h
Alternative form of H.
Adjective
- Alternative form of H.
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1-h TL FM a-h conduction time aspirated h Germanic h h-back h bar h-dropping h-index h-prothesis h-system h-word mute h silent h unaspirated h ¼ h
Character
- The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
Forms
Noun
- Abbreviation of hour, particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units.
- Another instance: 2ʰ28ᵐ p. m., 10 micra; 3ʰ08ᵐ p. m., 0 micra; irrigated with water: 3ʰ09ᵐ p. m., 4 micra. - 1908, Francis Ernest Lloyd, The Physiology of Stomata, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 83:
- Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player.
- Abbreviation of heroin.
- Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number).
- If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video). - 1989, PC: The Independent Guide to IBM Personal Computers:
- The commands assume that the NV memory is addressed beginning at 8000h in external data memory. - 1994, Jan Axelson, The microcontroller idea book, page 47:
- Abbreviation of home phone.
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Numeral
- The eighth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.