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Process of not pronouncing an "h" sound
transcription delimiters. H-dropping or aitch-dropping is the deletion of the voiceless glottal fricative or "H-sound", [h]. The phenomenon is common
H-dropping
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up dropping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dropping is a gerundive of drop. It might refer to: Copula dropping G dropping H-dropping Initial
Dropping
Consonant sounds associated with the digraph ⟨ng⟩
have English as a first language. G-dropping is used frequently in pop culture such as music and movies. G-dropping is a linguistic phenomenon that has
Pronunciation_of_English_⟨ng⟩
soup. Yod-dropping is the elision of the /j/ from certain syllable-initial clusters of the type described above. Particular cases of yod-dropping may affect
Phonological history of English consonant clusters
Phonological_history_of_English_consonant_clusters
Sound changes
initial /h/ in Middle English. Reduction of /hj/ to /j/ in a few American and Irish dialects (so that hew is pronounced like yew). Yod-dropping – the elision
Phonological history of English consonants
Phonological_history_of_English_consonants
Pronunciation of 'r' across English dialects
commonly spelled hee-haw in American English. This one also factors in h-dropping. Southern American terms goober and pinder from KiKongo and ngubá and
Rhoticity_in_English
Skateboarding trick
Dropping in is a skateboarding trick with which a skateboarder starts skating a half-pipe by dropping into it from the coping instead of starting from
Dropping_in
Plant used for food, medicine or perfume
standard among American English speakers as well as those from regions where h-dropping occurs. In Canadian English, both pronunciations are common. In botany
Herb
Stage of the English language from the contemporary period
split, further changes to English phonology included: Non-rhotic (/ɹ/-dropping) accents develop in the English of England, Australasia, and South Africa
Modern_English
counties all around London in the 21st century, include: Not as much h-dropping as Cockney, but still more than RP Increased amount of th-fronting, like
English language in Southern England
English_language_in_Southern_England
Loss of the /h/ sound from ancient Greek
of initial /h/ in a word. Dialects that have lost /h/ are called psilotic. The linguistic phenomenon is comparable to that of h-dropping in dialects of
Psilosis
Leaving school before completion
risk of dropping out. Although since 1990 dropout rates have gone down from 20% to a low of 9% in 2010, the rate does not seem to be dropping since this
Dropping_out
Song from the musical My Fair Lady
Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen", which Eliza had failed before by H-dropping. The phrase does not appear in Shaw's original play Pygmalion, on which
The_Rain_in_Spain
Method of espionage tradecraft
S. 'dead-drop' sting", Bloomberg, 25 novembre 2019[1]. [2] [3] [4] Look up dead drop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton
Dead_drop
Accent and dialect of English in the Liverpool City Region
starting point ([ɑɪ]). The MOUTH vowel /aʊ/ is [aʊ], close to the RP norm. H-dropping, as in many other varieties of Northern England English. This renders
Scouse
1890 political cartoon by John Tenniel
Prophecy? (Dropping the Pilot) by Will Dyson, 1914 The Haunted Ship by Bernard Partridge, 1915 Dropping the Pirate by William H. Walker, 1918 Dropping the pilot
Dropping_the_Pilot
south of England, uses the short [a] in BATH. Many varieties undergo h-dropping, making harm and arm homophones. This is a feature of working-class accents
English_language_in_England
Solutions of the Einstein field equations which hold only approximately
perturbation, h {\displaystyle h} . Then one is able to solve the Einstein field equations as a series in h {\displaystyle h} , dropping higher order terms
Non-exact solutions in general relativity
Non-exact_solutions_in_general_relativity
English words "the", "a(n)", and sometimes "some"
