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Z

Definition: Z

Z

Noun

1. The ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelation.

2. The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed but Americans call it zee".

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

Date "Z" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Z

DomainDefinition

Computing

Z /zed/ 1. (After Zermelo-Fränkel set theory) A specification language developed by the Programming Research Group at Oxford University around 1980. Z is used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is based on axiomatic set theory and first order predicate logic. Z is written using many non-ASCII symbols. It was used in the IBM CICS project. See also Z++. ["Understanding Z", J.M. Spivey, Cambridge U Press 1988]. 2. A stack-based, complex arithmetic simulation language from ZOLA Technologies. (1995-08-11) Z++ An object-oriented extension of Z. ["Z++, an Object-Oriented Extension to Z", Lano, Z User Workshop, Oxford 1990, Springer Workshops in Computing, 1991, pp.151-172]. (1995-04-22). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Space

Zetta, a multiplier, x1021 from the last letter of the Latin alphabet. See the entry for CGPM. (references)
 Zulu in phonetic alphabet, stands for UT, Universal Time. (references)

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

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Specialty Definition: Z

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Z is the twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet and the last.

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

In American English, the letter is named zee, while in British English the letter is named zed. An older name, izzard, is rarely heard.

In early Latin the sound represented by Z passed into R, and consequently the symbol became useless. It was therefore removed from the alphabet and G put in its place. In the 1st century BC it was, like Y, introduced again at the end, in order to represent more precisely than was before possible the value of the Greek Z or zeta, which had been previously spelled with S at the beginning and ss in the middle of words: sona = ζωνη, "belt"; tarpessita=ταρπεζτης, "banker."

Until recent times the alphabets used by children terminated not with Z but with & or related typographic symbols. For & the English name is ampersand, that is, "and per se and," though the Scottish name epershand, that is, "Et, per se and", is more logical and also more clearly shows its origin to be the Latin et, of which it is but the manuscript form.

George Eliot refers to the following of Z by & when she makes Jacob Storey say, "He thought it (Z) had only been put to finish off th' alphabet like; though ampusand would ha' done as well, for what he could see."

(see SAMPA for meaning of all those phonetic symbols).

The Greek form of Z was a close copy of the Phoenician symbol I, and the Greek inscriptional form remained in this shape throughout.

In Semitic (Zajin) and Ancient Greek the letter was probably pronounced as /dz/ (as in Italian zeta, zero). In Modern Greek, it is pronounced as /z/, as in English and French.

The name of the Semitic symbol was Zayin, but this name, for some unknown reason, was not adopted by the Greeks, who called it Zeta. Whether, as seems most likely, Zeta was the name of one of the other Semitic sibilants, Zade (Tzaddi) transferred to this by mistake, or whether the name is a new one, made in imitation of Eta (η) and Theta (θ), is disputed. The pronunciation of the Semitic letter was the voiced S, like the ordinary use of Z in English, as in zodiac, raze.

It is probable that in Greek there was a considerable variety of pronunciation from dialect to dialect. In the earlier Greek of Athens, Northwest Greece and Lesbos the pronunciation seems to have been zd, in Attic from the 4th century BC onwards it seems to have been only a voiced s, and this also was probably the pronunciation of the dialect from which Latin borrowed its Greek words. In other dialects, as Elean and Cretan, the symbol was apparently used for sounds resembling the English voiced and unvoiced th (ð, þ). In the common dialect (κοινι) which succeeded the older dialects, ζ became a voiced S, as it remains in modern Greek.

In Etruscan, Z probably symbolized /ts/, in Latin, [dz] (in Latin, the letter appeared only in Greek words, and Z is the only letter besides Y that the Romans took over directly from the Greek, and unlike all other letters not via Etruscan.)

In Vulgar Latin the Greek Z seems to have been pronounced as dy and later y; di being found for Z in words like baptidiare for baptizare, "baptize," while conversely Z appears for di in forms like zaconus, zabulus, for diaconus, "deacon," diabulus, "devil." Z also is often written for the consonantal I (that is, J) as in zunior for junior, "younger".

In Italian, Z represents two phonemes, namely /ts/ and /dz/; in German, it stands for /ts/; in Castilian Spanish it represents /T/ (as English th in thing), in American Spanish it stands for /s/ (caza and casa are thus homophonous in American Spanish, but not in Castilian).

Besides the above Latin forms, there was a more cultured Vulgate pronunciation of Z as dz, which passed through French into Middle English.

