Y
[wai]
Definition
(noun.) the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar.
(noun.) the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet.
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Definition
(n.) Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.
(n.) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye.
(n.) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
(n.) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
(pron.) I.
Typist: Steven
Examples
- It shows a magnanimous spirit and does not magnif y the importance of trifles. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Muriate of ammonium 5 parts}| n t | Nitrate of potassium 5 parts}| y u | | r | Snow or pounded ice 12 parts}| e | Muriate of sodium 5 parts}| to -25° | . William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Right y' are, sir, answered the seaman, going to the door with another nautical salutation. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- H istor y of Bodily Pains, as species of Touch. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In 1804, at Pen y Darran, South Wales, a third engine was built, which was the first steam locomotive ever to run on rails. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Oh, qu' elle y sera mal--peu comfortable! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Again he speaks, as Englishmen to-da y very well might, of the neglect, disdain even, of the country for great intellectual men, especially in the realm o f exact science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Cada piedra un piramide levanta, y cada flor costruye un monumento, cada edificio es un sepulcro altivo, cada soldado un esqueleto vivo. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For the girls, he felt all the contempt due to those who voted plus _x_ minus _y_ a dead bore. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Wh y are there sixty minutes in the hour, and why are there not sixty hours in the day? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Old Bailey Spi--i--ies! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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