particularly in England (such as Cockney), silence many or all initial h sounds (h-dropping), and so employ an in situations where it would not be used in the
English_articles
Dialect of the East Midlands, England
region in around 1960. The humorous spellings are designed to indicate H-dropping, the ’'Northern T-to-R rule'’ and /wi/, the non-Standard weakform of ⟨with⟩
East_Midlands_English
Phonology of the English language
loan words, such as "loch" or "Bach". This sound may not be a phoneme in H-dropping dialects. This phoneme is conventionally transcribed with the basic Latin
English_phonology
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨h⟩ in IPA
English-speakers as the "h" sound in "hut". The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨h⟩. A [h] sound may have real
Voiceless_glottal_fricative
2026 single by Olivia Rodrigo
"Drop Dead" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo, released on April 17, 2026, by Geffen Records as the lead single from her third
Drop_Dead
Phonology of the Dutch language
'weak hard g', in which /ɣ/ is realised as [ɦ] and /x/ is realised as [h]. They are h-dropping areas, so /ɦ/ does not merge with glottal variants of /ɣ/
Dutch_phonology
Dialect of English spoken in Birmingham, England
table outlines the Birmingham pronominal system. Note the frequent dropping of initial h and th sounds, as well as the unique possessive and object forms
Brummie_dialect
Dialect of English
those as a method of describing how Cajuns speak. H-dropping: words that begin with the letter /h/ are pronounced without it, so that hair sounds like
Cajun_English
Dialect of English spoken in East Anglia
century, a backer realisation is favoured, [ɑi]. Yod-dropping occurs after all consonants. Yod-dropping after alveolar consonants (/t, d, s, z, n, l/) is
East_Anglian_English
English dialects native to the Caribbean
wi or alawe, allayu or unu, and dem, den, deh. Consonant changes like h-dropping or th-stopping are common. Some might be "sing-songish"[clarification
Caribbean_English
Laboratory glassware used to transfer fluids slowly
stopcock which allows the flow to be controlled. Dropping funnels are useful for adding reagents slowly, i.e. drop-wise. This is desirable when the quick addition
Dropping_funnel
Topics referred to by the same term
Somme, in the Somme department 'Arry is also a nickname, an example of H dropping in the name Harry. Those with such a nickname include: Harry Redknapp
Arry
English-language dialect
'freezin, excitin, sleepin' (where G-dropping speakers pronounce the -ing syllable as [ɪn], while non-G-dropping speakers have /ɪŋ/); 'appy (/hæpi/),
Barrovian
Pacific severe tropical storm and North Indian cyclone in 1997
extreme southern Vietnam on November 2 with winds of 65 mph (105 km/h), dropping heavy rainfall. Once in the Gulf of Thailand it strengthened further
Tropical_Storm_Linda_(1997)
Dialect of English
like in most of Southern England. H-dropping is another feature which occurs in Cheshire English, in which the [h] sound is usually omitted from most
Cheshire_dialect
Expression considered non-standard, characteristic of uneducated speech or writing
hierarchy viewed as authoritative. For instance, the "misuse" of aspiration (H-dropping, such as pronouncing "have" as "'ave") has been considered a mark of the
Vulgarism
Dialect of Welsh English
and mouths is rendered as /θs/ instead of /ðz/. H-dropping is quite common in informal speech, although /h/ is pronounced in emphatic speech and while reading
Abercraf_English
Stage of development of English, starting late 15th century
Mancunian and Scouse. H-dropping at the start of words was common. In loanwords taken from Latin, Greek, or any Romance language, a written h was increasingly
Early_Modern_English
Scots variety spoken in and around Glasgow, Scotland
beginning "wh" (e.g. whine). There is no H-dropping except in unstressed cases of him and her. Yod-dropping only occurs after /l/ or /s/. Most Glasgow
Glasgow_dialect
American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896)
(May 16, 1861 – May 7, 1896), better known as Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or H. H. Holmes and also known by the aliases Alexander Bond, Harry Gordon, J.A.