Early English had used S alone for both the unvoiced and the voiced sibilant; the Latin sound imported through French was new and was not written with Z but with G or I. The successive changes can be well seen in the double forms from the same original, jealous and zealous. Both of these come from a late Latin zelosus, derived from the imported Greek ζηλος. Much the earlier form is jealous; its initial sound is the dz which in later French is changed to Z (voiced s). It is written gelows or iclous by Wycliffe and his contemporaries, the form with I is the ancestor of the modern form. The later word zealous was borrowed after the French dz had become Z. At the end of words this Z was "pronounced ts as in the English assets, which comes from a late Latin ad satis through an early French asez, "enough." See English plural.

With Z also is frequently written zh, the voiced form of sh, in azure, seizure. But it appears even more frequently as s-before-u, and as si or ti before other vowels in measure, decision, transition, etc., or in foreign words as G, as in rouge. For the representing G and Y in Scottish proper names see under V.

Zulu represents the letter Z in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Z is also:

Two-letter combinations starting with Z:

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

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Z (movie)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The film Z is a 1969 political thriller directed by Costa-Gavras. The movie presents a fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of democratic Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963. With its satirical view of Greek politics, its dark sense of humor, and its chilling ending, the movie captures a sense of outrage about the military dictatorship that ruled Greece in the 1960s.

In the film, Comrade Z (a leader of the resistance) has been assassinated and his killers, including the chief of police, are indicted. Instead of the expected positive outcome, however, the prosecutor mysteriously disappears and a right-wing military junta takes over. The security police set out to prevent "a mildew of the mind," an infiltration of "isms" or "spots on the sun."

As the closing credits roll, instead of listing the cast and crew, the filmmakers list the things banned by the junta. They include: peace movements, strikes, labor unions, long hair on men, The Beatles, other modern and popular music, Sophocles, Tolstoy, Aeschylus, Socrates, Eugene Ionesco, Sartre, Chekhov, Mark Twain, Samuel Beckett, the bar association, sociology, international encyclopedias, free press, new math. Also banned is the letter Z, which has been scrawled on the sidewalk as the film's final image, as a symbolic reminder that "the spirit of resistance lives."

The film stars Yves Montand and Jean-Louis Trintignant.

Based on a novel by Vassilis Vassilikos, Z was nominated for a large number of awards, including an Oscar for Best Picture and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Languge Picture, and was named best picture by the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and National Society of Film Critics Awards. The film also was also nominated for a Golden Palm award at the Cannes film festival. The soundtrack was also a hit.

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

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List of airports: Z

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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

Z

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List of books by title: Z

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 people by name: Zo

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Ze

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Za

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Zd

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Zh

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Zu

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Zv

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Zw

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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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Zi

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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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

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List of people by name: Zj-Zn

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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 Za - Zb - Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf - Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx - Zy - Zz

Zj

Zk

Zl

Zm

Zn

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List of people by name: Zb-Zc

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp - Zq - Zr - Zs - Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

Zb

Zc

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List of people by name: Zf-Zg

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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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj - Zk - Zl - Zm - Zn - Zo - Zp - Zq - Zr - Zs - Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zz

Zf

Zg

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List of people by name: Zp-Zt

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf - Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj-Zn - Zo - Zp-Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx - Zy - Zz

Zp

Zq

Zr

Zs

Zt

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

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List of people by name: Zx-Zz

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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 Za - Zb-Zc - Zd - Ze - Zf-Zg - Zh - Zi - Zj - Zk - Zl - Zm - Zn - Zo - Zp - Zq - Zr - Zs - Zt - Zu - Zv - Zw - Zx-Zy

Zx

Zy

Zz

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List of Biblical names starting with Z

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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

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List of colleges and universities starting with Z

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

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. Zhejiang Medical University
  2. Zhejiang University
  3. Zhengzhou Institute of Technology (formerly Zhengzhou Grain College)
  4. Zhengzhou University
  5. Zhongshan University

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 Z."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Z

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

Z

DutchZuid,Zuiden

Z

EnglishAtomic numberChemistry, Physics
ACC ZEnglishZ-axis ACCN/A

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

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Synonyms: Z

Synonyms: omega (n), zed (n), zee (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Z

