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Virtual machine for interactive fiction games
The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games. Infocom compiled
Z-machine
Topics referred to by the same term
Z machine may refer to: Z-machine, a text-based game interpreter Z Pulsed Power Facility, an x-ray generator at Sandia National Laboratories, informally
Z_machine
Topics referred to by the same term
Z, z, -z, z', or z- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Z, or z, is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet. Z may also refer to: Z (1969
Z_(disambiguation)
World's largest pulsed power facility
The Z Pulsed Power Facility, informally known as the Z machine or simply Z, is the largest high frequency electromagnetic wave generator in the world,
Z_Pulsed_Power_Facility
Programming language and design system
Graham Nelson. Inform can generate programs designed for the Z-code or Glulx virtual machines. Versions 1 through 5 were released between 1993 and 1996.
Inform
Software genre
on a standardized virtual machine called the Z-machine. As the games were text based and used variants of the same Z-machine interpreter, the interpreter
Interactive_fiction
American software company
on a standardized virtual machine called the Z-machine. As the games were text based and used variants of the same Z-machine interpreter, the interpreter
Infocom
Software that emulates an entire computer
general-purpose engine like Infocom's z-machine, which Graham Nelson argues is "possibly the most portable virtual machine ever created". Significant advances
Virtual_machine
American rapper and businessman (born 1969)
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. In 2023, Billboard
Jay-Z
2013 film by Marc Forster
World War Z is a 2013 American action horror film starring Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, a former United Nations investigator who travels the world seeking
World_War_Z_(film)
Family of mainframe computers
IBM Z from IBM z Systems; the IBM Z family includes the newest model, the IBM z17, as well as the z16, z15, z14, and z13 (released under the IBM z Systems/IBM
IBM_Z
Powered mechanical device
A machine is a thermodynamic system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial
Machine
Plasma compressor and nuclear fusion system
direction of the current in the devices, the Z-axis on a Cartesian three-dimensional graph. Any machine that causes a pinch effect due to current running
Z-pinch
Line of gaming PCs
Steam Machine was in development as the "SMACH Z", previously dubbed "Smach Zero" or "Steamboy" by analogy to Nintendo's Game Boy. The SMACH Z was to
Steam_Machine
Subset of artificial intelligence
Machine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn
Machine_learning
National laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico
supercomputers, ASCI Red and ASCI Red Storm, and is currently home to the Z Machine, the largest X-ray generator in the world, which is designed to test materials
Sandia_National_Laboratories
Worldwide protests by Generation Z individuals
Indeed, a machine learning–generated study by Bloomberg Economics in late 2025, assessing 22 million data points on the dynamics surrounding Gen Z protests
Gen_Z_protests
Method of producing controlled nuclear fusion
fusion (MagLIF) is an ongoing Z-pinched-fusion power experiment being carried out on the Z Pulsed Power Facility (Z-machine) at Sandia National Laboratories
Magnetized liner inertial fusion
Magnetized_liner_inertial_fusion
Prototype microcomputer
The Commodore 900 (also known as the C900, Z-8000, and Z-Machine) was a prototype microcomputer originally intended for business computing and, later
Commodore_900
High-voltage pulse generator
generators is used by Sandia National Laboratories to generate X-rays in their Z Machine. The circuit generates a high-voltage pulse by charging a number of capacitors
Marx_generator
Cohort born from 1997 to 2012
Generation Z, often shortened to Gen Z and informally known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha
Generation_Z
Package format for interactive fiction games
format was devised by Andrew Plotkin and is used in both the Z-machine and Glulx virtual machines, as well as by the Glk library. In the days when games were
Blorb
English indie rock band
Retrieved 6 March 2010. "Florence and the Machine honoured to 'warm-up Isle of Wight Festival for Jay-Z'". NME. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original
Florence_and_the_Machine
Topics referred to by the same term
Z5 may refer to: Harbin Z-5, Chinese helicopter Mazda Z engine a file extension used by Z-machine Z5 (computer) designed by Konrad Zuse the GMG Airlines
Z5
Topics referred to by the same term
