leap year. The most important current exception is the Islamic calendar, a lunar calendar without leap years, in which holidays move through the seasons.

    Julian year: 365.25 days, the average length of the year in the Julian calendar.

    The Gaussian year lasts 365.2568983 days, and is derived from the Gaussian gravitational constant that is expressed in units of the solar system.

    Besselian year: this is a tropical year that starts when the mean Sun reaches the ecliptic longitude of 280°. This is always on or close to the 1st day of January. It is named after the 19th-century astronomer and mathematician Friedrich Bessel. An approximate formula to compute the current time in Besselian years from the Julian day is:

    B = 2000 + (JD - 2451544.53)/365.242189

    The distinction from one planet to another is made through use of a preceding adjective, such as: "the Martian year."

    See also calendar year, fiscal year, leap year, solar year, time

    Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Year."

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    Yttrium

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    Scandium
    Strontium Yttrium Zirconium
    Lanthanum
    Full table
    General
    Name, Symbol, NumberYttrium, Y, 39
    Chemical series transition metals
    Group, Period, Block3 (IIIB), 5 , d
    Density, Hardness 4472 kg/m3, __
    Appearance Silvery white
    Atomic Properties
    Atomic weight 88.90585 amu
    Atomic radius (calc.) 180 (212) pm
    Covalent radius 162 pm
    van der Waals radius no data
    Electron configuration [Kr]4d4d15s2
    e- 's per energy level2, 8, 18, 9, 2
    Oxidation states (Oxide) 3 (weak base)
    Crystal structure Hexagonal
    Physical Properties
    State of matter Solid (__)
    Melting point 1799 K (2779 °F)
    Boiling point 3609 K (6037 °F)
    Molar volume 19.88 ×1010-3 m3/mol
    Heat of vaporization 363 kJ/mol
    Heat of fusion 11.4 kJ/mol
    Vapor pressure 5.31 Pa at 1799 K
    Speed of sound 3300 m/s at 293.15 K
    Miscellaneous
    Electronegativity 1.22 (Pauling scale)
    Specific heat capacity 300 J/(kg*K)
    Electrical conductivity 1.66 106/m ohm
    Thermal conductivity 17.2 W/(m*K)
    1st ionization potential 600 kJ/mol
    2nd ionization potential 1180 kJ/mol
    3rd ionization potential 1980 kJ/mol
    4th ionization potential 5847 kJ/mol
    5th ionization potential 7430 kJ/mol
    6th ionization potential 8970 kJ/mol
    7th ionization potential 11190 kJ/mol
    8th ionization potential 12450 kJ/mol
    9th ionization potential 14110 kJ/mol
    10th ionization potential 18400 kJ/mol
    Most Stable Isotopes
    isoNALongest t½ is 106.65 d (Y-88)
    89Y100%Y is stable with 50 neutrons
    SI units & STP are used except where noted.
    Yttrium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Y and atomic number 39. A silvery metallic transition metal, yttrium is common in rare-earth minerals and two of its compounds are used to make the red color in color televisions.

    Notable Characteristics

    Yttrium is a silver-metallic, lustrous rare earth metal that is relatively stable in air and chemically resembles the lanthanides. Shavings or turnings of the metal can ignite in air when they exceed 400 °C. When yttrium is finely divided it is very unstable in air. The metal has a low cross section for nuclear capture. The common oxidation state of yttrium is +3.

    Applications

    Yttrium oxide is the most important yttrium compound and is widely used to make YVO4 europium and Y2O3 europium phosphors that give the red color in color television picture tubes. Other uses; Yttrium has been studied for possible use as a nodulizer in the making of nodular cast iron which has increased ductility (the graphite forms compact nodules instead of flakes to form nodular cast iron). Potentially, yttrium can be used in ceramic and glass formulas, since yttrium oxide has a high melting point and imparts shock resistance and low expansion characteristics to glass.

    History

    Yttrium (Ytterby, a Swedish village near Vauxholm) was discovered by Friedrich Wohler in 1928 as an impure extract of yttria through the reduction of yttrium anhydrous chloride (YCl3) with potassium. Yttria (Y2O3) is the oxide of yttruim and was discovered by Johan Gadolin in 1794 in a gadolinite mineral from Ytterby.

    In 1843 Carl Mosander was able to show that yttira could be divided into the oxides (or earths) of three different elements. "Yttria" was the name used for the most basic one and the others were named erbia and terbia.

    A quarry is located near the village of Ytterby that yielded many unusual minerals that contained rare earths and other elements. The elements erbium, terbium, and ytterbium and yttrium have all been named after this same town.

