Definition of Y's

Babylon English
y
n. 25th letter of the alphabet

Y (yttrium)
n. metallic chemical element (Chemistry)

y. (yard)
n. abbreviation for yard, measure of length equal to 3 feet or 0.91 meters

y. (year)
n. period of time equal to 12 months

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Y's Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Y
Fifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is an A.D.R.

Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
Y
ALLEGHANY CORP
Exchange: NYSE
Holding company with subsidiaries which underwrite and sell property and casualty reinsurance and insurance; Perform asset management services, including trustee, planning, design, investment management and other administrative services, and other financial management services, including equity, fixed income and balanced account

YPF
Y P F SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
Exchange: NYSE
Explores for, develops and produces oil and natural gas worldwide; And refines, markets, transports and distributes oil and petroleum products, petroleum derivatives, petrochemicals and liquid petroleum gas.


Y's Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Y
1. General purpose language syntactically like RATFOR, semantically like C. Lacks structures and pointers. Used as a source language for Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser's peephole optimiser which inspired GCC RTL and other optimisation ideas.
ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/pub/y+po.tar.Z. It is a copy of the original distribution from the University of Arizona during the early 80's, totally unsupported.
["The Y Programming Language", D.R. Hanson, SIGPLAN Notices 16(2):59-68 (Feb 1981)].
[Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser, "The Design and Application of a Retargetable Peephole Optimiser", TOPLAS, Apr. 1980].
[Jack W. Davidson, "Simplifying Code Through Peephole Optimisation" Technical Report TR81-19, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1981].
[Jack W. Davidson and Christopher W. Fraser, "Register Allocation and Exhaustive Peephole Optimisation" Software-Practice and Experience, Sep. 1984].
2. See fixed point combinator.

Computer Abbreviations v1.5
Y
Amiga Yabba Compressed Archive File
Yaac Grammar File
Desktop Color Separation Specification Yellow Layer (usually an EPS file)

JDK Doc(JAVA)
y
- Variable in class java.awt.Event 
public int y
The y coordinate of the event. Replaced by MouseEvent.getY()See Also: java.awt.MouseEvent#getY()

y *10
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.Arc2D.Float 
public float y
The y coordinate of the upper left corner of the arc.

y *11
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.Arc2D.Double 
public double y
The y coordinate of the upper left corner of the arc.

y *12
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D.Float 
public float y
The y coordinate of the upper left corner of this Ellipse2D.

y *13
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D.Double 
public double y
The y coordinate of the upper left corner of this Ellipse2D.

y *2
- Variable in class java.awt.Point 
public int y
The y coordinate. If no y coordinate is set it will default to '0'.See Also:  getLocation() , Move()

y *3
- Variable in class java.awt.Rectangle 
public int y
The y coordinate of the Rectangle.See Also:  setLocation(int, int) , getLocation()

y *4
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D.Float 
public float y
The y coordinate of this Rectangle2D.Since: JDK1.2

y *5
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D.Double 
public double y
The y coordinate of this Rectangle2D.Since: JDK1.2

y *6
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.RoundRectangle2D.Float 
public float y
The Y coordinate of this RoundRectangle2D.

y *7
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.RoundRectangle2D.Double 
public double y
The Y coordinate of this RoundRectangle2D.

y *8
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.Point2D.Float 
public float y
The Y coordinate of this Point2D.Since: JDK1.2

y *9
- Variable in class java.awt.geom.Point2D.Double 
public double y
The Y coordinate of this Point2D.Since: JDK1.2

DW and OLAP terms
Y
There are no glossary terms that begin with this letter.

Video Essentials Glossary of Terms
Y
This is an abbreviation or symbol for luminance, the black & white information in a television signal.  

Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms
Y
Why?


Y's Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations
Y
search and rescue unit (SRU) error
  


Y's Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Y's
(pl. )
of Y
  

Y

Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel.
  
(pron.)
I.
  
(n.)
Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.
  
(n.)
One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye.
  
(n.)
A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
  
(n.)
A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
  

Y-

Alt. of I-
  

A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use.
  

WordNet 2.0
Y
Noun
1. a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
(synonym) yttrium, atomic number 39
(hypernym) metallic element, metal
(substance-holonym) gadolinite, ytterbite
2. the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
(hypernym) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
(member-holonym) Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet

Australian Slang
y
suffix of nouns used colloquially: 1. as an endearment, or affectionately, especially with and among children: "doggy" = dog; 2. as a familiar abbreviation: "brekky" = breakfast; "Chrissy" = Christmas; "footy" = football; "piccy" = picture; 3. form nouns: "lefty" = left-winger; "stubby" = small, squat beer bottle; "stiffy" = erection


Dine at the Y
engage in cunnilingus

The Y
the YMCA or YWCA

ey
suffix of nouns used colloquially: 1. as an endearment, or affectionately, especially with and among children: "doggey" = dog; 2. as a familiar abbreviation: "brekkey" = breakfast; "Chrissey" = Christmas; "footey" = football; "piccey" = picture; 3. form nouns: "leftey" = left-winger; "stubbey" = small, squat beer bottle; "stiffey" = erection

ie
suffix of nouns used colloquially: 1. as an endearment, or affectionately, especially with and among children: "doggie" = dog; 2. as a familiar abbreviation: "brekkie" = breakfast; "Chrissie" = Christmas; "footie" = football; "piccie" = picture; 3. form nouns: "leftie" = left-winger; "stubbie" = small, squat beer bottle; "stiffie" = erection; 4. instead of “-y”: Aussie = Aussy, etc.