story files for the Infocom Z-machine BMW Z3, a BMW sports car model German destroyer Z3 Max Schultz, a Nazi Germany destroyer Z-3, American Blimp MZ-3 of
Z3
Virtual machine for interactive fiction games
machine intended for writing and playing interactive fiction. It was designed by Andrew Plotkin to relieve some of the restrictions in the Z-machine format
Glulx
Digital archive by the Internet Archive
The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, an American nonprofit organization based in San Francisco
Wayback_Machine
American blues singer (1935–1984)
Arzell J. "Z. Z." Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984) was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including
Z._Z._Hill
Computer operating system
z/VM is the current version in IBM's VM family of virtual machine operating systems. First released in October 2000, z/VM remains in active use and development
Z/VM
Topics referred to by the same term
services company Zilch (software), a compiler used by Infocom to create Z-machine games Zilch (electromagnetism), a group of conserved quantities of the
Zilch
British fusion research company
pressure record on Sandia’s Z Machine using its pressure amplifier technology. In its second experiment on the Z Machine, First Light recorded an output
First_Light_Fusion
Extension of the factorial function
( z ) = e − 1 2 + 0 − z + 1 z − 1 2 + 2 − z + 2 z − 2 2 + 4 − z + 3 z − 3 2 + 6 − z + 4 z − 4 2 + 8 − z + 5 z − 5 2 + 10 − z + ⋱ + e − 1 z + 0 − z +
Gamma_function
Algorithm for modelling sequential data
1:length(z_e) do z_e[t] ← z_e[t] + z_e_copy[t] /* second sublayer */ z_e_copy ← copy(z_e) for each t in 1:length(z_e) do z_e[t] ← layer.layer_norm(z_e[t]) z_e
Transformer_(deep_learning)
Device for measuring the geometry of objects
XYZ axes). In addition to moving the probe along the X, Y, and Z axes, many machines also allow the probe angle to be controlled to allow measurement
Coordinate-measuring_machine
2014 EP by Squarepusher
robots that comprise the Z-Machines. Having been approached by the team of Japanese roboticists behind the three Z-Machine robots to compose music for
Music_for_Robots_(EP)
2003 video game
Retrieved 2006-12-22. Z-Code executable for Slouching Towards Bedlam - The original competition release. Requires a Z-machine interpreter to use. Complete
Slouching_Towards_Bedlam
Portable application programming interface
these programs mostly include interactive fiction (IF) interpreters for Z-machine, TADS, Glulx, and Hugo games, and IF games written in more obscure file
Glk_(software)
Motor vehicle
Z is a model series of sports cars manufactured by Nissan since 1969. The original Z was first sold in October 1969 in Japan as the Nissan Fairlady Z
Nissan_Z-car
2014 studio album by Devin Townsend Project
Z² (short for Ziltoid 2; pronounced "zed squared" or alternatively "zee two") is a double album by Canadian musician Devin Townsend and his musical project
Z²
Communication between devices
Machine to machine (M2M) is direct communication between devices using any communications channel, including wired and wireless. M2M communication can
Machine_to_machine
1989–1996 television series based on the manga of the same name
Dragon Ball Z (DBZ) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the Dragon Ball media franchise, it serves as a direct sequel
Dragon_Ball_Z
Topics referred to by the same term
dancing and similar performance Zork Implementation Language, used by the Z-machine ZFS Intent Log, where ZFS transactions are assembled before committing;
Zil_(disambiguation)
1983 video game
re-released in Solid Gold versions with in-game hints. Planetfall uses the Z-machine originally developed for Zork and was added as a bonus to the Zork Anthology
Planetfall
Machine gun
ShKAS Vickers K machine gun List of firearms List of secondary and special-issue World War II infantry weapons "Maschinengewehr MG 81 MG 81 Z". www.deutscheluftwaffe
MG_81_machine_gun
rise time). At present the machine is operated with a maximum current of approximately 1.4 million amperes and operates as a z-pinch facility. The generator
MAGPIE
1983 video game
a murder mystery. The Witness was written in the ZIL language for the Z-machine, which allowed it to be released simultaneously on many systems. It is
The_Witness_(1983_video_game)
Group of American skateboarders
Z-Boys) were a group of American skateboarders in the mid-1970s from Santa Monica and Venice, California. Originally consisting of 12 members, the Z-boys
Z-Boys
Levels of security details provided to individuals in India
perception to the person, the category is divided into six tiers: SPG, Z+ (highest level), Z, Y+, Y and X. Individuals under this security blanket include (but
Security_categories_in_India