    Occurrence

    This element is found in almost all rare earth minerals and in uranium ores but is never found in nature as a free element. Yttrium is commercially recovered from monazite sand (3% content, [(Ce, La, etc.)PO4) and from bastnasite (0.2% content, [(Ce, La, etc.)(COO3)F]). It is commercially produced by reducing yttrium fluoride with calcium metal but it can also be produced using other techniques. It is difficult to separate from other rare earths and when extracted, is a dark gray powder.

    Lunar rock samples from the Apollo program have a relatively high yttrium content.

    Isotopes

    Natural yttrium is composed of only one isotope (Y-89). The most stable radioisotopes are Y-88 which has a half life of 106.65 days and Y-91 with a half life of 58.51 days. All the other isotopes have half lifes of less than a day except Y-87 which has a half life of 79.8 hours. The dominant decay mode below the stable Y-89 is electron capture and the dominant mode after it is beta emission. Twenty six unstable isotopes have been characterized.

    Y-90 exists in equilibrium with its parent isotope strontium-90, which is a product of nuclear explosions.

    Precautions

    Compounds that contain this element are rarely encountered by most people but should be considered to be highly toxic even though many compounds pose little risk. Yttrium salts may be cancerous. This element is not normally found in human tissue and plays no known biological role.

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    Abbreviations & Acronyms: Y

    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.
    EntrySourceExpressionField

    Y

    		EnglishYorkshireN/A

    Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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    Synonyms: Y

    Synonyms: atomic number 39 (n), yttrium (n). (additional references)

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    Synonyms within Context: Y

    ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

    Difference

    Phrase: il y a fagots et fagots.

    Discrimination

    Phrase: il y a fagots et fagots; rem acu tetigisti; la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile; miles apart; a distinction without a difference.

    Intellect

    Phrase: ens rationis; frons est animi janua; locos y ninos dicen la verdad; mens sola loco non exulat; " my mind is my kingdom "; " stern men with empires in their brains "; " the mind, the music breathing from her face "; " thou living ray of intellectual Fire ".

    Roughness

    Phrase: cabello luengo y corto el seso.

    Truth

    Phrase: the truth is, the fact is; rem acu tetigisti; en suivant la verite; ex facto jus oritur; la verita e figlia del empo; locos y ninos dicen la verdad; nihil est veritatis luce dulcius; veritas nunquam perit; veritatem dies aperit; " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth "; " just the facts, ma'am, just the facts.".

    Vindication

    Phrase: "honi sot qui mal y pense"; "good wine needs no bush."

    Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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    Crosswords: Y

    English words defined with "Y": constant of proportionality, contextual definition ♦ dependent variable, Diophantine analysis ♦ factor of proportionality ♦ holandric gene ♦ Implicit function ♦ linear regression ♦ One-valued function ♦ QWERTY keyboard ♦ rectilinear regression, regression, regression of y on x, regression toward the mean ♦ simple regression ♦ To revert a series, Trinomial ♦ uppercase ♦ XYY ♦ Y chromosome, Y level, Y moth, Y-linked gene, Ys, Y's. (references)
    Specialty definitions using "Y": ALGOL Y, alpha conversion, antichain, antisymmetric, arc sine transformation, arcsine transformation, assignation of debts, assignment of present or future debts ♦ batch feeder, beta equation, briquetting ♦ Cartesian coordinates, cause variable, CEPAL, charge on assets, circuit value problem, closed set, component digital, component digital signal, compulsory excess, cylindrical coordinates ♦ directed set, domain theory, dual linear program ♦ errors of prediction, explanatory variable ♦ file control block, Froude's curve, fully lazy lambda lifting, functional dependency ♦ Gastric exclusion  , generalised inverse, generalized inverse ♦ Hacking X for Y, has the X nature, Hon'i, H-Y Antigen ♦ identical errors, implies, inner join ♦ lambda abstraction, lambda lifting, Larks, Leucine Zippers, linear function, list comprehension ♦ Marshall method, MAXIM, Meche, metalworking chemicals division, Minor Histocompatibility Loci, monotonically decreasing, monotonically increasing ♦ name capture, NOL ring, nonlinear function, Norton's theorem ♦ order-embedding ♦ p system, Pareto curve, Pareto distribution, partial derivative, partial equivalence relation, partial evaluation, partial ordering, polar coordinates, powerdomain, pre-order, pressure co-ordinate system, pressure system, Propionibacterium ♦ Receptors, Neuropeptide Y, Resource Recover ♦ Scott-closed, Serpins, Storage Allocation and Coding Program, strictly increasing, strictly lower triangular matrix, substitute goods, substitutional goods ♦ temporal logic, the X that can be Y is not the true X, transitive closure, type inference ♦ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers method, uncurrying ♦ voxel ♦ Weak Head Normal Form, Wrath, wye junction ♦ XYY Karyotype ♦ Y junction, Yttrium Radioisotopes ♦ Zermelo Fränkel set theory. (references)
    Non-English Usage: "Y" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

