Z
[zed] or [zi]
Definition
(noun.) the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; 'the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee'; 'he doesn't know A from izzard'.
Typist: Rosanna--From WordNet
Examples
- I muttered between my teeth: you are no bad speaker, Zéliewhen you begin. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I believe that the engine driving the four Z generators at the power-house indicated as high as seventy horse-power at the time the locomotive was actually in service. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This ascertained, Zélie smiled, well pleased. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But Zélie again interposed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have not thought of Messieurs A---- and Z----. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mademoiselle Zélie looked round. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I could not talk to Messieurs A---- and Z----, the Parisian Academicians: all my new credit for manner would be put in peril. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Two of the Z type dynamos were used for generating the current, which was conveyed to the two rails of the road by underground conductors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Votre travail dans ma maison a toujours été admirable, rempli de zèle et de discrétion: vous avez bien le droit de vous amuser. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At the generating station at Menlo Park four Z dynamos of 110 volts were used, connected two in series, in multiple arc, giving a line voltage of 220. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There must be good in you, Ginevra, to speak so honestly; that snake, Zélie St. Pierre, could not utter what you have uttered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- After fourteen thousand generations, six new species, marked by the letters n14 to z14, are supposed to have been produced. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- For the locomotive a four-wheel iron truck was used, and upon it was mounted one of the long Z type 110-volt Edison dynamos, with a capacity of 75 amperes, which was to be used as a motor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The quadrant, B, has cogs cut, between which Z slides and stops the motion of A, which is moved, as before, by clockwork. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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