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pref. Electronic: e-cash; e-cigarette; e-tickets; e-waste.

[e(lectronic), on the model of e-mail.]

e-

prefix forming verbs and verbal derivatives 1. out: eviscerate; egest. 2. away: elapse; elongate. 3. outside: evaginate. 4. completely: evaporate. 5. without: ebracteate. [from Latin ē away; related to ex-¹]

e-

prefix (Electronics) electronic, indicating the involvement of the internet: e-business; e-money.

E-

prefix (Cookery) used with numbers indicating a standardized system within the European Union, as of recognized food additives or standard pack sizes. See also E number

E, e

(i)

n., pl. or E's, es e's. 1. the fifth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel. 2. any spoken sound represented by this letter. 3. something having the shape of an E. 4. a written or printed representation of the letter E or e.

E

1. east. 2. eastern. 3. English. 4. excellent. 5. Expressway.

E

Symbol. 1. the fifth in order or in a series. 2. (sometimes l.c.) (in some grading systems) a grade or mark indicating that a student's work is in need of improvement in order to be passing. 3. a. the third note of the ascending C major scale. b. a tonality having E as the tonic. 4. energy. 5. Biochem. glutamic acid.

e

Math. Symbol. a transcendental constant equal to 2.7182818 …, used as the base of natural logarithms; the limit of the expression (1 + 1/n)ⁿ as n approaches infinity.

e-

or E-,

(used in combination) 1. electronic: e-mail; E-text. 2. online: e-banking.

e-

var. of ex- ¹ , occurring in words of Latin origin before consonants other than c, f, p, q, s, and t: emit.

E.

1. Earl. 2. Earth. 3. east. 4. Easter. 5. eastern. 6. engineer. 7. engineering. 8. English.

e.

1. eldest. 2. Football. end. 3. engineer. 4. engineering. 5. entrance. 6. Baseball. error.

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