    Chinese (Y's), Dutch (upsilon), French (at that place, over there, there, yon, yonder), French Canadian (there), German (untrans), Guarani (and, water), Manx (O, the), Portuguese (upsilon), Spanish (and, untrans), Turkmen (crunch, gather), Vietnamese (medical), Welsh (Hay-on-Wye, the).

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    Modern Usage: Y

    DomainUsage

    Screenplays

    En segundo grado del shule, tenía que hacer de abeja, y no sabía cómo mover las alitas ¡Abeja reina (Samy y yo; writing credit: Carmen López-Areal; Eduardo Milewicz)

    If x equals seven, than y equals (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

    Don't say nothing, y 'hear (Rockers; writing credit: Ted Bafaloukos)

    Mi Verga es chiquita y muy fea y todo el mundo lo sabe (Orgazmo; writing credit: Trey Parker)

    Lyrics

    Mais tu y es déjà (Humana; performing artist: Fabian)

    Arriba y arriba ("La Bamba"; performing artist: Ritchie Valens)

    Y arriba y arriba, por ti sere, ("La Bamba"; performing artist: Ritchie Valens)

    Y suenas que soy tuyo (Spanish Guitar; performing artist: Toni Braxton)

    The girlies sa y they love me and that is ok (Play that funky music; performing artist: Vanilla Ice)

    Movie/TV Titles

    Santo y Blue Demon contra el doctor Frankenstein (1974)

    Y el resto es sueño (1974)

    El Show de Barbieri y Pelele (1974)

    Tocata y fuga de Lolita (1974)

    Tarzán y el tesoro Kawana (1974)

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Commercial Usage: Y

    DomainTitle

    References

    • Acerias Y Forjas De Azcoitia S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • ACS, Actividades de Construccion y Servicios, S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • Alpargatas Sociedad Anonima Industrial y Comercial: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    • Informes y Proyectos, S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

      (more reference examples)

      

    Books

    • LA Mujer, El Sida Y El Activismo: Por El Colectivo De Mujeres De Act Up/Ny, Y El Grupo Mujer Y Sida (reference)

    • Agonâias y muerte del abate Marchena (reference)

    • El abate Viscardo : historia y mito de la intervenciâon de los jesuitas en la independencia de Hispanoamâerica (reference)

    • Oraciâon apologâetica por la Espaäna y su mâerito literario : para que sirva de exornaciâon al discorso leâido por el abate Denina en la Academia de Ciencias de Berlâin, respondiendo a la cuestiâon Que se debe a Espaäna? (reference)

    • Diccionario Internacional Abreviado De Siglas, Contracciones Y Abreviaturas/a Short International Dictionary of Acronyms, Contractions, & abbreviation (reference)

      (more book examples)

      

    Periodicals

      

    Theater & Movies

    • Work Zone Safety (Spanish) Zona de seguridad de trabajo Para empleados de construccion y servicios de agua, luz, y gas (reference)

    • La Verdadera Historia De Barman Y Dro (reference)

    • La Bella y la Bestia (Beauty and the Beast) - Special Edition (reference)

    • Hellhounds on My Trail/Cant' Y (reference)

    • Sandy y Papo/El Cartel: Solo Hip Hop (reference)

      (more DVD examples; more video examples)

      

    Music

      

    High Tech

      

    Consumer Goods

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Image Slideshow: Y

    Photos:
    Y

    More pictures...

    Illustrations:
    Y

    More pictures...

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    Photo Album: Y

    ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

    "x + y + z + xyz = 0" by Marijke van Gans. The Lorentz/Einstein composition of two velocities creates this graph that hogs six edges of a cube. From inside DPGraph, click on Edit for more information.

    Cray Y 190A Supercomputer. Credit: NASA.