H._H._Holmes
Demonym for people from Teesside, Northern England
mirrors other North Eastern dialects and contrasts with Yorkshire English. H-dropping is common in informal speech. This is considered unusual among most North
Smoggie
American actor (born 1950)
H. Macy. Wikiquote has quotations related to William H. Macy. William H. Macy at IMDb William H. Macy at the Internet Off-Broadway Database William H
William_H._Macy
American rock band
Dropping Daylight is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have performed with Jason Mraz, The Pixies, Plain White T's, Jonas Brothers
Dropping_Daylight
Sound system of Australian English
glottal stop in many places where a /t/ would be found, th-fronting, and h-dropping AusTalk is a database of Australian speech from all regions of the country
Australian_English_phonology
Variety of English language
accents preserve /h/ at the start of syllables, while perhaps a majority of the regional dialects of England participate in /h/ dropping, particularly in
American_English
Electrode that uses a liquid metal
ISBN 978-0-03-002078-0. Baars, A.; M. Sluyters-Rehbach; J. H. Sluyters (January 1994). "Application of the dropping mercury microelectrode (DMμE) in electrode kinetics
Liquid_metal_electrode
Chinese strategic bomber aircraft
Y-20's tanker variants. The Xi'an H-20 is expected to eventually assume this nuclear role. The initial H-6A variant dropped live nuclear weapons in nine of
Xi'an_H-6
Dialect spoken in the West Midlands, England
their vowels differ - [kɹɵɥ] and [kɹʊwɫ] respectively. H-dropping is common, in which the [h] sound is usually omitted from most words. There is no NG-coalescence
West_Midlands_English
President of the United States from 1989 to 1993
George H. W. Bush. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0-446-57990-2. Bush, George H. W. (2011). Engel, Jeffrey A. (ed.). The China Diary of George H. W.
George_H._W._Bush
Variety of English
the words more and farm. Phrase initially, /r/ is pronounced as [ɹ]. H-dropping is common in Saban dialects. [θ] becomes [ʔ] intervocalically and phrase
Saban_English
Mexican singer-songwriter (born 2001)
Antonio Herrera Pérez (born 23 April 2001), known professionally as Junior H, is a Mexican singer-songwriter. He is considered a major artist of the corridos
Junior_H
Dialect of English spoken in Wales
vowel of bird with /ɚ/, like in many varieties of North American English. H-dropping is common in many Welsh accents, especially southern varieties like Cardiff
Welsh_English
Style of knife blade
Drop point is a style of knife blade that slopes on the spine of the blade from the handle of the knife to the tip of the blade. This allows the spine
Drop_point
Tropical Storm One makes landfall in Haiti with 35 miles per hour (56 km/h), dropping heavy precipitation. In Ciudad Trujillo (now Santo Domingo), nine inches
Hurricanes_in_Hispaniola
Sudden change of rhythm or bass line
in which this can be done: "dropping on the one", where the transition occurs at the beginning of the bar, and "dropping at the four", where the transition
Drop_(music)
Letter that is not pronounced
non-rhotic accents, ⟨r⟩ is silent in such words as hard, feathered; in h-dropping accents, ⟨h⟩ is silent. A speaker may or may not pronounce ⟨t⟩ in often, the
Silent_letter
Defunct drop tower amusement ride
Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom (/zuːmɪnˈdʒɑːroʊ/, zoo-man-JARR-OH) was an amusement ride located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey
Zumanjaro:_Drop_of_Doom
Municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway
coat of arms. The dialect of the area was well known for its practice of H-dropping and the old and traditional pronunciation of the name of the municipality
Haram_Municipality
Historical racial classification rule
Rebellion of 1831, it refrained from establishing a one-drop rule. When a proposal was made by Travis H. Eppes and debated in 1853, representatives realized
One-drop_rule
Welsh English dialect
case of /t/. T-glottalization is uncommon but may occur word-finally. H-dropping also often occurs. /tr, dr/ are postalveolar affricates [t̠ɹ̠̊˔, d̠ɹ̠˔]
