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floppy | x |

As an adjective floppy

is limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.

As a noun floppy

is (computing) a floppy disk.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

floppy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
  • * 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 3,
    • The smile, the white collar worn with a dark shirt, the floppy breast-pocket handkerchief would surely be famous when the chaps in the rows behind were mere forgotten grins and frowns.

    Derived terms

    * floppy disk, floppy disc

    Noun

    (floppies)
  • (computing) A floppy disk

    • Synonyms

    * diskette

    Derived terms

    * mini-floppy * micro-floppy

    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 ----