
Q is the 17 (number)th letter of the Latin alphabet. The Semitic languages sound value of Qôp (perhaps originally ''qaw'' cord) was /q/ (voiceless uvular plosive). In Greek language this sign (called Qoppa in Greek) probably came to represent several labiovelar plosives, among them /k_w/ and /k_w_h/. These sounds changed to /p/ and /p_h/ respectively. Therefore, Qoppa was transformed into two letters: Qoppa, which stood for a number only, and Φι (Phi) which stood for the aspirated sound /p_h/ that came to be pronounced /f/ in Modern Greek. The Etruscans used Q only in conjunction with V, symbolizing thus a /k_w/. Some scholars claim that Q and Phi are unrelated. ==Usage== In most modern languages, Q is rather superfluous; in Romance language and Germanic languages languages it appears almost exclusively in the digraph QU. In English language this digraph most often denotes the cluster /kw/, as it does in Italian (where [w] is an allophone of /u/); in German, /kv/; and in French language, Spanish language, and Catalan language, /k/. (In Spanish and in French, ``qu'' replaces c for /k/ before the vowels i and e, since in those contexts ``c'' is a fricative.) In the Aymara language, Azeri language, Uzbek language, Quechua, and Tatar languages, Q is pronounced the same as the Semitic sound /q/, and Q is often used to transliterate /q/ Semitic languages. In Maltese language and Võro language, Q denotes the glottal stop. Quebec represents the letter Q in the NATO phonetic alphabet. ==Meanings for Q== * In biblical criticism, Q is an abbreviation used by scholars of the New Testament to describe the Q document, a hypothetical lost written "source" (German, ''Quelle,'' hence, ''Q'') behind the Synoptic Gospels. * In biochemistry, Q is the symbol for glutamine. * in chess, Q is a notation symbol for the Queen_(chess) piece * In computing: ** Q is the name of an "equational programming language"; see Q programming language. ** Q is the runtime component of the QSDK. * In engineering, Q is a symbol for characterizing filters; see Q factor. Q stands for quality. * In English language, Q can be an abbreviation for 'question'. * In film, Q is a character in the James Bond series; see Q (James Bond) (see also: science fiction, below). * in finance securities, Q is the stock symbol for Qwest * In List of international license plate codes, Q stands for Qatar. * In Financial economics q stands for Tobin's-q. * In literature, **Q is the title of a historical fiction by Luther Blissett (nom de plume); see Q (novel). **Q is the pen name of writer Arthur Quiller-Couch. **Q is the leading character in the famous Chinese novel ''A True Story of Ah Q'' by Lu Xun. Because of this novel, "Ah Q" in China means someone who always claims spiritual victory despite frequent defeat. * In marketing, Q is sometimes used as a synonym for Q Score * In mathematics, blackboard bold represents the rational numbers. * In medicine, Q is the name of a bacterial infection; see Q fever. "q" also is a medical abbreviation for every, often used to specify drug dosing schedules (e.g., q6h indicates every 6 hours; q4w indicates 4 times per week). * In military science, Q is the name for anti-submarine ships; see Q-ship. * In phonetics, lowercase [q] is the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for the voiceless uvular plosive. * In physics, Q is a symbol for electric charge or heat. * In fusion power, Q is the symbol for the fusion energy gain factor * In a deck of playing cards, Q is used to mark each of the queen (playing card). * In publishing, ''Q'' is the name of a British music magazine; see Q magazine *In radiotelegraphy and amateur radio, the Q code is a set of three-letter code signals. * In science fiction, Q is a character in several ''Star Trek'' spin-off series; see Q (Star Trek). * In video games, Q (Street Fighter character) is a character in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' series of fighting games. * Q was also the name for a number of comedy series written by and starring Spike Milligan * Q is an acronym for queue area * In economics, Q is usually used to represent quantity. * Q is an acronym for "queer", an appropriation of the historically pejorative word, now used neutrally or positively by those who strongly reject traditional gender identities. ==Q trivia== *Q is the only letter that does not appear in any US state name * The James Bond character Q (see Q (James Bond)) appears in every film except Live and Let Die ==See also== Latin letters als:Q la:Q simple:Q vi:Q yo:Q sn:Q
Hello there, Welcome, newcomers to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to wikipedians. If you need any questions answered about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the wikipedia:Village pump. BTW, nice work on the Netherlandic language article. Cheers! --user:maveric149
Why not leave the explications of the Q as symbol here? A disambiguation page is for something else. -- User:Docu I suggest we keep the disambiguation page, but also include the various uses of the letter here, consistent with the other letters. Afterall, the disambiguation page isn't really necessarily ment to be read. -- User:Docu
See other meanings of words starting from letter:A | B | C | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z |
Q
