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d | en |
The fourth letter of the .
D or notch.
cardinal number five hundred (500).
the (path-independent, ) differential of a quantity
voiced alveolar plosive
Image:Latin D.png, Capital and lowercase versions of D , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter D.png, Uppercase and lowercase D in Fraktur
Image:Uncial d.png, Approximate form of upper case letter D in uncial script that was the source for lower case d
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English
(typography) A unit of measurement equal to half of an em (half of the height of the type in use).
As a letter d
is the fourth letter of the.As a numeral d
is cardinal number five hundred (500).As a symbol d
is deuterium, when it needs to be distinguished from ordinary hydrogen.As a pronoun en is
he, him.d
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=c, next=e, image= (wikipedia d)Etymology 1
Modification of capital letter D, from (etyl) letter .Letter
Usage notes
The letter d is used in the alphabets of many languages, and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent the (.See also
(Latn-script) * (select similar letters and symbols) * (other scripts) * SeeEtymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral D, a standardization ofAlternative forms
* D,Numeral
Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as d, it represents five hundred thousand (500,000).See also
* Lesser roman numeral symbol: * Greater roman numeral symbol: *Etymology 3
Symbol
(Voiced alveolar plosive) (head)See also
* (mathematics) {{Letter , page=D , NATO=Delta , Morse=-ยทยท , Character=D4 , Braille=? }}en
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation.Noun
(head)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.