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i symbol [ ʌɪ ]

• the imaginary quantity equal to the square root of minus one.

-i- suffix

• a connecting vowel chiefly forming words ending in -ana, -ferous, -fic, -form, -fy, -gerous, -vorous.

-i suffix

• forming the plural of nouns adopted from Latin ending in -us.
• "foci"
• forming the plural of nouns adopted from Italian ending in -e or -o.
• "dilettanti"

-i suffix

• forming adjectives from names of countries or regions in the Near or Middle East.
• "Azerbaijani"
Origin: from Semitic and Indo-Iranian adjectival endings.

I noun

• the ninth letter of the alphabet.
• the Roman numeral for one.

I pronoun

• used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself.
• "accept me for what I am"

I noun

• (in metaphysics) the subject or object of self-consciousness; the ego.
Origin: Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ik and German ich, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ego and Greek egō .

I abbreviation

• Island(s) or Isle(s) (chiefly on maps).
• Italy (international vehicle registration).

I symbol

• electric current.
• "V = I/R"
• the chemical element iodine.

iodine noun

• the chemical element of atomic number 53, a non-metallic element forming black crystals and a violet vapour.
Origin: early 19th century: from French iode (from Greek iōdēs ‘violet-coloured’, from ion ‘violet’ + -eidēs ‘like’) + -ine4.


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