h
abbreviation
hard.
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h
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h
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Symbol, Physics.
H
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[aych]
/ eɪtʃ /
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h
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H's,
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Hs,
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h's,
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hs
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the eighth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter H or h, as in hot or behave.
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something having the shape of an H .
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a written or printed representation of the letter H or h.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter H or h.
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harbor.
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hard.
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hardness.
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heavy sea.
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height.
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hence.
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high.
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Baseball. hit; hits.
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horns.
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Also hr. hour; hours.
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hundred.
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husband.
H.
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H
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symbol
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chem hydrogen
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physics
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magnetic field strength
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Hamiltonian
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electronics henry or henries
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thermodynamics enthalpy
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(on Brit pencils, signifying degree of hardness of lead) hard Compare B
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slang heroin
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h
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/ eɪtʃ /
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the eighth letter and sixth consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a voiceless glottal fricative, as in hat
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something shaped like an H
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( in combination )
an H-beam
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h.
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harbour
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height
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hour
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husband
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physics Planck constant
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hecto-
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chess See algebraic notation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of H.
From the Latin word hōra
Example Sentences
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The UK's cold weather comes as the EU's climate service says global warming has for the first time h exceeded the 1.5C warning limit across an entire year.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024
Bee balm is a great addition to any existing pesto recipe as it blends well wit h basil.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2024
The battery showed a high reversible specific capacity of 1535.4 mA h g−1 for the first cycle at 0.2 A g−1 and an exceptional rate capability of 887 mA h g−1 at 5 A g−1.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023
At the beginning of a word, the letter h is never followed by a consonant.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Use an in front of words that start with these sounds: • The h that you can’t hear, as in heir, hour, honor, and herb.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Morningstar retains its fair-value estimate for A shares at 28.00 yuan but raises it to HK$33.00 from HK$32.00 for H shares, reflecting the Chinese yuan’s appreciation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
"There's a lot of opinions, and I purposely avoided the original movie and and the book before filming because I hadn't seen it or read it," Summer H Howell, who plays Carrie, tells Newsbeat.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
WWE chief content officer Triple H announced Funk’s death Tuesday afternoon on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Marvel announced the Black Panther three-quel with Jonsson appearing in front of thousands of fans at Comic-Con's famous Hall H.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
H: Ugh, I don’t know why you even hang out with her anymore.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
The starts of sessions 1 and 3 were separated by 24 h. c, Summary of stability across all 882 SMT-modulated CA1 cells.
From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017
RH Mercury Glass table lamp, 32.25" h. x 7.5" dia.;
From Architectural Digest ● Dec. 1, 2014
Screen print of Sweet Dreams, Baby! by Roy Lichtenstein, 35.5" h. x 25.5" w.;
From Architectural Digest ● Oct. 8, 2014
They are specially built, low-wing monoplanes, windowless, with retractable landing gear, designed to fly 170 m. p. h. with half-ton loads.
From Time Magazine Archive
J. L. P. from wm. madison peyton to mrs. john h. peyton.
The condition is named after Friedrich H. Lewy, the neurologist who discovered the brain abnormalities in the early 1900s, according to the Alzheimer’s Assn. website.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Carrie, played by Summer H. Howell, is forced to attend public school after her father, who kept her hidden away, dies in a work accident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Garfield, a pediatrician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, said his experiences with families in the neonatal intensive care unit helped motivate the research.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
You have a partnership with Swiss watchmaker H. Moser.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
She attached Dr. Harvey H. Hammer’s Guide to the Care and Feeding of Hamsters to the cage, along with a chart to make sure I was fed and my cage was cleaned on time.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
Preparation H’s blue and yellow package and blocky white logo appear sober by comparison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Junior H’s meteoric rise was made evident through 2024’s streaming data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
Baby H's mother told the inquiry Letby handed her a red box as her daughter was placed in an ambulance for transfer to another hospital on 27 September.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
“I think he really makes us go. You know, we all respect him so much. H’s a great leader, and, that’s nice to see him get rewarded with a couple of goals.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
She felt a twinge of embarrassment about the “handsome,” but she had run out of H’s and, frankly, she did find Simon pleasing to look at.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Hs later comments on race led to him saying that he felt ostracised by the scientific community.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Hs son, Michael, and grandson, Marco, each started 16 more 500s without a win.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2022
Hs 75-yard touchdown was reminiscent of his glory days with the Eagles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
"Hs pace of play was good, his conditioning was good. He looked like he was certainly ready to play, and prepared to play," Hynes said.
From Fox News ● Jan. 23, 2021
Hs hand was trembling as he put the phone down.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
It's a strong opening line, picking up on the hard h's of the title, powering in to the poem.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2011
Under those terms, the peasant is neither able nor eager to improve the land or h's farming methods.
From Time Magazine Archive
By the time he reached h's majority, the Sanson dynasty had become a kind of headsman's peerage.
From Time Magazine Archive
All that year, and the next, and the next, and the next, Wheeler and h's comrades fought the French from end to end of the peninsula.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scanning through the h’s, I find no Henkles listed in town, or in the neighboring towns.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
However says she hs no plans to put down her camera just yet.
From BBC ● May 18, 2025
That show — the first ever devoted exclusively to hs work — brought together 21 paintings and revealed many new insights.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
David Spade's mother, Judy, attends a taping of his show "Lights Out," on her birthday and suggests he goes too far in hs monologue sometimes, which prompts him to cut some jokes.
From Salon ● May 10, 2020
After his maiden victory in hs first race he has never raced below the allowance level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2020
Roughly speaking, I should say that in England he who bothers about his hs is a fool, and he who ridicules a dropped h a snob.
From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Bernard Shaw
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