E Definition

ē
noun
The fifth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek epsilon, a borrowing from the Phoenician.
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Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the vowel (e) of bed or (ē) of equal, or, when unstressed, (ə) as in father.
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A type or impression for e or E.
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The fifth in a sequence or group.
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An object shaped like E.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Electron.
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Earl.
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East.
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Earth.
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Eastern.
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prefix
Computer or computer network.
E-cash; e-zine.
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adjective
Of e or E.
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Fifth in a sequence or group.
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Shaped like E.
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affix

Ex-

Eject, emit.
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Done, made, purchased, etc. electronically, over the Internet.
E-banking, airline e-tickets.
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letter

The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

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The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

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numeral

The ordinal number fifth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

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The ordinal number fifth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.

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symbol

(ESRB rating) Everyone.

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East.

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(metrology) Symbol for the exaohm, an SI unit of electrical resistance equal to 1018 ohms.

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(computing) The ASCII control character enquiry in caret notation.

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pronoun

(history) A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei.

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(history) Its capital, also known as Echeng and Ezhou.

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Eye dialect spelling of he.

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Origin of E

  • From Mandarin 鄂 (È), formed as a phono-semantic character from 咢 ("beat a drum", reconstructed Old Chinese pronunciation *Ngˤak) + 阝, the combinatorial form of 邑 ("area", "place").

    From Wiktionary

  • A representation of the pronunciation of he by a speaker who does not use the voiceless glottal fricative or transition (IPA: [h]).

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  • The final vowel of hamster, as the initial vowel would be a homonym of -a- from rat

    From Wiktionary

  • e(lectronic) on the model of e-mail

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Sense 8, from Elohim

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • e(lectronic)

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

E Sentence Examples

  • During a small electric transfer through the cell, the external work done is Ee, where E is the electromotive force.

  • Q 1 The Unreduced Generating Function Which Enumerates The Covariants Of Degrees 0, 0' In The Coefficients And Order E In The Variables.

  • It is shown in the article on Combinatorial Analysis that (w; 0,n) is the coefficient of a e z w in the ascending expansion of the fraction 1-a.

  • A full account of his literary activity and ecclesiastical troubles will be found in Abbe Albert Houtin's La Question biblique au XIX e siècle (Paris, 2nd ed., 1902) and La Question biblique au XX e siècle (Paris, 1906), but the latter especially is largely unfair to the conservatives and sadly lacking in religious feeling.

  • The In- stituto Historico e Geographico Brazileiro, though devoted chiefly to historical research, has rendered noteworthy service in its encouragement of geographical exploration and by its publication of various scientific memoirs.

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