List of characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Contents: A–L (previous page) M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References Mary MacPherran (portrayed by Jameela Jamil), also known as Titania, is
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z
Characters_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_M–Z
Action figures made by Galoob
Micro Machines Zbots (or Z-Bots) are small action figures that were made by Galoob and first released in 1992 as part of its Micro Machines line of products
Zbots
Manufacturing processes using tools that can move in 4 or more directions
the workpiece is translated linearly along three axes (typically x, y, and z) and the tooling spindle is capable of rotation about an additional two axes
Multiaxis_machining
Computer control of machine tools
(CNC) or CNC machining is the automated control of machine tools by a computer. It is an evolution of numerical control (NC), where machine tools are directly
Computer_numerical_control
2019 studio album by Machine Gun Kelly
missed". AltPress. Yeung, Neil Z. "Machine Gun Kelly – Hotel Diablo". AllMusic. Papadatos, Markos (July 7, 2019). "Review: Machine Gun Kelly rocks on badass
Hotel_Diablo
Linear transform from the time domain to the frequency domain
X ( z ) z = z 2 z ( z 2 − 1.5 z + 0.5 ) = z z 2 − 1.5 z + 0.5 {\displaystyle {\frac {X(z)}{z}}={\frac {z^{2}}{z(z^{2}-1.5\,z+0.5)}}={\frac {z}{z^{2}-1
Z-transform
9×19mm Parabellum, .45 ACP) Hafdasa C-2 (Argentina – machine pistol – 9×19mm Parabellum,.45 ACP) Hafdasa Z-4 (Argentina – submachine gun – 9×19mm Parabellum
List_of_firearms
Instruction set designed to be run by a software interpreter
Infocom used the Z-machine to make its software applications more portable Java bytecode, which is executed by the Java virtual machine ASM BCEL Javassist
Bytecode
Set of methods for supervised statistical learning
scaling, Z-score. Subtraction of mean and division by variance of each feature is usually used for SVM. In situ adaptive tabulation Kernel machines Fisher
Support_vector_machine
Formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems
The Z notation /ˈzɛd/ is a formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is targeted at the clear specification
Z_notation
Family of IBM operating systems
VM/CMS, is a family of virtual machine operating systems used on IBM mainframes including the System/370, System/390, IBM Z and compatible systems. It replaced
VM_(operating_system)
2009 studio album by Jay-Z
The Blueprint 3 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released September 8, 2009, on Roc Nation; through distribution from Atlantic Records
The_Blueprint_3
Technique for the generative modeling of a continuous probability distribution
_{t}}}z'} where z , z ′ {\textstyle z,z'} are IID Gaussians. There are 5 variables x 0 , x t − 1 , x t , z , z ′ {\textstyle x_{0},x_{t-1},x_{t},z,z'} and
Diffusion_model
refers to both application virtual machines and software responsible for implementing them. Application virtual machines are typically used to allow application
Comparison of application virtualization software
Comparison_of_application_virtualization_software
Fusion power reactor design
from machines based on the pinch effect that arranged their currents running down the centre of the cylinder; these became known as z-pinch machines, referring
Theta_pinch
Type of IBM mainframe processor
the Linux operating system. On IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE machines, IFLs can be used with or without hypervisors such as z/VM and KVM. IFLs are one of three
Integrated_Facility_for_Linux
Deep learning generative model to encode data representation
) = ∫ z p θ ( x , z ) d z , {\displaystyle p_{\theta }(x)=\int _{z}p_{\theta }({x,z})\,dz,} where p θ ( x , z ) {\displaystyle p_{\theta }({x,z})} represents
Variational_autoencoder
1979 video game
Robert Arnstein using a custom p-code machine with 32 instructions. Unlike the Infocom z-machine, this machine was specific to this game (e.g., command
Pyramid_2000
Japanese light novel series
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon (Japanese: 自動販売機に生まれ変わった俺は迷宮を彷徨う, Hepburn: Jidōhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyū o Samayō;
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
Reborn_as_a_Vending_Machine,_I_Now_Wander_the_Dungeon
Mathematical model of computation
Finite-state Machines. McGraw-Hill. Ginsburg, S. (1962). An Introduction to Mathematical Machine Theory. Addison-Wesley. ITU-T. "Recommendation Z.100 Specification
Finite-state_machine
Belgian musician
Will Z. is a musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and record producer from Belgium, leader of Cosmic Trip Machine and Black Moon Tape, and producer
Will_Z.