Q is the 17 (number)th letter of the Latin alphabet. The Semitic languages sound value of Qôp (perhaps originally ''qaw'' cord) was /q/ (voiceless uvular plosive). In Greek language this sign (called Qoppa in Greek) probably came to represent several labiovelar plosives, among them /k_w/ and /k_w_h/. These sounds changed to /p/ and /p_h/ respectively. Therefore, Qoppa was transformed into two letters: Qoppa, which stood for a number only, and Φι (Phi) which stood for the aspirated sound /p_h/ that came to be pronounced /f/ in Modern Greek. The Etruscans used Q only in conjunction with V, symbolizing thus a /k_w/. Some scholars claim that Q and Phi are unrelated. ==Usage== In most modern languages, Q is rather superfluous; in Romance language and Germanic languages languages it appears almost exclusively in the digraph QU. In English language this digraph most often denotes the cluster /kw/, as it does in Italian (where [w] is an allophone of /u/); in German, /kv/; and in French language, Spanish language, and Catalan language, /k/. (In Spanish and in French, ``qu'' replaces c for /k/ before the vowels i and e, since in those contexts ``c'' is a fricative.) In the Aymara language, Azeri language, Uzbek language, Quechua, and Tatar languages, Q is pronounced the same as the Semitic sound /q/, and Q is often used to transliterate /q/ Semitic languages. In Maltese language and Võro language, Q denotes the glottal stop. Quebec represents the letter Q in the NATO phonetic alphabet. ==Meanings for Q== * In biblical criticism, Q is an abbreviation used by scholars of the New Testament to describe the Q document, a hypothetical lost written "source" (German, ''Quelle,'' hence, ''Q'') behind the Synoptic Gospels. * In biochemistry, Q is the symbol for glutamine. * in chess, Q is a notation symbol for the Queen_(chess) piece * In computing: ** Q is the name of an "equational programming language"; see Q programming language. ** Q is the runtime component of the QSDK. * In engineering, Q is a symbol for characterizing filters; see Q factor. Q stands for quality. * In English language, Q can be an abbreviation for 'question'. * In film, Q is a character in the James Bond series; see Q (James Bond) (see also: science fiction, below). * in finance securities, Q is the stock symbol for Qwest * In List of international license plate codes, Q stands for Qatar. * In Financial economics q stands for Tobin's-q. * In literature, **Q is the title of a historical fiction by Luther Blissett (nom de plume); see Q (novel). **Q is the pen name of writer Arthur Quiller-Couch. **Q is the leading character in the famous Chinese novel ''A True Story of Ah Q'' by Lu Xun. Because of this novel, "Ah Q" in China means someone who always claims spiritual victory despite frequent defeat. * In marketing, Q is sometimes used as a synonym for Q Score * In mathematics, blackboard bold represents the rational numbers. * In medicine, Q is the name of a bacterial infection; see Q fever. "q" also is a medical abbreviation for every, often used to specify drug dosing schedules (e.g., q6h indicates every 6 hours; q4w indicates 4 times per week). * In military science, Q is the name for anti-submarine ships; see Q-ship. * In phonetics, lowercase [q] is the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for the voiceless uvular plosive. * In physics, Q is a symbol for electric charge or heat. * In fusion power, Q is the symbol for the fusion energy gain factor * In a deck of playing cards, Q is used to mark each of the queen (playing card). * In publishing, ''Q'' is the name of a British music magazine; see Q magazine *In radiotelegraphy and amateur radio, the Q code is a set of three-letter code signals. * In science fiction, Q is a character in several ''Star Trek'' spin-off series; see Q (Star Trek). * In video games, Q (Street Fighter character) is a character in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' series of fighting games. * Q was also the name for a number of comedy series written by and starring Spike Milligan * Q is an acronym for queue area * In economics, Q is usually used to represent quantity. * Q is an acronym for "queer", an appropriation of the historically pejorative word, now used neutrally or positively by those who strongly reject traditional gender identities. ==Q trivia== *Q is the only letter that does not appear in any US state name * The James Bond character Q (see Q (James Bond)) appears in every film except Live and Let Die ==See also== Latin letters als:Q la:Q simple:Q vi:Q yo:Q sn:Q
Q
Q
Hello there, Welcome, newcomers to the 'pedia! I hope you like the place and decide to wikipedians. If you need any questions answered about the project then check out Wikipedia:Help or add a question to the wikipedia:Village pump. BTW, nice work on the Netherlandic language article. Cheers! --user:maveric149
Q
Why not leave the explications of the Q as symbol here? A disambiguation page is for something else. -- User:Docu I suggest we keep the disambiguation page, but also include the various uses of the letter here, consistent with the other letters. Afterall, the disambiguation page isn't really necessarily ment to be read. -- User:Docu
See other meanings of words starting from letter:A | B | C | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z |
These materials are based on Wikipedia and licensed under the GNU FDL
YouTube.com videos better site than Turbo Tax 2007
