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academician | x |

As a noun academician

is (now|chiefly|us) a member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

academician

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (now, chiefly, US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
  • A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.
  • *1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , Vintage 2007, page 9:
  • *:‘Well, after I had been in the room about ten minutes, talking to huge overdressed dowagers and tedious Academicians , I suddenly became conscious that some one was looking at me.’

    • Synonyms

    (member of university faculty) * academian * academic

    Derived terms

    * academicianship

    Related terms

    (terms related to academician) * academy * academia

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} 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 ----