2007 studio album by Jay-Z
American Gangster is the tenth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z. It was conceived as a concept album—inspired by the 2007 film of the same name—and
American_Gangster_(album)
Multi-platform emulator for mainframe software
computers (System/370, System/390, and zSeries/System z) and for plug compatible mainframes (such as Amdahl machines) to run on other types of computer hardware
Hercules_(emulator)
List of characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M–Z (next page) See also References Ajak (portrayed by Salma Hayek) is the wise and spiritual leader of the Eternals
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: A–L
Characters_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_A–L
2009 box set by Ash
at the Wayback Machine and the assistance of their webmaster have allowed fans to create their own avatars and use emoticons in the A–Z style. Almost all
A–Z_Series
due to hardware or software limitations, or a machine that has a solenoid instead of a true, linear Z axis. A typical example involves an XY table that
2.5D_(machining)
List of concepts in artificial intelligence
of robotics, Glossary of machine vision, and Glossary of logic. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References A* search
Glossary of artificial intelligence
Glossary_of_artificial_intelligence
1995 video game
five of the Inform programming language, and compiled for the Z-machine, a virtual machine that allows interactive fiction to be played on a variety of
A_Change_in_the_Weather
American rapper and actor (born 1974)
favor of Columbia Records for the release of his fourth album Man vs. Machine (2002), which peaked at number three on the chart. Both albums were co-released
Xzibit
power accelerators. Sandia's roadmap includes another future Z machine version called ZN (Z Neutron) to test higher yields in fusion power and automation
Linear_transformer_driver
Topics referred to by the same term
Z8 or Z-8 or variation, may refer to: Motorola RIZR Z8, a smartphone Zilog Z8, a microprocessor .z8, a Z-machine interpreter file extension Nikon Z8, a
Z8
Multilingual neural machine translation service
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language
Google_Translate
Instructions directly executable by a computer
In computing, machine code is data encoded and structured to control a computer's central processing unit (CPU) via its programmable interface. A computer
Machine_code
Electrostatic generator
The Wimshurst machine or Wimshurst influence machine is an electrostatic generator capable of generating high voltages. It was developed between 1880 and
Wimshurst_machine
Z-pinch, had been introducing the stellarator concept to his coworkers at LANL. When he heard of Spitzer's pitch, he applied to build a pinch machine
History_of_nuclear_fusion
This is a list of machine guns and their variants. List of assault rifles List of battle rifles List of bolt-action rifles List of carbines List of firearms
List_of_machine_guns
1972 Japanese super robot manga series
Mazinger Z (Japanese: マジンガーZ, Hepburn: Majingā Zetto; known as Tranzor Z in the United States) is a Japanese super robot manga series written and illustrated
Mazinger_Z
Japanese as the "Z Fighters" (Z戦士, Zetto Senshi) or Team "Z" in other media, and the Earth's Special Forces in the English dub of Dragon Ball Z. The Dragon
List of Dragon Ball characters
List_of_Dragon_Ball_characters
Machine-readable travel document utilizing optical character recognition
The data of the machine-readable zone consists of two rows of 44 characters each. The only characters used are the Latin letters A–Z, the Arabic numerals
Machine-readable_passport
Abstract model of computation
random-access machine (RAM or RA-machine) is a model of computation that describes an abstract machine in the general class of register machines. The RA-machine is
Random-access_machine
Abstract machine used in a formal logic and theoretical computer science
'z' appears to specify the next instruction after INC and as the alternative in JZDEC: { INC ( r, z ), JZDEC ( r, ztrue, zfalse) } Program machine, program
Counter_machine
American rapper (born 1977)
Downloads. Amazon.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016. Z-Ro Biography Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Rapartists.com (January 19, 1977). Retrieved
Z-Ro
64-bit operating system for IBM mainframes
z/OS is a 64-bit operating system for IBM z/Architecture mainframes, introduced by IBM in October 2000. It derives from and is the successor to OS/390
Z/OS
Comparison of a wide range of electric currents
accessed 2017-11-23 "Homepage | Department of Physics and Astronomy". "About Z". Sandia National Laboratories. Retrieved 30 October 2016. Kronberg, Philipp
Orders_of_magnitude_(current)
2001 studio album by Jay-Z
The Blueprint is the sixth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on September 11, 2001, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings.
