Z (disambiguation)
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Z is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet. It can also refer to the following.
In science:
- z, the redshift, the relative change in wavelength
- Z boson, one of the carriers of the weak force
- Z, atomic number, the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
- Z, electrical impedance
- Z, the amino acids glutamate or glutamine
- In genetics:
- ZW sex-determination system, also called the Z chromosome
- Haplogroup Z (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup
- z, zepto, an SI prefix meaning 10-21
- Z, zetta, an SI prefix meaning 1021
- Z machine, the world's largest X-ray
- Z, the compressibility factor used to apply the ideal gas law to non-ideal gases
In mathematics:
- <math>\mathbb{Z}</math>, the set of all integers
- z, the third variable, after x and y
- z, a complex number
- Z, the name of a system with Zermelo's first five axioms plus foundation
- Z, the standard normal random variable with mean 0 and standard deviation 1
- Z-score, a statistical measure used to compare the results of different normal distributions
In computing:
- Z notation, a formal specification language used for computing systems
- Z, a programmer's editor, a precursor to emacs
- z-buffering, the management of depth for 3-d graphics
In the arts:
- Z (novel), a novel by Vassilis Vassilikos
- Z (film), a film by Costa-Gavras based on the novel
- Z, a nickname of Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang
- Z (pronounced "zee"), the main character in the film Antz
- Z, the lead character in the movie Zardoz
- Z, the nickname of Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact
- Z, the Yellow Ranger in the TV series Power Rangers SPD
- Z (Tenchi Muyo!)
- Coach Z, a character in the Internet cartoon Homestar Runner
- Z (album), by My Morning Jacket
- Z, a rock group with Dweezil Zappa and his brother Ahmet Zappa
- Z, the main character in the Dragon Ball Z parody manga Neko Majin
- Z Gundam
In video games:
- Z (computer game), by the Bitmap Brothers
- Z-machine, a virtual machine produced by Infocom for interactive fiction
- Z, Naoki Maeda's pseudonym for the Dance Dance Revolution song "MAXX UNLIMITED"
In sports:
- Henrik Zetterberg, nicknamed Z, an ice hockey player
- Žydrūnas Ilgauskas, nickednamed Z, a Lithuanian basketball player
Other uses:
- The barred z (ƶ), used, e.g., to avoid confusion with the numeral 2
- Z, the Coordinated Universal Time time zone
- Z, the zero-meridian time zone UTC or GMT
- Z, a pseudonym of the Zodiac Killer
- Z Communications, a journalism-intensive media group in the USA
- Z (from the abbreviation oz.), an ounce of an illegal substance
- Nissan Z, a sports car
- The Lost City of Z, the name given to a legendary city in the Matto Grosso region of Brazil
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