Shakespeare Words
Y
CLAD

~ Y ~
YARE: ready, being understood

hEnglish - advanced version
y`s
y's see y

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Y
Y = the (preceding consonants)

Asen
Asen = n. a rib; a she ass. Asen y fran, spare rib of pork

Bwmp
Bwmp = n. hollow sound; Aderyn y bwn, a bittern

Haint
Haint = n. what is prevalent, an infection, disease, sickness. Haint y

Heol
Heol = n. a course, a road, a street, Heol, y gwynt, the milky way

Marchog
Marchog = n. a knight, a jug. Haint y marchogion, or Clwyf y marchogion,

Molog
Molog = a. full of humour; gummy. Y frech folog, the smallpox

Neidr
Neidr = n. a snake, an adder. Gwas y neidr, the dragon-fly

Nod
Nod = n. a token, a mark. Haint y nodau, the plague.
Hyd y nod, even, up to the mark

Perllan
Perllan = n. an orchard. Coch y berllan, a redstart

Piogen
Piogen = n. a pie. Piogen y coed, a jay

Ysnoden
Ysnoden = n. a fillet, a lace, a band. Ysnoden y mor, sea weeds



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  • Wergild 
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  • Witness, Credible /Credibility 
  • Witness, Expert 
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  • Work Made for Hire 
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  • Worker's /Workman's Compensation 
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  • Writ of Debt /Detinue /Dower 
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  • Writ of Praecipe /Prevention /Replevin /Rstn 
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  • Writ, Original 
  • Writing, Obligatory 
  • Writings & Recordings 
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  • Wrong 
  • Wrongful Discharge 

    - Y -

  • Year & Day 
  • Year Books 
  • Year, Fiscal 
  • Yeas & Nays 
  • Yeoman 
  • York, Statute Of 

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  • Zero-Based Budgeting 
  • Zero-Coupon Bond

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    • Y's Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

    Dictionary of Medicine (Shahram)
    Y (in chemistry)
    The symbol for the element yttrium, an ultrarare metal named after Ytterby in southern Sweden. Yttrium has been used in certain nuclear medicine scans.

    Y (in genetics)
    The Y chromosome, the sex chromosome found in normal males, together with an X chromosome.

    Labtests Abbreviations KÖRFEZLAB
    Y
    yttrium


    Y's Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

    Mineralogy Database
    Yttrium (Y )
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    VFA-13 Aviation Glossary
    Y
    Yankee

    ETSI and 3GPP
    Y
    luminance

    AERONAUTICAL ABBREVIATIONS
    Y
    Yankee

    Abbreviation Airbus A340
    Y
    Yellow

    HAM-codes
    y
    yankee

    General Chemistry Glossary
    yttrium (Y)
    Element 39, atomic weight 88.90585, a dark gray metal that is used in alloys and nuclear technology for its high neutron transparency. Yttrium compounds are used in the manufacture of color tv screens, superconducting ceramics, and fireproof bricks.


    Y's Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

    film and video
    Y
    This is an abbreviation or symbol for luminance, the black & white information in a television signal.


    Y's Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

    Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
    Ys (Video Game Series)
    (English ) is a Japanese-origin computer role-playing game series, and Nihon Falcom corporation's flagship franchise. It started on the NEC PC-8801 in 1987. Ys titles appear on the MSX2, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, Famicom, Super NES, PC, PlayStation 2, PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM, and cellular phone. "Y's", arises from a typographical error in the packaging of the English-language versions of the Sega Master System.

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    Y
    The letter Y is the twenty-fifth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled wye or occasionally wy , plural wyes.

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    Acute accent
    The acute accent ( ) is a  diacritic mark used in many modern written languages with alphabets based on the Latin and Greek scripts. The word acute is derived from the Latin acutus ("sharp"), itself a loan translation of the Greek  (oxýs).

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    Diminutive
    A diminutive is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment. It is the opposite of an augmentative. While many languages apply the grammatical diminutive to nouns, a few also use it for adjectives.

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    Emoticon
    A portmanteau of emotion and icon, an emoticon is a symbol or combination of symbols used to convey emotional content in written or message form. Some examples of text-based emoticons include: :-) :-( ;-)

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    Umlaut (diacritic)
    The umlaut mark (or simply umlaut) and the diaeresis mark (or simply diaeresis) or trema are two diacritics consisting of a pair of dots placed over a letter. When the vowel is an i, the diacritic replaces the tittle. The two diacritics are very similar in appearance, and the distinction between them is not always made.

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    Y...
    Y... (English: "And...") is the fourth single released from Mexican electronic-pop music band Belanova, taken from the album Cocktail.

    "Aún Así Te Vas" was picked as the official third single from the album Cocktail. but Universal Music Mexico thought it would be good to promote two singles at the same time, and they released "Y..." in July 2004 as a Radio single only, with big popularity on the most important Pop Radio Stations in Mexico, the song reached number thirty-one on the Mexican Top 100 Singles Chart.


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    Yahoo!
    Yahoo! Inc. is an American public corporation and global Internet services company. It provides a range of products and services including a web portal, a search engine, the Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, news, and posting. It was founded by Stanford University graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo in January of 1994 and incorporated on March 2, 1995. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

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    Yendri
    Yendri is a German solo electronic music project. Yendri prefers to describe her own work as simply electronic music. In addition to music, Yendri enjoys a multitude of art forms including painting and photography.

    Yendri's recent album, "Playdoll" was also the first to be released on the label of Rudy Ratzinger, Mental Ulcer Forges. Rudy found the music of Yendri to be quite interesting, listing Yendri on his Top 11[1] multiple times. Yendri shares this label with artists such as F/A/V, Cerebral Apoplexy, Recently Deceased, and others.


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    Ȳ
    (minuscule: ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from Y with the addition of a macron (¯).

    In modern dictionaries and textbooks for Latin and Old English, may be used to indicate a long "y" (IPA: ). In Latin, this only occurs in loanwords.


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