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width | x |

As a noun width

is the state of being wide.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

width

English

Noun

(wikipedia width) (en noun)
  • The state of being wide.
  • The measurement of the extent of something from side to side.
  • A piece of material measured along its smaller dimension, especially fabric.
  • (cricket) The horizontal distance between a batsman and the ball as it passes him.
  • (sports) The use of all the width of the pitch, from one side to the other.
    • Manchester United like to play with width .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England looked to put width on the ball after the restart, Armitage very nearly going over in the corner only for the video referee to decide his foot was in touch. But Armitage did get on the score-sheet five minutes later, Ben Foden straightening and putting the London Irish man in. }}

    Synonyms

    * (extent or measure of how broad or wide something is) breadth

    Related terms

    * wide * wideness * breadth

    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 ----