Port_Talbot_English
Sounds and pronunciation of the Nepali language
and 5 nasal vowels. In addition, due to a process of h-dropping, there are words with intervocalic h that speakers pronounce with a long, breathy-voiced
Nepali_phonology
Model of tower-based amusement ride
miles per hour (19 km/h). The car is held for multiple seconds, before it is launched downwards with a force of 1.5G, dropping almost to the ground. The
Turbo_Drop
Soft drink
Sun Drop is a citrus-flavored soft drink produced by Keurig Dr Pepper with a yellowish-green color. Among soft drinks, it is known for its high caffeine
Sun_Drop
American business executive, professional wrestling promoter and wrestler (born 1969)
Austin on October 17 at No Mercy before dropping the title to Big Show on November 14 at Survivor Series. Triple H then continued his feud with Mr. McMahon
Triple_H
Roller coaster at Six Flags Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia
launched upward at 24 miles per hour (39 km/h) before dropping down a 180-foot-tall (55 m) twisted drop into a set of airtime hills, turns, and a wave
Falcons_Flight
Drop towers at Great America
72 mph (116 km/h), respectively. Both Kings Island and Kings Dominion claim their respective attractions to be the tallest Gyro Drop towers in the world
Drop_Tower_(Six_Flags)
Drop tower amusement ride
it slides forward and hangs over the drop track for a few moments until the car is suddenly released, dropping riders 60 feet (18 m). Riders experience
Demon_Drop
2007 studio album by Cass McCombs
Dropping the Writ is the third studio album released by musician Cass McCombs. The album was released on October 9, 2007 by Domino Records. All tracks
Dropping_the_Writ
Sound changes
English, Hiberno-English, Newfoundland English, and Caribbean English. H-dropping begins in England and Welsh English, but this does not affect the upper-class
Phonological history of English
Phonological_history_of_English
English writer (1866–1946)
ISBN 9783034322034. JSTOR j.ctv346p26.9. H. G. Wells, Russia in the Shadows (New York: George H. Doran, 1921), p. 21. "H. G. Wells Interviews Joseph Stalin
H._G._Wells
American writer (1890–1937)
would no longer be modeled on H. P. Lovecraft in response to the author's views on race. After the World Fantasy Award dropped their connection to Lovecraft
H._P._Lovecraft
Municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway
1935–1937: Magnus Skeid 1938–1940: O.H. Drøpping 1941–1943: Petter Grinde 1943–1945: Kristian Kindsbekken 1945–1945: O.H. Drøpping 1946–1951: Magnus Skeid 1952–1955:
Tingvoll_Municipality
Anime and manga pornography
while a sex scene in a film, TV show or erotic game is called Hシーン (etchi shīn lit. 'H-scene'). The distinction outside of Japanese contexts between "hardcore"
Hentai
US employment visa for specialty occupations
The H-1B is a classification of non-immigrant visa in United States that allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations, as well
H-1B_visa
Glass object created by dripping molten glass into cold water
drops' counterintuitive properties. Prince Rupert's drops are produced by dropping molten glass drops into cold water. The glass rapidly cools and solidifies
Prince_Rupert's_drop
Regional variety of English, in Wales
sometimes pronounced [-θɪŋk]. H-dropping often occurs as the /h/ is only a marginal consonant in the dialect, being commonly dropped in the so-called 'weak forms';
Cardiff_English
Submarine of the Confederate States of America
H. L. Hunley, also known as the Hunley, CSS H. L. Hunley, or CSS Hunley, was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that fought in the American
H._L._Hunley
Topics referred to by the same term
two-letter combination used in some languages hj-reduction in English, dropping the /h/ sound before /j/ Hajji (Hj.), an Islamic honorific Handjob hic jacet
HJ
American spy action film series by Rich Wilkes
in development. The project will be a joint-venture production, with The H Collective and iQiyi after the former acquired franchise rights from Revolution
XXX_(film_series)
2020 studio album by Mike Shinoda
