Z

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Z mean? 

• Z (noun)
  The noun Z has 2 senses:

1. the ending of a series or sequence

2. the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

  Familiarity information: Z used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• Z (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ending of a series or sequence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

omega; Z

Context example:

the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end

Hypernyms ("Z" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ezed; izzard; Z; zed; zee

Context example:

he doesn't know A from izzard

Hypernyms ("Z" is a kind of...):

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("Z" is a member of...):

Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet (the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe)

 Context examples 

The measurement of a lesion in the 'Z' (third) dimension.

(Performed Lesion Description Z Dimension, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(z) subunit alpha, is involved in G-protein coupled signal cascade progression.

(GNAZ wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

“I’m not clever enough or slow enough for their Z-Z fashions,” said he.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This allele, which encodes cathepsin Z protein, plays a role in the release of C-terminal amino acids from lysosomal proteins.

(CTSZ wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Cathepsin Z (303 aa, ~34 kDa) is encoded by the human CTSZ gene.

(Cathepsin Z, NCI Thesaurus)

Oh, he knew it all, and knew them well, from A to Z.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The six residues involved in the binding are in positions 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12; these residues are denoted by X, Y, Z, -Y, -X and -Z.

(Calcium-Binding Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

There was not a baronet from A to Z whom her feelings could have so willingly acknowledged as an equal.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

An electrocardiogram (ECG) lead placement for determining 3 orthogonal components X (back to front), Y (right to left) and Z (foot to head) of the heart.

(Lead Placement McFee-Parungao, NCI Thesaurus)

The lower limit on timing values to be included in the calculation of Lambda z.

(Lambda Z Time Lower Limit, NCI Thesaurus)