R

Abbreviation of restricted.

Adjective

  1. Abbreviation of restricted.
  2. Abbreviation of reverse.
  3. Abbreviation of right (as opposed to left).

Origin

Abbreviations.

Character

  1. The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.

Origin

From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter ÎĄ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐀓 (r, “reơ”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.

Forms

r Rs R's

Derived

R-coloured vowel vocalic R R-bomb R-CPD R number R-rated

Proper noun

  1. Abbreviation of Redactor(s) in the context of the documentary hypothesis, referring to a compiler and editor of the Torah.
    • One needs to be careful, however, to distinguish between original P and the work of the later priestly Redactor (R), who edited P and other documents in the postexilic period. - 2006, David Ringo Miano, Shadow on the...

Noun

  1. Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).

    Coordinate Terms: P R N D second gear first gear

  2. Symbol for radius.

    Coordinate Terms: D

  3. Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.
    • R-Texas

    Coordinate Terms: D

  4. Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.

    Related: R.

    1. (law) The Crown, the government of a monarchy.

      • The English case of R v R [1992] AC 599 ruled that rape can be committed by a husband against his wife.

      Related: R.

  5. Abbreviation of ring.
  6. Abbreviation of rook.
    • 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=) - 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 23:
    • The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+ Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+. - 2023 August 12, GM NoĂ«l Studer, “Mastering...
  7. Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.
  8. Abbreviation of Thursday.
    • Lecs, T R 9:05; lab, M T W R or F 1:25—4:25, or M or W 7:30—10:30 p.m. - 1986, Cornell University Courses of Study, page 250:
    • 8:30 MWF (3 x 1 hour) [
] 8:30-10 TR (2 x 1.5 hours) - 2000 August, M.W. Carter, “A Comprehensive Course Timetabling and Student Scheduling System at the University of Waterloo”, in Edmund Burke, Wilhelm Erben, editors,...
    • Office Hours: MTWRF: 9:00–11:00, 1:30–3:00 or stop by my office anytime. - 2007, W. Ted Mahavier, “Syllabus for Analysis” (Lamar University course syllabus), appendix II.A of Charles A. Coppin et al., The Moore Method:...
  9. Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.

Derived

CIIIR CRIII CR EIIR ER EVIIR GVR GVIR VIR VR VRI

Numeral

  1. The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.

Forms

r Rs R's

Pronoun

  1. Eye dialect spelling of I.

Origin

See I.

Wikipedia

R