The_Blueprint
Russian general-purpose machine gun and its variants
Type 80 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun. Retrieved on September 11, 2008. Mikulka, Zdeněk (19 February 2010). "Střelby z palubních zbraní vrtulníků Mi-171Š
PK_machine_gun
Swedish mathematician, professor, and author
first encryption machine - Gripenstiernas cipher-Machine 1786, the National Defense Radio Establishment, Bromma, 1999 Thus the Z machine was broken - reconstruction
Bengt_Beckman
German cipher machine during World War II
in the alphabet. For example, a given machine configuration that enciphered A to L, B to U, C to S, ..., and Z to J could be represented compactly as
Enigma_machine
Theoretical model of computation
which corresponds to : (λx.x) (λy.y) (λz.z) ➝ (λy.y) (λz.z) ➝ λz.z. We will see further how the Krivine machine reduces the term ((λ 0) (λ 0)) (λ 0). To
Krivine_machine
American plasma physicist
Alberta, 19–23 June 2016, retrieved 2021-09-06 Sandia Researchers push Z machine to new limits to test radiation effects, Sandia National Laboratories
Christine_Coverdale
Rocket propellant catalyst mixture
Z-Stoff ([t͡sɛt ʃtɔf], "substance Z") was a name for calcium permanganate or sodium permanganate mixed in water. It was normally used as a catalyst for
Z-Stoff
British police TV series, 1962–1978
Z-Cars or Z Cars (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police and CID detectives
Z-Cars
Z MACHINE
Z MACHINE
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : occupational name for a maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Old English wyrhta, wryhta ‘craftsman’ (a derivative of wyrcan ‘to work or make’). The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright), but when used in isolation it generally referred to a builder of windmills or watermills.Common New England Americanized form of French Le Droit, a nickname for an upright person, a man of probity, from Old French droit ‘right’, in which there has been confusion between the homophones right and wright.
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Latin Anastasius, ANASZT�Z means "resurrection."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : generally said to be from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’, used originally to distinguish a son from a father bearing the same personal name.It could also be a habitational name from a place in Shropshire called Fitz, recorded in 1194 as Fittesho, from an Old English personal name, Fitt, + hÅh ‘hill spur’.In one family at least, it is an altered form of English Fitch.German : unexplained. Possibly from a vernacular pet form of the personal name Vincent.Johann Peter Fitz, an immigrant from Germany, arrived in Philadelphia in 1750. Bearers of the name from Britain were already established in North America before that date.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.Italian (Venice and Mantua) and Greek (Zanes) : from a variant of the Venetian personal name Z(u)an(n)i ‘John’ (see Zani).Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Zahn.Robert Zane was a cloth maker of English origin, a founding member of the Quaker colony that was set up at Salem, NJ, in 1676.
Female
Hungarian
Feminine form of Hungarian Anasztáz, ANASZTÃZIA means "resurrection."
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname for a big man, from Middle High German grÅz ‘large’, ‘thick’, ‘corpulent’, German gross. The Jewish name has been Hebraicized as Gadol, from Hebrew gadol ‘large’.English : nickname for a big man, from Middle English, Old French gros (Late Latin grossus, of Germanic origin, thus etymologically the same word as in 1 above). The English vocabulary word did not develop the sense ‘excessively fat’ until the 16th century.
Girl/Female
Bengali, Indian
Machine
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name, from Middle English, Old French trone ‘weighing machine’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a ‘new house’, from Middle English newe + hous, or a habitational name from any of various minor places named with these elements, for example in Cheshire and West Yorkshire. Newsham in Lincolnshire was often Neuhouse in the medieval period, the modern form in -ham representing an alternative from Old English dative plural -um.Translation of Scandinavian Nyhus, German and Ashkenazic Jewish Neuhaus (topographic or habitational names), or Hungarian Újházi, a habitational name for someone from any of various places named with új ‘new’ + ház ‘house’.
