Dictionary
I
iPronunciation: (ī), [key]—
n.,
—pl. I's or Is, i's or is.
1. the ninth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter
I or
i, as in
big, nice, or
ski.
3. something having the shape of an
I.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter
I or
i.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter
I or
i.I
Pronunciation: (ī), [key]
—pron., nom. I,
—poss. my or mine,
—obj. me;
—pl. nom. we,
—poss. our or ours,
—obj. us;
—n., pl. I's.
—
pron.
the nominative singular pronoun, used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself.
—
n.
1. (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
2. Metaphys.the ego.
I
interstate (used with a number to designate an interstate highway):
I-95. I
—
Symbol.
1. the ninth in order or in a series.
2. (sometimes l.c.) the Roman numeral for 1. Cf.
Roman numerals.
3. Chem.iodine.
4. Biochem.isoleucine.
5. Elect.current.
6. Logic.See
particular affirmative. i
Math.
1. Also called imaginary unit. the imaginary number
.
2. a unit vector on the
x-axis of a coordinate system.
I
—
Symbol, Physics. isotopic spin.
i-
var. of
y-. -i-
the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as
-o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin, if the second element is of Latin origin:
cuneiform; Frenchify. I.
1. Independent.
2. Island; Islands.
3. Isle; Isles.
i.
1. imperator.
2. incisor.
3. interest.
4. intransitive.
5. island.
6. isle; isles.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