Dropped Frames is a multi-album project by American hip hop musician Mike Shinoda, currently consisting of three volumes. Dropped Frames, Vol. 1 was released
Dropped_Frames
New Zealand band
Retrieved 17 October 2019. Chait, Shaun. "Fat Freddy's Drop – Dropping In On Fat Freddy's Drop". NZ Musician. Archived from the original on 22 February
Fat_Freddy's_Drop
Species of hominid in the genus Homo
analysis predicts that 2% of early H. sapiens would be murdered, rising to 12% during the medieval period, before dropping to below 2% in modern times. There
Human
English drag performer (born 1999)
Sminty Drop is the stage name of Callum Joseph Alan Shaw (born 31 January 1999), an English drag queen who competed on the fourth series of RuPaul's Drag
Sminty_Drop
(replacing s by h and dh by d) and the Greeks would have transformed the latter as Indo‐ (Indoi, Latin Indica, India) with h dropped..." "Etymology of
Names_of_India
Family of IEEE standards for compatibility between operating systems
UNIX-based Applications" (SUA), later made deprecated in 2012 (Windows 8) and dropped in 2013 (2012 R2, 8.1). It enables full POSIX compliance for certain Microsoft
POSIX
1984 American horror film directed by Douglas Cheek
Its second week saw it dropping to #14 at the box office, with a gross of only $834,465 and a worldwide gross of $2,846,756. C.H.U.D. was released for
C.H.U.D.
Roller coasters at seven Six Flags parks
Steel Roller Coasters, Batman: The Ride ranked in the late 1990s before dropping off the poll and returning once in 2005. The original installation at Six
Batman:_The_Ride
2025 American film
V/H/S/Halloween (stylized as V/H/S/Ha//oween in marketing) is a 2025 American found footage horror anthology film produced by Bloody Disgusting. The sequel
V/H/S/Halloween
Star at the centre of the Solar System
H− ions, which absorb visible light easily. Conversely, the visible light perceived is produced as electrons react with hydrogen atoms to produce H−
Sun
Guyanese actress (born 1952)
Performers". August 3, 2020. Wikimedia Commons has media related to C. C. H. Pounder. Official website CCH Pounder at IMDb CCH Pounder at the TCM Movie
CCH_Pounder
Roller coaster at Kennywood
modified and renovated by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing for the 2001 season when it reopened as Phantom's Revenge. The second drop and track length were both
Phantom's_Revenge
Bomb mixed drink
A Jägerbomb (/ˈjeɪɡərˌbɒm/ ) is a bomb mixed drink made by dropping a shot of Jägermeister into an energy drink, typically Red Bull. A Jägerbomb is typically
Jägerbomb
Species of moth
Tarache terminimaculata, the curve-lined bird-dropping moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae (owlet moths). The species was described by Augustus
Tarache_terminimaculata
American politician
Royall H. Switzler (born September 27, 1938 in Boston) is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to
Royall_H._Switzler
its sequels M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1971) and M*A*S*H Mania (1977), the 1970 film adaptation of the novel, the television series M*A*S*H (1972–1983), AfterMASH
List_of_M*A*S*H_characters
American actress and model (born 1980)
series Two and a Half Men (2003–2015), Stacy Barrett on the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva (2009–2014), and Rita Farr on the Max series Titans (2018) and
April_Bowlby
Measure of the level of acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution
H + = a H + ( m ) = γ H + ( m ) ⋅ m H + {\displaystyle a_{H^{+}}=a_{H+}^{(m)}=\gamma _{H^{+}}^{(m)}\cdot m_{H^{+}}} , where m H + {\displaystyle m_{H+}}
PH
Globalization meta-process
Lambda dropping is performed in two steps, Sinking Parameter dropping A Lambda drop is applied to an expression which is part of a program. Dropping is controlled
Lambda_lifting
2008 World Wrestling Entertainment event
the match, when Triple H had held Orton in a sleeper hold, Cena picked up both Orton and Triple H for an FU, but Triple H dropped down and low blowed him
WrestleMania_XXIV
Cave in North Yorkshire, England
