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Y

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Noun

1. atomic number 39, y, yttrium

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

2. wye, y

the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Y

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nounWord forms: plural y's, Y's or Ys
1. 
the 25th letter of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a semivowel, as in yawn, or a vowel, as in symbol or shy
3. 
a. 
something shaped like a Y
b. 
(in combination)
a Y-cross
symbol for
1. 
the y-axis or a coordinate measured along the y-axis in a Cartesian coordinate system
2. 
an algebraic variable
symbol for
1. 
any unknown, unspecified, or variable factor, number, person, or thing
2. chemistry
yttrium
3. currency
a. 
yen
b. 
yuan
abbreviation for
year
abbreviation for
YMCA or YWCA

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Y

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noun
1. 
YMCA
2. 
YWCA
3. 
YMHA
4. 
YWHA
yotta-
yen
now usually ¥
1.  Electricity
admittance
2.  Chemistry
yttrium
nounWord forms: plural Y's or y's
1. 
the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek upsilon
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the semivowel ( (j) ; y) ) at the beginning of a syllable, as in yes or beyond, or the vowel ( (ɪ) ; i) ) of myth, ( (i) ; ē) ) of holy, or ( (aɪ) ; ī) ) of my
3. 
a type or impression for y or Y
4. 
the twenty-fifth in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like Y
adjective
6. 
of y or Y
7. 
twenty-fifth in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like Y
noun Ancient Mathematics
1. 
the second of a set of unknown quantities, x usually being the first
2. 
a variable
3. 
an ordinate
1. 
yard(s)
2. 
year(s)
3. 
yocto-

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Y

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suff.
1. Characterized by; consisting of: clayey.
2.
a. Like: summery.
b. To some degree; somewhat; rather: chilly.
3. Tending toward; inclined toward: sleepy.
n.
1. The Young Men's Christian Association, The Young Women's Christian Association, or one of their facilities. Used with the.
2. The Young Men's Hebrew Association, The Young Women's Hebrew Association, or one of their facilities. Used with the.
n. pl. y's or Y's also ys or Ys
1. The 25th letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter y.
3. The 25th in a series.
4. Something shaped like the letter Y.
suff.
1. Condition; state; quality: jealousy.
2.
a. Activity: cookery.
b. Instance of a specified action: entreaty.
3.
a. Place for an activity: cannery.
b. Result or product of an activity: laundry.
4. Collection; body; group: soldiery.
1. The symbol for yttrium.
2. The symbol for admittance.
3. The symbol for hypercharge.
The symbol for ordinate.
abbr.
year
suff.
1. Small one: doggy.
2. Dear one: sweetie.
3. One having to do with or characterized by: townie.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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