English words defined with "Z": lisp ♦ uppercase ♦ zed, zee. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Z": Airmass ♦ Bemporad formula, BORCAL ♦ cone of silence, continuous function, cylindrical coordinates ♦ Desmin, directed set, direction cosine ♦ electromigration, environmental lapse rate ♦ geopotential height ♦ Imperial Software Technology ♦ Lac Operon, Laplace equation, last call optimisation ♦ natural coordinates, natural face, nuclide ♦ Object Z ♦ partial equivalence relation, partial evaluation, partial ordering, path system problem, Pease-Braginskii Current, Pinch Device or Pinch Machine, POLYGOTH, pre-order, probability integral, process lapse rate ♦ Radiative Collapse, regular twist, right twist ♦ Sarcomeres, Screw Pinch, Serpins, Smith chart, Smith diagram, strength reduction, stress tensor ♦ tested RQ, three-circle goniometer, Toroidal Pinch, transitive closure ♦ uncurrying ♦ voxel ♦ X pinch ♦ Youth, Yu-Shiang Whole Fish ♦ Z twist, Z-buffer, ZOLA Technologies, Z-Pinch, zsh, Z-Theta chart, Z-transform. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Z" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (Mr.), Chinese (Z++), Czech (from, of, off, out of), Hungarian (footstool), Polish (from, out of, with), Slovene (with), Swedish (zed).

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Modern Usage: Z

DomainUsage

Screenplays

With a capital C and that rhymes with Z and that stands for Zom bie. (Hysterical; writing credit: Chris Bearde; Bill Hudson)

Dr.Hugo z Hackenbush (A Day at the Races; writing credit: Robert Pirosh; George Seaton)

The formula they all laughed at -- Z sub A, A sub T ZaAt (Zaat; writing credit: Ron Kivett; Lee O. Larew)

Lyrics

THE ALPHABET RUNS RIGHT FROM A TO Z (Never Ever; performing artist: All Saints)

And bunch of other felonies from A to Z like spellin bees (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem)

Every one from A to Z (I'm Every Woman; performing artist: Whitney Houston)

Movie/TV Titles

Dragon Ball Z (2003)

Holky z porcelánu (1974)

Lide z metra (1974)

Z tamtej strony teczy (1973)

Chrusniak... Ballada o chlopcach z Balut (1972)

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

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Commercial Usage: Z

DomainTitle

Books

  • AA to Z : Addictionary to the 12-Step Culture (reference)

  • The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries) (reference)

  • Jak Wygrac z -- Parking violations bureau, czyli, Co zrobic aby uchronic sie przed zap±aceniem mandatu : poradnik dla kazdego kierowcy w Nowym Jorku (reference)

  • Italians First!: An A to Z of Everything Achieved First by Italians (reference)

  • The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation: 101 Things that Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Disturb, Enervate, Frustrate, Grate, Harass, Irk, Jar, Mife, Nettle, Outrage, Peeve, Quassh, Rile, Stress Out, Trouble, Upset, Vex, Worry and X,Y Z You! (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Dragon Ball Z - Fusion - Ambush (Uncut) (reference)

  • Dragon Ball Z - Androids - Assassins (reference)

  • DragonBall Z - Android - Dr. Gero (Uncut) (reference)

  • Dragon Ball Z - Majin Buu - Atonement (reference)

  • Dragon Ball Z - The Namek Saga (Boxed Set II - Episodes 26-53) (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: Z

Photos: Z

Subject(s): ... Z, Zane, Grey ...

More Photos...

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Photo Album: Z

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

"Four Point Sphere" by Martin Levenius. To vary the X, Y, and Z coordinates of one of the points, use the Scrollbar to vary A, B, and C.

"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.

"X Component of the Quadrupole Electric Field in the Z Plane" (movie) by Сергей Бирюков (Sergei Biryukov).

"Spheres" by David Sjöstrand. From inside DPGraph, use Edit to see the equation. It is a 54th order polynomial in x, y, and z whose roots are 27 spheres.

Underway in the Pacific, with her crew paraded on the flight deck, 17 August 1946. Note use of the letter "Z" on the flight deck instead of her hull number ("38"). Credit: NAVY.

Z tajnej szuflady po bylej administracji. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oczyszcenie domu prawa z czerwonego bezprawia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oczyszcza z czerwinej rdzy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Belle Archer in Jess of the Bar Z. Credit: Library of Congress.

Z madrej wiewioreczki dobry przyklad biore : I ja co dzien myje zabki rano i wieczorem. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: Z
 

"Lei z day" by Liz Allen
Commentary: "Little girl with a dozen lei's on."		"Baby Alligators from Florida Z" by David Sinofksy
Commentary: "Baby Alligators from the Florida Zoo."

