x (EN)

letter, conjunction, symbol

letter “x”

1. the lowercase form of the letter "X"
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   The word "xenon" starts with the letter "x".

conjunction “x”

1. used to indicate a collaboration between artists in music
   The new hit single features Billie Eilish x Khalid.

symbol “x”

1. a symbol for an unknown in mathematics
   If 3x = 9, then x equals 3.
2. in Cartesian coordinates, it represents the horizontal direction
   The axis in the chart are labelled x and y.
3. an alternative way to write the multiplication symbol ×
   The screen resolution is 1920x1080.
4. a measure of CD drive transfer speed, where one "x" equals 150 KiB per second
   My old CD drive has a maximum speed of 24x, which means it can read data at a rate of 3,600 KiB per second.
5. a measure of DVD drive transfer speed, where one "x" equals 1.32 MiB per second
   My new DVD drive has a speed of 16x, meaning it can transfer data at a rate of approximately 21.12 MiB per second.