释义 |
r I. \ˈär, ˈȧ\ noun (plural r's or rs \ˈärz, ˈȧz\) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive 1. a. : the 18th letter of the English alphabet b. : an instance of this letter printed, written, or otherwise represented c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic r (as r in run, fry, arid, far-off, Spanish para, rey, French rire, or German rohr) 2. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter r 3. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated r especially as the 17th or when j is used for the 10th the 18th in order or class 4. : something having the shape of the letter R 5. capitalized : one of the three R's < controversy over the first R > II. abbreviation Usage: often capitalized 1. rabbi 2. racemic 3. radical 4. radio 5. radius 6. railroad; railway 7. rain 8. range 9. rank 10. rare; rarity 11. ratio 12. real 13. rear 14. Reaumur 15. received 16. recipe 17. reconnaissance 18. recto 19. rector 20. red; reddish 21. refraction 22. refrigerator 23. [Latin] regina 24. registered 25. regulating 26. reigned 27. republic; republican 28. reserves 29. reside; residence; resident 30. resistance; resistor 31. respiration 32. respond; response 33. [French retarder] slow 34. retired 35. retree 36. returning 37. [Latin] rex 38. rifle 39. right 40. ring 41. riser 42. rises 43. river 44. road 45. rod 46. roentgen 47. roman 48. rood 49. rook 50. rotor 51. rough 52. route 53. royal 54. rubber 55. ruble 56. rule 57. run 58. runic 59. rupee III. symbol 1. correlation coefficient 2. capitalized gas constant 3. capitalized radical — used especially of a univalent hydrocarbon radical (as alkyl); compare general formula 4. capitalized recipe — often ℞ 5. capitalized registered trademark — often enclosed in a circle 6. capitalized Reynolds number 7. capitalized Rydberg constant 8. a. capitalized a relation in a logical or mathematical proposition b. a proposition in a logical operation IV. abbreviation 1. usually capitalized radial 2. repeat 3. rerun V. symbol 1. [probably from rate ] intrinsic rate of natural increase 2. capitalized the set of all real numbers |