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j Meaning & Definition

What Does J Mean?

As a letter, j means The tenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. As a symbol, it means a palatal approximant a.k.a. yod. As a noun, it means A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint').

J Definition (Letter)

  1. The tenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

J as a Symbol

  1. a palatal approximant a.k.a. yod.
  2. palatalization ([j]-coloring) of a consonant; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [j] – see ʲ.
  3. one.

    ℥j

  4. imaginary unit
  5. The unit vector in the y direction.

Letter

  1. The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.

J as a Noun

  1. A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint').

    "I went outside to smoke myself a J" — Paul Simon, from the song "Late in the Evening" from the album, "One Trick Pony."

  2. An alternative version of i, the positive square root of -1; used in the context of electronics.
  3. The second unit vector, after i

J as an Adverb

  1. Abbreviation of just.

    im lwk j chillin wbu?

Synonyms of J

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J in a Sentence

℥j

"I went outside to smoke myself a J" — Paul Simon, from the song "Late in the Evening" from the album, "One Trick Pony."

im lwk j chillin wbu?

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