Q
The Latin alphabet | |||||
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Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | ||
Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj |
Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp |
Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | |
Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz |
Q is the seventeenth (number 17) letter in the English alphabet. It is nearly always followed by a silent letter U. Q makes a kw sound as in quick or a k sound as in unique.
Below are some ancient ways of writing Q.
Egyptian hieroglyph Q | Phoenician Q | Etruscan Q | Greek Qoppa | ||
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Meanings for Q
- In chess, Q is used to mean the queen piece.
- In English, Q can be a short letter for 'question'.
- In a deck of playing cards, Q is used to mark each of the queens.
- In science fiction, Q is a character in several Star Trek television shows.
- Q is also the name of a character in the James Bond film series, who was played by Desmond Llewelyn (and John Cleese after Desmond Llewelyn died).
- In Internet slang, "q" is used for the Spanish word "que", which means "that", "which", or "what".
- In physics, q is used to mean charge[1]
Q Media
A long-tailed Q as drawn by French typographer Geoffroy Tory in his 1529 book, Champfleury
The printed long-tailed Q was inspired by ancient Roman square capitals: this long-tailed Q, used here in the Latin word "POPVLVSQVE", was carved into Trajan's column c. AD 113.
References
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- ↑ "Electric Charge (Q or q)" (PDF). www.physics.sfsu.edu. San Francisco State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.