England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well. The latter is the oldest tourist attraction to charge a fee in England
Mother_Shipton's_Cave
Slovenian cyclist (born 1998)
55 km (34 mi) left, dropping everyone but van der Poel and Remco Evenepoel. Another acceleration from the Slovenian proceeded to drop Evenepoel on the Paterberg
Tadej_Pogačar
Language in which certain pronouns may sometimes be omitted
A pro-drop language (from "pronoun-dropping") is a language in which certain classes of pronouns may be omitted when they can be pragmatically or grammatically
Pro-drop_language
H DROPPING
H DROPPING
Boy/Male
Hindu
Selflessness, Eminent, {m}fascinating, {h}lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Tamil
{h}lord Vishnu, {m}bright night
Boy/Male
Indian
{h}name of Ganesh, {m}fire
Boy/Male
Hindu
{h}lord Vishnu, {m}bright night
Female
Hungarian
Hungarian legend name of the mother of the Hungarian people, possibly ENÉH means "deer."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Osmer with an inorganic initial H-.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Sultana
Boy/Male
Indian
Selflessness, Eminent, {m}fascinating, {h}lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Muslim
Selflessness, Eminent, {m}fascinating, {h}lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Tamil
Selflessness, Eminent, {m}fascinating, {h}lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Muslim
{h}goddess Parvati {m}almost perfect, Invisible
Boy/Male
Indian
The opener, The judge
Boy/Male
Muslim
The opener, The judge
Surname or Lastname
Variant spelling of Norwegian Høgset(h) (see Hogsett).English
Variant spelling of Norwegian Høgset(h) (see Hogsett).English : Reaney and Wilson record a 17th-century example of this name in Devon. Evidently an uncomplimentary nickname meaning ‘hog’s head’, it is no longer found in the British Isles.
Girl/Female
Muslim
{h}goddess Parvati {m}almost perfect, Invisible
Girl/Female
Tamil
{h}goddess Parvati {m}almost perfect, Invisible
Boy/Male
Muslim
Selflessness, Eminent, {m}fascinating, {h}lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Hindu
{h}goddess Parvati {m}almost perfect, Invisible
Boy/Male
Muslim
{h}name of Ganesh, {m}fire
Boy/Male
Tamil
{h}name of Ganesh, {m}fire
H DROPPING
H DROPPING
Girl/Female
Indian
Emotional; Beautiful; Goddess Parvati
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French hachet ‘small axe’, ‘hatchet’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of such implements, or perhaps a nickname of anecdotal origin.
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
Musical Spirit
Boy/Male
Bengali, Celebrity, Indian
The Moon
Boy/Male
Bengali, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Conqueror of the World; Faithful
Boy/Male
Teutonic American English Spanish
Shining friend.
Male
Hindi/Indian
(রবীনà§à¦¦à§à¦°) Variant spelling of Hindi Rabindra, RAVINDRA means "sun-Indra."
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil, Traditional
Beauty; Gods Blessed
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
The King
Boy/Male
Muslim
Waterfalls
H DROPPING
H DROPPING
H DROPPING
H DROPPING
H DROPPING
a.
Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
n.
Any North American river chub of the genus Hybopsis, esp. H. biguttatus.
n.
A binary compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus, sulphuric acid, H/SO/, is a sulphionide.
n.
A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
n.
The letter h or H.
n.
The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C/H/CO/H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
n.
An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.
a.
Designating the acid proper (C5H10(CO2/H)2) which is obtained from camphoric acid.
n.
The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)
n.
A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.
a.
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
n.
A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.
n.
A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials.
n.
A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing.
n.
Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.