    The BELGICA fast in the ice after a blizzard. In: "Resultats du Voyage du S. Y . BELGICA en 1897-1898-1899 .... Oceanographie Les Glaces Glace de Mer et Banquises" par Henryk Arctowski. 1908. P. 33. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

    Fleet of menhaden steamers en route to fishing grounds On south side of Long Island, N. Y From sketch by Capt. B. F. Conklin. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

    Figure 49. Thoulet bottle devised by Professor Julien Thoulet of the Universit y of Nancy. Nothing is known of the use of this bottle. Left: descending. Right: ascending. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

    Figure 72. Pycnometers for the measurement of the density of sediments. According to Thoulet, the apparent density of a sediment is the weight per cm cubed of the dry sediment when compressed as much as possible. The true densit y is the relation of the weight of the sample relative to the weight of an equal volume of distilled water at 4C. Thoulet studied these sediment properties. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

    Lawrence Johnson, who is at the Germplasm and Gamete Physiology Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, has developed a system for sorting batches of livestock sperm cells based on the amount of DNA they carry. The X-bearing sperm carry more DNA, which can be measured using a fluorescent dye and a laser. Based on the light they emit, the X and Y sperm can be collected in separate tubes. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

    Cataratas. La lente del ojo se nubla y se ve borroso. . Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

    Antes y después de dilatar la pupila. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

    U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 6, Tolance, France. : Enlisted men line up for mess. / y. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

    Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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    Digital Photo Gallery: Y
     

    "Deaf Alphabet - Y" by Luis Alves
    Commentary: "Deaf Alphabet - One Hand --------------------------- Notice: You can use this image, but please send me an e-mail if you use it, I really like to know when and where it's used, thanks :-)."    		""Ezekiel´s Wheel" (thanx 2 y" by Tina Lorien
    Commentary: "I love these round "windows" on all (almost all) churches in Italy.............. This is from Manarolo - Cinque Terre . - Italy."

    Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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    Familiar Quotations: Y

    AuthorQuotation

    Thomas p Kempis

    		Thou art my glory and the exultation of y heart: thou art my hope and refuge in the day of my trouble.

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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    Use in Literature: Y

    TitleAuthorQuote

    Puzzle

    Carroll, Lewis

    Y and I.

    Les Miserables

    Hugo, Victor

    The two branches of the Y were joined at the top as by a bar.

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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    Non-Fiction Usage: Y

    SubjectTopicQuote

    Health

    The stem of the Y links the antibody to other participants in the immune defenses. (references)

    This pair has two X chromosomes in females and one X and one Y chromosome in males. (references)

    Men tend to inherit an X chromosome from their mothers, and a Y chromosome from their fathers. (references)

    Business

    Jurado Golf and Villamil y Hernandez together hold 67 percent of the retail market. (references)

    The loans will have to be negotiated by the resellers with La Caja de Ahorro y Seguro. (references)

    The COMFER is under the Press and Media Secretariat (Secretaria de Prensa y Medios de Difusión). (references)

    Economic History

    Vanuatu

    Flag: A yellow Y with a black border horizontally divides the flag into three parts. (references)

    Argentina

    Federal government purchases are refered to as "compras y contrataciones de la Nación". (references)

    Uruguay

    Jose Batlle y Ordoñez, president from 1903 to 1907 and again from 1911 to 1915, set the pattern for Uruguay's modern political development. (references)

    Human Rights

    Mexico

    PRODH reports that on March 18, Zapatista sympathizer Pascual Martinez Gutierrez was attacked by members of Paz y Justicia. (references)

    Panama

    Justicia y Paz, the Catholic Church's human rights watchdog group, brings prison abuses to the attention of the authorities. (references)

    Mexico

    On October 19, prominent human rights lawyer Digna Ochoa y Placido was killed in her Mexico City office by unknown assailants. (references)

    Trade

    Guatemala

    Regulacion y Control de Productos Farmaceuticos, higienicos, quirurgicos y cosmeticos. (references)

    Spain

    The Spanish Standards Certification Association (AENOR - Asociacion Española de Normalizacion y Certificacion) is responsible for developing voluntary standards and certification programs. (references)

    Mexico

    A new variation that comes closer to project financing is a Memorandum of Understanding between the EXIM and Mexico's Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos (BANOBRAS, a national development bank). (references)

    Travel

    El Salvador

    Blvd. de los Héroes y 23 C. Pte. (references)

    Honduras

    In San Pedro Sula, most business travelers stay at the Camino Real Inter-Continental, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel y Club Copantl, Gran Hotel Sula, and Hotel Los Próceres. (references)

