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a | en |

As a letter a

is the letter a with a tilde.

As a pronoun en is

he, him.

a

Translingual

Etymology 1

From (etyl) letter .

Letter

  • The first letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script) *

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (Marks the first item in a list)
    • A . Go to the store. B. Get some food. C. Return home. D. Eat.
  • A hypothetical item or person designated first when there are more than one.
    • Person A had 5 apples, and person B...
  • The hexadecimal digit for 10
    • 0x0000000A
    The value is hexadecimal A 0, or decimal 160.
  • A standard size of dry cell battery slightly larger than a AA battery.
  • A system of paper sizes with similar proportions, as , etc.
    • See also
    * (previous) , (next) B

    Related terms

    (Letters sharing the same origin as "A") * Arabic * Coptic * Cyrillic * Devan?gari * Greek * Hebrew * Phoenician * Syriac

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of various terms.

    Symbol

    (head)
  • Symbol for the element Argon (Since 1956 has been changed to Ar).
  • area

    • Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • ampere, a unit of electrical current.
  • IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for adenine in genetic code.
  • IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for alanine in proteins.
  • Austria

    • See also

    {{Letter, page=A , NATO=Alpha , Morse=·– , Character=A1 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin A.png, Capital and lowercase versions of A , in normal and italic type File:Fraktur letter A.png, Uppercase and lowercase A in Fraktur File:UncialA-01.svg, A in uncial script

    External links

    * (wikipedia "A")

    References

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    en

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

    (head)
  • English

    • Etymology 2

    The name of the letter comes from (etyl) en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • The ems and ens at the beginnings and ends.
  • (typography) A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).
    • Derived terms
    * (typography) en dash * (typography) en quad * (typography) en space
    See also
    *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
    • Derived terms
    * en ami * en banc * en bloc * en brochette * en clair * en effet * en famille * en femme * * en garde * en masse * en pantoufles * en passant * * en retard * en retraite * en revanche * en route * en secondes noces * en suite

    Anagrams

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