As a proper noun excellence
is a title of honor or respect; more common in the form excellency.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
excellence
Noun
(en-noun)
The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
Something in which one excels.
An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
Synonyms
* superiority
* pre-eminence
* perfection
* worth
* goodness
* purity
* greatness
See also
* par excellence
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x
Translingual
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wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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