    Ukraine

    For example, a letter authorizing Mr. X to do Y will sometimes be rejected because it does not have "the proper stamp." Foreign companies will often stamp a document in English with an "official" seal, show the stamp to a customs officer or other bureaucrat (who likely cannot read English anyway), finding that this strategy is often successful. (references)

    Lexicography

    Devil's Dictionary

    		WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. Amongst the ancients the wrath of kings was deemed sacred, for it could usually command the agency of some god for its fit manifestation, as could also that of a priest. The Greeks before Troy were so harried by Apollo that they jumped out of the frying-pan of the wrath of Cryses into the fire of the wrath of Achilles, though Agamemnon, the sole offender, was neither fried nor roasted. A similar noted immunity was that of David when he incurred the wrath of Yahveh by numbering his people, seventy thousand of whom paid the penalty with their lives. God is now Love, and a director of the census performs his work without apprehension of disaster. X X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language. X is the sacred symbol of ten dollars, and in such words as Xmas, Xn, etc., stands for Christ, not, as is popular supposed, because it represents a cross, but because the corresponding letter in the Greek alphabet is the initial of his name -- Xristos. If it represented a cross it would stand for St. Andrew, who "testified" upon one of that shape. In the algebra of psychology x stands for Woman's mind. Words beginning with X are Grecian and will not be defined in this standard English dictionary. Y

    Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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    Usage Frequency: Y

    "Y" is generally used as an alphabetical symbol -- approximately 71.68% of the time. "Y" is used about 3,902 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
    100 Million Words    		Rank in English
    Alphabetical Symbol71.68%2,7973,309
    Unclassified Items21.07%8228,513
    Noun (proper)7.25%28317,340
                        Total100.00%3,902N/A

    Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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    Usage in Company Names: Y

    CountryNameCountryName
    Argentina

    Alpargatas Sociedad Anonima Industrial y Comercial

    		Canada

    O & Y Properties Corp.

    Chile

    Bodegas y Vinedos Santa Emiliana S.A.

    		Colombia

    Corporacion de Ferias y Exposiciones S.A.

    Mexico

    Grupo Profesional Planeacion y Proyectos

    		Peru

    GRANA Y MONTERO (C)

    Spain

    Acerias Y Forjas De Azcoitia S.A.

    		USA

    Sun Life Insurance & Annuity Co of N Y

    Venezuela

    BANESCO INMUEBLES Y VALORES, C.A.

     (more examples...)  

    Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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    Expressions: Y

    Expressions using "Y": algol Y ♦ cabello luengo y corto el seso ♦ Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez ♦ Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes ♦ hacking X for Y ♦ il y a fagots et fagots ♦ Jose Ortega y Gasset ♦ Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon ♦ Neuropeptide Y ♦ Neuropeptide Y inhibitor ♦ Ortega y Gasset ♦ Ramon y Cajal ♦ regression of y on x ♦ Santiago Ramon y Cajal ♦ silver Y ♦ the X that can be Y is not the true X ♦ Y baccata ♦ Y chromosome ♦ y current ♦ Y filamentosa ♦ Y fork ♦ Y junction ♦ y level ♦ y moth ♦ Y Treculiana ♦ yttrium Y 90 SMT 487. Additional references.

    Hyphenated Usage

    Beginning with "Y": y-aminobutyric, y-axis, y-bol, y-borne, y-cell, y-cells, Y-char, y-chromosome, Y-chromosome-specific, y-chromosome-specificsequences, y-components, y-dimension, y-direction, y-directions, y-e, y-er, y-e-s, y-fran, y-front, y-fronts, y-hat, Y-i-i-e-e, y-inputs, y-intercept, Y-in-the-fifth-position, y-iron, Y-joint, y-junction, y-level, y-line, y-linked, Y-linked gene, y-located, y-matrix, y-maze, y-motions, y-mp, Y-mp-class, y-mps, y-neuron, y-neurons, Y-parallax, Y-pcr, y-position, y-ray, y-rays, y-reg, y-scale, y-scales, y-shape, y-shaped, y-slot, y-specific, Y-stake, y-type, y-up, y-values, y-variable, y-wrecked, y-x, y-y, y-yes, y-you, Y-y-yes, y-y-y-y-yet.

    Ending with "Y": a-y, b-y, d-i-y, Roux-en-y, seat-y, Skp-y, x-y.

    Containing "Y": Betws-y-coed, Borth-y-gest, cell-y-bedd, ffos-y-mynach, Llwyn-y-groes, Pen-y-ghent, Pen-y-graig, Plas-y-brenin, Plas-y-dre, Rhos-y-bol, right-y-o, right-y-oh, Tal-y-mignedd, Whirl-y-gig.

