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Main definitions of h in English

: h1H2H3

h1

Pronunciation /āCH/ /eɪtʃ/

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abbreviation

  • 1(in measuring the height of horses) hand(s)

    • ‘pinto pony gelding—quiet, 13.3 h, great with kids’

  • 2in combination (in units of measurement) hecto-

    • ‘wine production reached 624,000 hl last year’

  • 3Horse.

  • 4(especially with reference to water) hot.

    • ‘nine rooms, all with h & c’

  • 5Hour(s)

    • ‘breakfast at 0700 h’

Physics

  • Planck's constant.

Main definitions of H in English

: h1H2H3

H2

(also h)

Pronunciation /āCH/ /eɪtʃ/

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nounHs, H's

  • 1The eighth letter of the alphabet.

    1. 1.1Denoting the next after G in a set of items, categories, etc.
    2. 1.2hChess Denoting the file on the right-hand edge of the board, as viewed from White's side.

  • 2HA shape like that of a capital H.

    • ‘a widened H-strap for lateral support’

  • 3HMusic
    (in the German system) the note B natural.

Main definitions of H in English

: h1H2H3

H3

Pronunciation /āCH/ /eɪtʃ/

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abbreviation

  • 1Hard (used in describing grades of pencil lead)

    • ‘a 2H pencil’

  • 2Height (in giving the dimensions of an object)

    • ‘H 195 cm by W 107 cm by D 52 cm’

  • 3Physics
    Henry(s).

  • 4informal Heroin.

    • ‘“Tell me it's not heroin.” “It's not H”’

  • 1Chemistry
    Enthalpy.

  • 2The chemical element hydrogen.

  • 3Physics
    Magnetic field strength.

Pronunciation

H

/āCH/ /eɪtʃ/