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h
1H
2[eych]
noun
plural
H's, Hs, h's, hs.the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
any spoken sound represented by the letter H or h, as in hot or behave.
something having the shape of an H .
a written or printed representation of the letter H or h.
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter H or h.
h
3H
5h.
6abbreviation
harbor.
hard.
hardness.
heavy sea.
height.
hence.
high.
Baseball.hit; hits.
horns.
Also hr. hour; hours.
hundred.
husband.
H.
7abbreviation
(in prescriptions) an hour.
H
1symbol
chem hydrogen
physics
magnetic field strength
Hamiltonian
electronics henry or henries
thermodynamics enthalpy
(on Brit pencils, signifying degree of hardness of lead) hard Compare B
H
2H
3H
slangheroin
abbreviation
Hungary (international car registration)
h
2/ ɪʃ /
noun
the eighth letter and sixth consonant of the modern English alphabet
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless glottal fricative, as in hat
something shaped like an H
( in combination )
an H-beam
h.
3abbreviation
harbour
height
hour
husband
h
4symbol
physics Planck constant
hecto-
chess See algebraic notation
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of h1
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