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

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Use in Literature: Z

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

But X, Y, Z are exactly in the same position as any ordinary purchasers of goods

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Non-Fiction Usage: Z

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Poland

Major Polish franchisers are Gabriel Studio Urody, A.D. Dragowski, Orbis Travel, Natura Drogerie, SIMP, Sklepy Familijne, Pozegnanie z Afryka, YES Bizuteria, Centrum Budowlane, Debica Decart, Laboratorium Kosmetyczne Dr. Irena Eris. (references)

Travel

China

Upon expiration, the Type Z visa can be renewed with reasonable amount of effort and paperwork. (references)

China

On their first trip into China on the Z visa, they are entitled to bring duty-free reasonable and personal- and household- use items including the otherwise dutiable items such as VCRs, PCs, and video cameras. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer. Youth is the true Saturnian Reign, the Golden Age on earth again, when figs are grown on thistles, and pigs betailed with whistles and, wearing silken bristles, live ever in clover, and clows fly over, delivering milk at every door, and Justice never is heard to snore, and every assassin is made a ghost and, howling, is cast into Baltimost! Polydore Smith Z

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

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Usage Frequency: Z

"Z" is generally used as an alphabetical symbol -- approximately 91.51% of the time. "Z" is used about 1,141 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 Symbol91.51%1,0447,136
Noun (proper)8.23%9433,845
Unclassified Items0.26%3202,518
                    Total100.00%1,141N/A

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

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Expressions: Z

Expressions using "Z": from a to z ♦ object Z ♦ Z anguillaris ♦ Z Atamasco ♦ Z axis ♦ Z chart ♦ Z coerulescens ♦ Z condition ♦ Z jujuba ♦ Z lotus ♦ Z Mays ♦ Z mucronata ♦ Z officinale ♦ Z shell ♦ Z twist ♦ Z vulgaris. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Z": z-average, z-axes, z-axis, z-bar, z-bed, z-bone, z-boy, z-buffer, z-buffering, Z-cars, Z-code, z-component, z-day, z-direction, z-disk, z-disks, z-dna, z-helix, z-hour, z-in, z-lite, Z-mail, z-marker, z-naught, z-neuron, z-neurons, Z-note, Z-notes, z-nought, z-output, z-parameter, z-parameters, z-pitch, z-plan, Z-pres, z-rock, z-rod, z-row, z-scale, Z-score, z-scores, z-sections, z-series, Z-server, z-shape, z-shaped, z-soft, Z-station, Z-stations, z-strength, Z-Theta, Z-transform, z-variable, z-z-zip.

Ending with "Z": A-to-z, a-z, Dan-z, High-z, Not-z, Se-z.

Containing "Z": a-z-u-l.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Z

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

dragonball z

25,972

a to z lyrics

635

jay z

13,525

dragonball z wallpaper

615

lyrics universe z

3,951

budokai dragonball z

506

dragonball z picture

3,526

dragon ball z online game

500

z

3,090

dragonball z music video

474

a z lyrics

2,849

dragonball z rom

467

dragonball z game

1,957

bbc.co.uk z

461

dragonball z gt

1,542

mazinger z

417

dragonball z action figure

1,229

dragon ball z porn

410

dragonball z toy

1,149

dragonball z image

398

jay z lyrics

1,119

e pass z

389

dragonball z movie

1,090

z tel

362

beyonce jay z

1,060

budokai cheat dragonball z

359

dragonball z hentai

1,036

dragonball z pc game

340

la z boy

994

dragonball z xxx

319

z gallery

970

dragonball z rpg

304

dragonball z dvd

732

nissan z

296

dragonball z porn

686

dragonball z gt picture

291

dragonball z poster

663

lyrics a z

282

online dragonball z game

645

jay z picture

282
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Z

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

Czech

  

v malíèku (from a to z), dokonale (from a to z, ideally, Pat, perfectly, quite). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

بیست وششمین حرف الفبای انگلیسی . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

Z-tila (Z condition), z-parametri (z-parameters), Z-muunnos (Z-transform), z-akseli-tärinä (z-axis vibration), vertikaalinen tärinä (heave, longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), sigmavaivain (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), sigmasekoitin (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), pystysuuntainen tärinä (heave, longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), polaaridiagrammi (Z-Theta chart), merkki (mark, sign, character). (various references)

   

French

  

paramètres z (z-parameters), abaque Z-Théta (Z-Theta chart), ADN zigzag (Z-DNA), ADN-Z (Z-DNA), câblage à droite (z lay), câblage Z (z lay), choc suivant l'axe des Z (z-axis shock, z-axis vibration), fer Z (Z-iron), graphique en dents de scie (Z chart), graphique en Z (Z chart), état Z (Z condition), malaxeur à pales Sigma (Z-shaped kneader), vibration verticale (z-axis shock, z-axis vibration), particule Z zéro (z naught particle, z zero particle), particule Z° (z naught particle, z zero particle), repère (Z condition), suture en z (z-suture), torsion Z (Z twist), transformée en Z (Z-transform), transformée en Z unilatérale (z-transform one-sided), vibration axe z (z-axis vibration), vibration longitudinale (z-axis shock, z-axis vibration), vibration suivant l'axe des Z (z-axis shock, z-axis vibration), impulsion (Z condition). (various references)

