j — English Dictionary

Character

1. The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.

   Usage

   • letter
   • lowercase

Noun

1. A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint').

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

   "I went outside to smoke myself a J" — Paul Simon, from the song "Late in the Evening" from the album, "One Trick Pony."

2. An alternative version of i, the positive square root of -1; used in the context of electronics.

3. The second unit vector, after i

Noun

1. the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet

   Synonyms

   J

   Broader terms

   letterletter of the alphabetalphabetic character