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Alpha with acute and smooth breathing. Archaic letter denoting the absence of /h/prior to the vowel, with a high pitch on a short vowel or rising pitch on a long vowel. Ἂἂ. Alpha with grave and smooth breathing. Archaic letter denoting the absence of /h/prior to the vowel, with a normal or low pitch. Ἆἆ.
The number of distinct senses that are listed in Wiktionary is shown in the polysemy column. For example, "out" can refer to an escape, a removal from play in baseball, or any of 36 other concepts. On average, each word in the list has 15.38 senses. The sense count does not include the use of terms in phrasal verbs such as "put out" (as in ...
The word is used by Charles M. Schulz in a 1982 installment of his Peanuts comic strip, [49] and by Peter O'Donnell in his 1985 Modesty Blaise adventure novel Dead Man's Handle. Charlophobia – the fictional fear of any person named Charlotte or Charlie, mentioned in the comedic book A Duck is Watching Me: Strange and Unusual Phobias (2014 ...
List of chemical elements. 118 chemical elements have been identified and named officially by IUPAC. A chemical element, often simply called an element, is a type of atom which has a specific number of protons in its atomic nucleus (i.e., a specific atomic number, or Z ). [ 1]
t. e. Greek letters are used in mathematics, science, engineering, and other areas where mathematical notation is used as symbols for constants, special functions, and also conventionally for variables representing certain quantities. In these contexts, the capital letters and the small letters represent distinct and unrelated entities.
Nowadays, people say "GG" to mean good job on the game (these two letters also mean "Good Game"). GKD – gǎokuàidiǎn (搞快点), urge someone tospeed up, usually urging others to send the link/picture/video faster; GD – gōudā (勾搭), gang up with; HLL – huá lì lì (华丽丽), glamorous, high-profile [4] JC – jǐngchá (警察 ...
The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes. These roots are listed alphabetically on three pages: Greek and Latin roots from A to G. Greek and Latin roots from H to O. Greek and Latin roots from P to Z. Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are listed in the List of medical roots, suffixes and ...
Flags of certain countries at the Élysée Palace in Paris for a peace conference regarding Libya, 2011. The national flags (other than that of the host, France) are arranged in French alphabetical order: Allemagne, Belgique, Canada, Danemark, Émirats Arabes Unis, Espagne, États-Unis, Grèce, Irak, Italie, Jordanie, Maroc, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Qatar, Royaume-Uni.