Female
Hungarian
Short form of Hungarian Terézia, TERÉZ means "harvester."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : in part probably a metonymic occupational name for a soldier in charge of a catapult- or bow-like machine used for throwing heavy missiles, Old French espringalle, Anglo-French springalde. However, Reaney and Wilson, believe the Middle English word springal(d) (which appears to have contributed to the surname), to have a different derivation, perhaps a nickname for a young man, a stripling, from spring (see Spring).
Female
Spanish
Spanish form of English Agnes, INÉZ means "chaste; holy."
Boy/Male
American, Australian
Weighing Machine
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Kent and Sussex)
English (chiefly Kent and Sussex) : occupational name for a designer or engineer, from a Middle English reduced form of Old French engineor ‘contriver’ (a derivative of engaigne ‘cunning’, ‘ingenuity’, ‘stratagem’, ‘device’). Engineers in the Middle Ages were primarily designers and builders of military machines, although in peacetime they might turn their hands to architecture and other more pacific functions.German : from the Latin personal name Januarius (see January 1). Jänner is a South German word for ‘January’, and so it is possible that this is one of the surnames acquired from words denoting months of the year, for example by converts who had been baptized in that month, people who were born or baptized in that month, or people whose taxes were due in January.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a cantor in a synagogue, from Yiddish zinger ‘singer’.English : variant of Sanger 2, in fact a Middle English recoinage from the verb sing(en) ‘to sing’.German : variant of Sänger (see Sanger 1) in the sense of ‘poet’.Isaac Merrit Singer, inventor of the eponymous sewing machine, was born in 1811 in Pittstown, NY, the son of German immigrant Adam Reisinger. He had five wives and fathered 24 children. Singer, who incorporated his company as the Singer Manufacturing Company in 1864, left a fortune worth $13 million to his various heirs.
Z MACHINE
Z MACHINE
Girl/Female
Arabic, Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kurdish, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Mythological, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Goddess Parvati; Noble in Sanskrit; Melody or Air in Italian; Lioness in Hebrew; Honoured; Noble
Boy/Male
Hindu
Desired, Loved
Girl/Female
Native American
Bird.
Girl/Female
Buddhist, Indian
Adorable
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Chinese, Christian, Gaelic, Hebrew, Irish, Scottish
Who is Like God; Like the Lord; Form of Michael Like God
Boy/Male
British, English
Extra Ordinary; Not in Competition
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Handsome
Boy/Male
Indian
Give Happiness
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Lord of the Earth; King
Boy/Male
Hebrew American
Abbreviation of Joshua 'Jehovah is salvation.
Z MACHINE
Z MACHINE
Z MACHINE
Z MACHINE
Z MACHINE
n.
A plant of the genus Ziziphus (Z. lotus); -- so called by the Arabs of Barbary, who use its berries for food. See Lotus (b).
a.
Produced by the friction or rustling of the breath, intonated or unintonated, through a narrow opening between two of the mouth organs; uttered through a close approach, but not with a complete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc.
n.
One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.
n.
Same as Z/rthe.
a.
Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; -- said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc.
n.
The sweet and edible drupes (fruits) of several Mediterranean and African species of small trees, of the genus Zizyphus, especially the Z. jujuba, Z. vulgaris, Z. mucronata, and Z. Lotus. The last named is thought to have furnished the lotus of the ancient Libyan Lotophagi, or lotus eaters.
n.
A quantity consisting of three terms, connected by the sign + or -; as, x + y + z, or ax + 2b - c2.
n.
The letter Z; -- called also zee, and formerly izzard.
n.
A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
n.
A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value.
adv.
Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. Z () Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274.
n.
The letter z; -- formerly so called. J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably.
a.
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
n.
Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-eyed tit.
n.
A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.
superl.
Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc.
n.
A Greek letter corresponding to our z.
v. i.
To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
n.
The working parts of a machine, engine, or instrument; as, the machinery of a watch.
n.
Same as Wiver. X () X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three sounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax; a compound vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 217, 270, 271.