The 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek
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the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
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the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen
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the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d''Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"
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a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
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(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
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one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
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any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes
The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The
capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the
small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are
all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek
Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of
the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself
from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a
guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation;
and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the a sound,
the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols.
The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C),
or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale
in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the
treble staff. -- A sharp (A/) is the name of a musical tone
intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A/) is the name of a tone
intermediate between A and G.
An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and
signifying one or any, but less emphatically.
In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred
pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc.
prep.
In; on; at; by.
prep.
In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal
substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened
form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as
in a hunting, a building, a begging.
Of.
A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of
they.
An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter
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O fair Creseide, the flower and A per se Of Troy and Greece.
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A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
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The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek
An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.
In; on; at; by.
Of.
A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they.
An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter
A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3.
Usage Examples
A, A, , A.