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Frequency of Internet Keywords: Y

    The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
     
    ExpressionFrequency
    per Day    		ExpressionFrequency
    per Day

    y

    		17,480

    conocer dentro encontrar lo mágico para que sueño y

    		156

    tunnel y

    		655

    2 furioso rapido y

    		151

    furioso rapido y

    		564

    emuladores rom y

    		150

    y r

    		538

    y cam

    		147

    y tu mama tambien

    		420

    servando y florentino

    		141

    hector tito y

    		369

    la bella y la bestia

    		141

    amor el el entre odio y

    		356

    lito polaco y

    		131

    del fenix harry la orden potter y

    		353

    league super y

    		124

    leyendas mitos y

    		321

    k y jelly

    		123

    pensamientos reflexiones y

    		284

    alexandra monchy y

    		122

    actores y actress

    		274

    big y

    		118

    roux en y

    		257

    ciencia y tecnologia

    		118

    romeo y julieta

    		257

    pro tunnel y

    		114

    y 100

    		249

    k y

    		112

    y generation

    		203

    y and t

    		107

    el gordo y la flaca

    		185

    baby rasta y gringo

    		101

    circle y saddle

    		178

    ritmo y pasion

    		100

    postales y tarjetas

    		167

    credito de hacienda publico secretaria y

    		95

    wisin y yandel

    		164

    poemas poesias y

    		94

    pensamientos poemas y

    		160

    dock y z

    		93
    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Modern Translation: Y

    Language Translations for "Y"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

    Chinese 

    		  

    Ｙ轴 (y-axis), 要麼 (either X or Y), 或是 (either X or Y). (various references)

       

    Danish

    		  

    YY-syndrom (double Y chromosome), der vaskes med x gange y ml... (wash x times with y ml portions of...). (various references)

       

    Dutch

    		  

    T-verbinding (double Y branches, inverted Y branche), T-aftakking (double Y branches, inverted Y branche), dubbel Y chromosoom (double Y chromosome). (various references)

       

    Farsi 

    		  

    بیست وپنجمین حرف الفبای انگلیسی . (various references)

       

    Finnish

    		  

    y-parallaksi (vertical parallax, Y-parallax), y-matriisi (admittance matrix, y-matrix), Y-liitos (wye junction, Y junction), y-akseli-tärinä (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration), y-akseli (axis of ordinates, y-axis), XYY-oireyhtymä (double Y chromosome), poikittaissuuntainen tärinä (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration), ordinaatta-akseli (axis of ordinates, y-axis), luokan Y maaperä (Y soil), horisontaalinen tärinä (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration). (various references)

       

    French

    		  

    connexion en double Y (double Y branches, inverted Y branche), joint Y (Y-joint), intersection en Y (Y intersection(USA), Y unction), gène SRY (sex-determining region Y), fourche de réplication (Y fork), embranchement (Y intersection, Y junction), crochet en Y (Y clasp), cordon en y (Y-cord), échelle en Y (Y-scale), connexion en T (double Y branches, inverted Y branche), matrice y (y-matrix), chromosome double Y (double Y chromosome), choc suivant l'axe des Y (y-axis shock, y-axis vibration), axe Y (Y-axis), axe des y (y-axis), axe des ordonnées (y-axis), angle de site (Y-tilt), aiguille d'injection rapportée (Y piece), connexion en Y inversé (double Y branches, inverted Y branche), té oblique (Y-branch, Y-fitting, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), vibration suivant l'axe des Y (y-axis shock, y-axis vibration), vibration axe y (y-axis vibration), va et-vient (y-axis shock, y-axis vibration), va et vient (y-axis vibration), tuyauterie en Y (Y-pipe), triangle de voie (Y track), triangle de raccordement (Y track), jonction en i grec (Y junction), té oblique taraudé (screwed Y bend), jonction en Y (Y junction), sol Y (Y soil), raccord de dérivation en Y (Y-branch, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), raccord à culotte (Y-branch, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), pièce en Y (y piece, Y-branch, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), parallaxe Y (Y-parallax), parallaxe verticale (Y-parallax), vibration transversale (y-axis shock, y-axis vibration), taille en upsilon (y-shaped). (various references)

       

    German

    		  

    Vertikalablenkplatten (y-plates), Ordinatenwert (y-coordinate), Hosenrohr (Y-branch pipe). (various references)

       

    Greek 

    		  

