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R 1
(är) A trademark for a movie rating indicating that admission will be granted only to persons of or over a certain age, usually 17, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
R 2
2. The symbol for a hydrocarbon side chain or substituent of variable chemical structure.
R 3
abbr.2. Réaumur (scale)
4. Republican
6. right
8. rook (chess)
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R(är)n.pl.r's or R's also rs or Rs1. The 18th letter of the modern English alphabet.
2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter r.
4. Something shaped like the letter R.
r 2
abbr.2. Genetics recombinant
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
r
(ɑː) orR
n, plr's, R'sorRs1. (Linguistics) the 18th letter and 14th consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. (Phonetics & Phonology) a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually an alveolar semivowel, as in red
R
symbol for2. (Currencies) currencyb. rupee
4. (General Physics) physicselectronics resistance
6. (Chess & Draughts) chess rook
8. (Chemistry) chem gas constant
9. (Film) (in the US and Australia)a. restricted exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as unsuitable for viewing by anyone under the age of 18)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
R, r
(ɑr)n., pl. RsR's, rsr's.
1. the 18th letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
2. any spoken sound represented by this letter.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter R or r.
R
2. Math. ratio.
4. restricted: a motion-picture rating advising that children under 17 will not be admitted unless accompanied by an adult. Compare G (def. 2), NC-17, PG,PG-13,X (def. 7).
6. roentgen.
R
Symbol.
2. arginine.
3. registered trademark: written as superscript ® following a name registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
r
1. radius.
3. roentgen.
5. ruble.
r
Ecol.
the intrinsic rate of increase of a population, equivalent to the difference between the birth and death rates divided by the number of individuals in the population. Also called Malthusian parameter.
R.
2. Radical.
4. railroad.
6. (in South Africa) rand.
8. Also, R (in prescriptions) take.
9. rector.
11. Republican.
13. Rex.
15. river.
17. royal.
19. rupee.
r.
2. railroad.
4. range.
6. Com. received.
8. replacing.
10. river.
12. rod.
14. rubber.
16. Baseball. run.
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r
2. or RElectricity Abbreviation of resistance
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
| Noun | 1. | R - a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air |
| 2. | R - (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole gas constant, universal gas constant natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; 'his favorite subject was physics' constant - a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; 'the velocity of light is a constant' | |
| 3. | r - the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; 'his grandmother taught him his letters' | |
| 4. | r - the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere diam, diameter - the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference semidiameter - the apparent radius of a celestial body when viewed as a disc from the earth radius of curvature - the radius of the circle of curvature; the absolute value of the reciprocal of the curvature of a curve at a given point length - the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place; 'the length of the table was 5 feet' |
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R
1r1[ɑːʳ]N (= letter) → R, r fR for Robert
→ R de Ramónthe three Rs (= reading, writing and arithmetic) lectura, escritura y aritméticaTHREE RS
R
2r2A.ABBR2. (Brit) =Regina → R
4. =right → dcha, der, dero
6. (US) (Pol) =Republican
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
R
r[ˈɑːr]n (= letterR&l Carriers Tracking
) → R, r mR for Robert, R for Roger (US) → R comme Raoul
R
[ˈɑːr]abbr (=river) → riv., fl
(US)(CINEMA) (=restricted) interdit aux moins de 17 ans
(British) (=Rex, Regina)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
R
, rn → Rnt, → rnt; three Rs(= reading, writing and arithmetic) → Lesen, Schreiben und Rechnen(die drei grundlegenden Fähigkeiten eines gebildeten Menschen)
R
(US Film) abbr ofrestricted → für Jugendlichenichtgeeignet
r
abbr ofright → r.Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
R
r[ɑːʳ]n (letter) → R, r f or m invthe three Rs → leggere, scrivere e far di conto
R for Robert (Am) R for Roger → R come Roma
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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