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i in American English
abbreviation Math
1. Also called: imaginary unit
the imaginary number √̅－1
2.
a unit vector on the x -axis of a coordinate system
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I in American English 1
(ai) (pronoun nominative I, possessive my or mine, objective me, nominative plural we, possessive our or ours, objective us, noun plural I's)
pronoun
1.
the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself
noun
2.
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular)
3.Metaphysics
the ego
USAGE See me.
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Word origin
[bef. 900; ME ik, ich, i; OE ic, ih; c. G ich, ON ek, L ego, Gk ego᷄, OCS azŭ, Lith aš, Skt ahám]
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I in American English 2
abbreviation
interstate (used with a number to designate an interstate highway)
I-95
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I in American English 3
symbol
1.
the ninth in order or in a series
2.(sometimes lc)
the Roman numeral for 1
Compare Roman numerals
3.Chemistry
iodine
4.Biochemistry
isoleucine
5.Electricity
current
6.Logic See particular affirmative
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I in American English 4
symbol
Physics
isotopic spin
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I in American English
(ai) or i (ai)
nounWord forms: plural I's or Is, i's or is
1.
the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel
2.
any spoken sound represented by the letter I or i, as in big, nice, or ski
3.
something having the shape of an I
4.
a written or printed representation of the letter I or i
5.
a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter I or i
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i. in American English
abbreviation
1.
imperator
2.
incisor
3.
interest
4.
intransitive
5.
island
6.
isle; isles
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I. in American English
abbreviation
1.
Independent
2.
Island; Islands
3.
Isle; Isles
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i- in American English
prefix
var. of y-
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-i- in American English
connective vowel
the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin
cuneiform
Frenchify
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