    άξονας των y (axis of ordinates, y-axis), διακλάδωση σχήματος διπλού Υ (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), διακλάδωση σχήματος ανάποδου Υ (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), διακλάδωση σχήματος Τ (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), διχαλωτή σωλήνα (Y-pipe), διπλό Y χρωμόσωμα (double Y chromosome), δόνηση κατά την διεύθυνση του άξονα ψ (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration), τρίγωνο της περιστροφής (reversing triangle, Y track), άξονας τεταγμένων (axis of ordinates, y-axis), x-,y-,z- (x-, y-, z-), περιοχή άρθρωσης (knuckle area, Y-joint), μήτρα Υ (admittance matrix, y-matrix), μήτρα σύνθετης αγωγιμότητας (admittance matrix, y-matrix), σύνδεση Υ (knuckle area, wye junction, Y junction, Y-joint), σύνδεσμος διακλάδωσης μορφής Υ (breeching piece, Y-branch, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), κατακόρυφος παράλλαξις (vertical parallax, Y-parallax), κλίση γύρω απο τον άξονα των Υ (tilt, Y-tilt), κόμβος μορφής "Υ" (fork, Y intersection, Y junction), τρίγωνο της γραμμής (reversing triangle, Y track). (various references)

       

    Haitian Creole

    		  

    ou (y ou, you, your). (various references)

       

    Hungarian

    		  

    y-skála (y-scale), y tengely (y-axis), x-nek y-hoz való aránya (proportion that x bears to y). (various references)

       

    Italian

    		  

    intersezione ad Y (fork, Y intersection, Y intersection(USA), Y junction, Y unction), asse delle ordinate (axis of ordinates, y-axis), biforcazione stradale (Y intersection(USA), Y unction), collegamenti a doppia Y (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), collegamenti a T (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), collegamenti ad Y capovolta (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), cromosoma doppia Y (double Y chromosome), filo a y (Y-cord), forca di replicazione (replication fork, Y fork), giunto en Y (wye junction, Y junction), allevamento a ipsilon (y-shaped), inibitore del neuropeptide Y (Neuropeptide Y inhibitor), vibrazione sull asse y vibrazione trasversale (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration), matrice y (admittance matrix, y-matrix), parallasse verticale (vertical parallax, Y-parallax), parallasse y (vertical parallax, Y-parallax), raccordo a Y (breeching piece, Y-branch, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), raccordo a Y per iniezione di farmaci aggiuntivi (Y piece), sezione intermedia per aggiunta di liquidi a y (Y piece), triangolo di binario (reversing triangle, Y track), triangolo di raccordo (reversing triangle, Y track), tubatura a "y" (Y-pipe), giunzione a Y (knuckle area, wye junction, Y junction, Y-joint). (various references)

       

    Manx

    		  

    Y-olt (Y-joint), Y-chrooagh (y-shaped), ta X lesh Y (X belongs to Y, Y owns X), she X lesh Y (X belongs to Y). (various references)

       

    Pig Latin

    		  

    yay.(various references)

       

    Portuguese

    		  

    oscilação (cant, change-over, chop, fluctuation, oscillation, oscillator, swing, swinging, teeter, variation, vibrancy, vibration, wabble, wave, waver, wobble), ângulo de visão (tilt, Y-tilt), conexão em T (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), conexão em y duplo (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), conexão em y invertido (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), eixo das ordenadas (y-axis), área de transição de forma (knuckle area, Y-joint), matriz y (admittance matrix, y-matrix), vibração transversal (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration), paralaxe vertical (vertical parallax, Y-parallax), paralaxe Y (vertical parallax, Y-parallax), tubagem em Y (Y-pipe), união de derivação em Y (breeching piece, Y-branch, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), vibração eixo y (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration), junção em Y (wye junction, Y junction). (various references)

       

    Romanian

    		  

    ordonatã (ordinate). (various references)

       

    Russian 

    		  

    ось ординат (axis of ordinates, y-axis, y-line). (various references)

       

    Serbo-Croatian

    		  

    y-osa (y-axis). (various references)

       

    Spanish

    		  

