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Definition(s) of “E”
e
symbol
• (also e − ) Chemistry an electron.
• ( e ) Mathematics the transcendental number that is the base of Napierian or natural logarithms, approximately equal to 2.71828.
e- 1
prefix
variant spelling of ex- 1 (as in elect, emit).
e- 2
prefix
(also E-) denoting anything in an electronic state, esp. the use of electronic data transfer in cyberspace for information exchange and financial transactions, esp. through the Internet : e-business | e-cash | e-world | e-zine.
ORIGIN from electronic , on the pattern of e-mail.
e 3 |ē|
noun ( pl. e's)
an e-mail system, message, or messages.
verb ( e'd, e'ing) [ trans. ]
1 send an e-mail to (someone) : e me to make an offer.
2 send (a message) by e-mail.
ORIGIN shortening.
ex- 1 (also e-)
prefix
1 out; outside of : expand | express.
2 up and away; upward : excel | extol.
3 thoroughly : exacerbate | excruciate.
4 removal or release : excommunicate | exculpate | expel.
5 forming verbs expressing inducement of a state : exasperate | excite.
6 forming nouns (from titles of office, status, etc.) expressing a former state : ex-husband | ex-convict.
ORIGIN from Latin ex ‘out of.’
USAGE Ex- is assimilated as ef- before f (as in effeminate). : Exfiltrate and : exfoliate and their derivatives are exceptions.
ex- 2
prefix
out : exodus | exorcism.
ORIGIN from Greek ex ‘out of.’
E 1 |ē| (also e)
noun ( pl. Es or E's )
1 the fifth letter of the alphabet.
• denoting the fifth in a set of items, categories, sizes, etc.
• ( e) Chess denoting the fifth file from the left, as viewed from White's side of the board.
• denoting the lowest-earning socioeconomic category for marketing purposes.
2 ( E) a shape like that of a capital E : [in combination ] an E-shaped stately home.
3 (usu. E) Music the third note of the diatonic scale of C major.
• a key based on a scale with E as its keynote.
E 2
abbreviation
• Earth.
• East or Eastern : 139° E.
• Easter.
• informal the drug Ecstasy or a tablet of Ecstasy.
• engineer or engineering.
• English.
• [in combination ] (also e) electronic : E-commerce.
symbol Physics
• electric field strength.
• electromotive force.
• energy : E = mc 2.
E 3
symbol
( ₠) euro(s).