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Z vs U - What's the difference?

z | u |

As letters the difference between z and u

is that z is the letter z with a while u is the letter u with an acute accent.

z

Translingual

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Letter

  • The twenty-sixth letter of the .

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * Greek .

    Symbol

    (Voiced alveolar fricative) (head)
    • f \left ( x , y , z \right ) = \sin x + \cos y + \tan z
    • x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1
    • \left \Vert z \right \Vert = z \cdot \bar z
    • P[Z > z] = 1 - P[Z < z] = 1 - \Phi(z)
  • Quantity along the third axis in a three-dimensional system, vertical when applicable.
  • voiced alveolar fricative

    • Derived terms

    ; Prefix zepto- * (zA) * (zcd) * (zK) * (zkg) * (zm) * (zmol) * (zs) * (zBq) * (zC) * (zF) * (zGy) * (zH) * (zHz) * (zJ) * (zkat) * (zlm) * (zlx) * (zN) * * (zPa) * (zrad) * (zS) * (zSv) * (zsr) * (zT) * (zV) * (zW) * (zWb)

    See also

    {{Letter , page=Z , NATO=Zulu , Morse=––·· , Character=Z , Braille=? }} Image:Latin Z.png, Capital and lowercase versions of Z , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter Z.png, Uppercase and lowercase Z in Fraktur ----

    u

    Translingual

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    Etymology 1

    Minuscule variation of U, a modern variation of classical Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter .

    Letter

  • The twenty-first letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script) * (other scripts) Cyrillic * (wikipedia "u")

    Etymology 2

    Symbol

    (head)
  • symbol for unified atomic mass unit
  • ).
  • (label) up quark

    • See also

    {{Letter , page=U , NATO=Uniform , Morse=··– , Character=U , Braille=? }} Image:Latin U.png, Capital and lowercase versions of U , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter U.png, Uppercase and lowercase U in Fraktur ----