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adit | x |

As a noun adit

is a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine as contrasted to a shaft which is a vertical entry passage an adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

adit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine as contrasted to a shaft which is a vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.
  • * 2006 , Mike Hetman, IronMiners.com [http://www.ironminers.com/ironmines/old-mine-1.htm]:
    • The Old Mine is currently entered through an upper adit as the main is no longer accessible.
  • * 2008 , Iain M. Banks, Matter , page 445:
    • The adit sloped downwards into the bowels of some long-fallen building, following a passage that had silted up when the city had first been buried.

    References

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    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 ----