    Y griega (reversing triangle, Y track), yermosol (Y soil), pieza de derivación en Y (breeching piece, Y-branch, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), área articulada (knuckle area, Y-joint), derivación (branch, branching, bypass, derivation, shunt, tap), eje de ordenadas (axis of ordinates, y-axis), empalme (abutment, combination, connection, connexion, fork, hard on, joint, junction, junction box, merge, road junction, scarf, splice, stand, union), empalme en doble Y (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), empalme en T (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), empalme en Y invertida (double Y branches, inverted Y branche, T branche), entronque (junction), estrella (blaze, canvas, pip, star), incorporación (coalescence, incorporation), ángulo de situación (tilt, Y-tilt), paralaje Y (vertical parallax, Y-parallax), pieza en Y (breeching piece, Y-branch, Y-piece, Y-pipe connection, Y-union), síndrome 47, XYY (double Y chromosome), suelo Y (Y soil), triángulo de vías (reversing triangle, Y track), tubería en Y (Y-pipe), unión en Y (wye junction, Y junction), vibración en el eje y (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration), vibración transversal (side-to-side vibration, sway, transverse vibration, y-axis vibration), matriz y (admittance matrix, y-matrix). (various references)

       

    Swedish

    		  

    y-axel (y-axis). (various references)

       

    Ukrainian

    		  

    вісь ординат (y-axis). (various references)

       

    Vietnamese 

    		  

    hình Y (y-shaped). (various references)

    Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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    Ancestral Language Translations: Y

    LanguagePeriodTranslations
    Avestan200-600

    airyamanem. (various references)

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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    Bible Trace: Y

    LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 6, Verse 48
    Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEgw eimi o artoV thV zwhV
    Latin405VulgateEgo sum panis vitae
    Old English990West SaxonIc eom lyfes hlaf.
    Middle English1395WyclifY am breed of lijf.
    Renaissance English1526TyndaleI am that breed of lyfe.
    Jacobean English1611King JamesI am that bread of life.
    Victorian English1833WebsterI am that bread of life.
    Basic English1964OgdenI am the bread of life.

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Matched Bible Translations: Y

    LanguageJohn Chapter 6, Verse 48
    CebuanoAko mao ang tinapay nga nagahatag ug kinabuhi.
    CroatianJa sam kruh života.
    DanishJeg er Livets Brød.
    DutchIk ben het Brood des levens.
    FinnishMinä olen elämän leipä.
    FrenchJe suis le pain de vie.
    GermanIch bin das Brot des Lebens.
    Haitian CreoleSe mwen menm pen ki bay lavi a.
    HungarianÉn vagyok az életnek kenyere.
    Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAkulah roti yang memberi hidup.
    Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAku inilah Roti Hidup itu.
    ItalianIo sono il pane della vita.
    LatvianEs esmu dzîvîbas maize.
    MaoriKo ahau te taro o te ora.
    NorwegianJeg er livsens brød.
    PortugueseEu sou o pão da vida.   
    RumanianEu sknt Pknea vieyii.
    Russianс ЕУНШ ИМЕВ ЦЙЪОЙ.
    ShuarWikia iwiaakman Súana Nú apatkuitjai.
    SpanishYo soy el pan de vida.
    SwahiliMimi ni mkate wa uzima.
    SwedishJag är livets bröd.
    UkrainianЯ хліб життя!
    UmaAku' -mi pongkoni' to mpowai' katuwua'.

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    Anagrams: Y

    Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

     Words containing the letters "y"
     

    +1 letter: ay, by, my, oy, ya, ye, yo.

     

    +2 letters: aby, any, aye, ays, bay, bey, boy, buy, bye, bys, cay, coy, cry, day, dey, dry, dye, eye, fay, fey, fly, foy, fry, gay, gey, goy, guy, gym, gyp, hay, hey, hoy, hyp, icy, ivy, jay, joy, kay, key, lay, ley, lye, may, nay, oxy, pay, ply, pry, pya, pye, pyx, ray, rya, rye, say, shy, sky, sly, soy, spy, sty, syn, thy, toy, try, tye, way, why, wry, wye, wyn, yah, yak, yam, yap, yar, yaw, yay, yea, yeh, yen, yep, yes, yet, yew, yid, yin, yip, yob, yod, yok, yom, yon, you, yow, yuk, yum, yup.

    Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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    INDEX

    1. Definition
    2. Synonyms
    3. Crosswords
    4. Usage: Modern     		5. Usage: Commercial
    6. Images: Slideshow
    7. Images: Photo Album
    8. Images: Digital Art     		9. Quotations: Familiar
    10. Quotations: Fiction
    11. Quotations: Non-fiction
    12. Usage Frequency     		13. Names: Company Usage
    14. Expressions
    15. Expressions: Internet
    16. Translations: Modern     		17. Translations: Ancient
    18. Bible Trace
    19. Abbreviations
    20. Acronyms     		21. Anagrams
    22. Bibliography


      

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