   

German

  

Z-Transformation (Z-transform), Z-Theta-Diagramm (Z-Theta chart), Z-Parameter (z-parameters), Z-Naht (z-suture), Z-Eisen (Z-iron), Z-Achsen-Schwingung (z-axis vibration), Z-Achsenschwingung (z-axis vibration), Z-Achsen-Beschleunigungsmesser (ACC Z, Z axis ACC, Z axis accelerometer, Z-axis ACC), Z°-Teilchen (z naught particle, z zero particle), Universal-Knet- und Mischmaschine (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), Sigma-Kneter (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), binäre Eins (mark, Z condition). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

x-,y-,z- (x-, y-, z-), μετασχηματισμός Ζ (Z-transform), μαλακτήρας με βραχίονες S (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), παράμετροι z (z-parameters), δόνηση κατά την διεύθυνση του άξονα ζ (z-axis vibration), δόνηση κατά τον άξονα των z (heave, longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), διεπαφή Ζ (Z interface). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

z-skála (z-scale), z-jeladó (z-marker), z alakú korlát (z-bar), holt zóna jeladó (z-marker). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vibrazione verticale (heave, longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), vibrazione sull asse z (z-axis vibration), trasformata Z (Z-transform), particella Z° (z naught particle, z zero particle, Z° particle), parametri Z (z-parameters), mescolatrice Werner (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), mescolatrice con bracci Z (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), impulso di marcatura (mark, Z condition), DNA a zig-zag (Z-DNA, zig-zag DNA), carta Z-Theta (Z-Theta chart). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

片っ端から (absolutely every little bit, everything from A to Z), 一から十迄 (from A to Z, without exception). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かたっぱしから (absolutely every little bit, everything from A to Z), いちからじゅうまで (from A to Z, without exception). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

zay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vibração eixo z (z-axis vibration), transformada em Z (Z-transform), parâmetros z (z-parameters), misturador-amassador universal (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), marca (mark, brand, character, trace), guinada (lurch, sheer, yaw), ferro em z (z-bar), diagrama Z-Theta (Z-Theta chart), diagrama polar (Z-Theta chart). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

зетовая сталь (z-bar). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

metalna šipka koja se koristi građevinarstvu (z-bar). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vibración vertical (heave, longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), vibración longitudinal (z-axis vibration), vibración en el eje Z (z-axis vibration), transformada en Z (Z-transform), particula Z° (z naught particle, z zero particle, Z° particle), parámetros z (z-parameters), mezcladora-amasadora universal (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader), marca (brand, landmark, make, Mark, seamark, trademark), diagrama Z-Theta (Z-Theta chart), diagrama polar (Z-Theta chart), cama plegable (folding bed, z-bed), amasadora con paletas Sigma (Baker-Perkins kneader, sigma-shaped kneader mixer, Z-shaped kneader). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Z-transform (Z-transform), z-parametrar (z-parameters), vibrationer i z-riktning (heave, longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), vertikalt riktade vibrationer (heave, longitudinal vibration, vertical vibration, z-axis vibration), puls (pulse), impedansdiagram (Z-Theta chart). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

час початку наступу (z-hour), вирішальний день (z-day). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ngày quyết định (z-day). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Z

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "z"
 

+2 letters: adz, azo, biz, coz, fez, fiz, lez, wiz, zag, zap, zax, zed, zee, zek, zig, zin, zip, zit, zoa, zoo.

 

+3 letters: adze, azan, azon, bize, bozo, buzz, chez, cozy, czar, daze, ditz, doze, dozy, faze, fizz, fozy, friz, futz, fuze, fuzz, gaze, geez, haze, hazy, izar, jazz, jeez, laze, lazy, lutz, maze, mazy, meze, mozo, nazi, ooze, oozy, orzo, ouzo, oyez, phiz, prez, putz, quiz, raze, razz, ritz, size, sizy, spaz, tzar, whiz, zags, zany, zaps, zarf, zeal, zebu, zeds, zees, zein, zeks, zerk, zero, zest, zeta, zigs, zill, zinc, zing, zins, zips, ziti, zits, zoea, zoic, zone, zonk, zoom, zoon, zoos, zori, zyme.

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

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