H (EN)

letter, noun, adjective, symbol

letter “H”

1. the uppercase form of the letter "h"
   Mellen Iech un, fir d'Iwwersetzungen vun den Beispillsätz an d'monolingual Definitioune vun all Wuert ze gesinn.

   Henry wrote his name with a capital H at the beginning.

noun “H”

1. used in journalism to mean a period of six months
   The company announced its new product will be launched in H2 of this year.
2. in baseball, it stands for the number of times a player successfully hits the ball
   In yesterday's game, the player's stats showed 3 Hs, marking his best performance this season.
3. a type of pencil known for its hard lead
   For detailed sketches, I always use an H pencil because it gives me fine lines without smudging.
4. slang term for the drug heroin
   He warned me to stay away from H, saying it was a one-way ticket to ruin.

adjective “H”

1. in linguistics, it refers to a dialect that is considered prestigious or of high social status
   In her country, speaking an H dialect was a clear sign of education and wealth.

symbol “H”

1. the symbol for hydrogen (the chemical element with the atomic number 1)
   Water is H₂O.
2. henry (a unit of measure for electrical inductance)
   The inductor in the circuit has a value of 10 H, indicating it has a high level of inductance.
3. Hamiltonian (a function in physics related to energy and dynamics)
   In quantum mechanics, H represents the total energy of the system.
4. the one-letter code for the amino acid histidine
   In the protein sequence, "H" stands for histidine.
5. homology group or cohomology group
   In our study, we found that the homology group H₁ of the torus has rank 2, indicating two independent cycles.
6. indicates a specific size for the cup of a bra
   She realized she had been wearing the wrong bra size for years, but after getting properly measured, she found out she was actually an H cup.