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eighth | x |

As an adjective eighth

is the ordinal form of the number eight.

As a noun eighth

is (eighth ones is used for the plural ) the person or thing in the eighth position.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

eighth

English

Adjective

(head)
  • The ordinal form of the number eight.

    • Synonyms

    * , 8th; (in names of monarchs and popes ) VIII

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (eighth ones is used for the plural ) The person or thing in the eighth position.
  • One of eight equal parts of a whole.
  • (slang) An "eighth" of an ounce equalling approximately 3.5 grams in marijuana or other drugs.

    • Synonyms

    * (person or thing in the eighth position) eighth one * (One of eight equal parts) , henry (for an eighth of an ounce of marijuana in the UK)

    Anagrams

    * English ordinal numbers

    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 ----