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:''For the
Star Trek character, see
Q (Star Trek).''
{{AZ|uc=Q|lc=q}}'''Q''' is the seventeenth letter of the Latin
alphabet. Its name in
English language English is ''cue'', occasionally spelled ''cu''.
History
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! Phoenician Q
! Etruscan Q
! Greek Qoppa
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The
Semitic languages Semitic sound value of
Qoph Qôp (perhaps originally ''qaw'' cord, and possibly based on an
Egyptian hieroglyph) was {{IPA.html">voiceless uvular plosive), a sound common to Semitic languages, but not found in English or most Indo-European ones. In
Greek.html" title="Meaning of q/}}_(Greek">Greek language.html">Phi (letter) ,_this sign as Qoppa Ϙ probably came to represent several
labiovelar labialized velar plosives, among them {{IPA.html" title="Meaning of Greek, this sign as
Qoppa Ϙ probably came to represent several
labiovelar labialized velar plosives, among them {{IPA">/kʷʰ/}}. As a result of later sound shifts, these sounds in Greek changed to {{IPA|/p/}} and {{IPA|/pʰ/}} respectively. Therefore, Qoppa was transformed into two letters: Qoppa, which stood for a number only, and
Phi Φ which stood for the aspirated sound {{IPA|/pʰ/}} that came to be pronounced {{IPA|/f/}} in Modern Greek. The
Etruscans used Q only in conjunction with V, symbolizing thus a {{IPA|/kʷ/}}. Some scholars claim that Q and Phi are unrelated.
Usage
In most modern western languages written in latin script, such as in
Romance language Romance and
Germanic languages Germanic languages Q appears almost exclusively in the digraph QU, though see:
List of English words containing Q not followed by U Q without U. In
English language English this digraph most often denotes the cluster {{IPA|/kw/}}, as it does in Italian (where [w] is an allophone of {{IPA|/u/}}); in German, {{IPA|/kv/}}; and in
French language French,
Spanish language Spanish, and
Catalan language Catalan, {{IPA|/k/}}. (In Spanish and in French, ''qu'' replaces
c for {{IPA.html">i and
e, since in those contexts ''c'' is a fricative.) In the
Aymara.html"_title="Meaning of /k/}} before the vowels Aymara">Aymara_language|Aymara,
Azeri language Azeri,
Uzbek language Uzbek,
Quechua, and
Tatar languages, Q is a
voiceless uvular plosive. {{IPA|q}} is also used in
IPA for the voiceless uvular plosive, as well as in most transliteration schemes of
Semitic languages for the "emphatic" ''qÅ?p'' sound.
In
Maltese language Maltese and
Võro language Võro, Q denotes the
glottal stop.
In
Chinese language Chinese Hanyu Pinyin, Q is used to represent the sound {{IPA|[tɕʰ]}}, which is close to English "ch" in "cheese".
Codes for computing
{{Letter
|NATO=Quebec
|Morse=––·–
|B1=â—?
|B2=â—?
|B3=â—?
|B4=â—?
|B5=â—?
|B6=â—‹
}}
In
Unicode the
majuscule capital Q is codepoint U+0051 and the
minuscule lowercase q is U+0071.
The
ASCII code for capital Q is 81 and for lowercase q is 113; or in
Binary numeral system binary 01010001 and 01110001, correspondingly.
The
EBCDIC code for capital Q is 216 and for lowercase q is 152.
The
numeric character references in
HTML and
XML are "
Q" and "
q" for upper and lower case respectively.
Meanings for Q
* In
astronomy,
** Q stands for an August 16 through 31 discovery, in the provisional designation of a comet (e.g.
C/2004 Q2, Comet Machholz) or asteroid (e.g. {{mpl|(4123) 1986 QP|1}}).
** ''q'' stands for the
perihelion distance of an orbit (mostly for cometary orbits).
* In
biblical criticism, Q is an abbreviation used by scholars of the
New Testament to describe the
Q document, a hypothetical lost written "source" (German, ''Quelle,'' hence, ''Q'') behind the
Synoptic Gospels.
* In
biochemistry, Q is the symbol for
glutamine.
* In
chemistry, Q is a symbol for the
reaction quotient.
* In
chess, Q is a notation symbol for the
Queen (chess) queen piece
* In
computing:
** Q is an "equational programming language"; see
Q programming language.
** Q is the runtime component of the
QSDK.
* In
electrical engineering, ''Q'' is a symbol for characterizing
electronic filters and other
resonance resonant systems; see
Q factor. ''Q'' stands for quality. It is also used for electric charge, as in physics.
* In
English language English, Q can be an
abbreviation for 'question', as in
Q&A and
FAQ.
* In
film, Q is a character in the
James Bond series; see
Q (James Bond) (see also: science fiction, below).
* In
finance, Q is the U.S.
ticker symbol for
Qwest Qwest Communications International Inc.
* In
List of international license plate codes international licence plate codes, Q stands for
Qatar.
*Q is the equivalent of the number 87 in the story The Game by Griselda Holshed, an international best seller. It is significant because jilu the main character has to determine the predisposition of the letter before he can overcome the quantitive force of 87 in the mean.
* In
Financial economics q stands for
Tobin's-q.
* In
literature,
**Q is the title of a
historical fiction historical novel by
Luther Blissett (nom de plume) Luther Blissett; see
Q (novel).
**Q is the
pen name of writer
Arthur Quiller-Couch.
**Q is the leading character in the famous Chinese novel ''
A True Story of Ah Q'' by
Lu Xun. Because of this novel, "Ah Q" in China means someone who always claims spiritual victory despite frequent defeat.
* In
marketing, Q is sometimes used as a synonym for
Q Score
* In
mathematics,
blackboard bold denotes the set of all
rational numbers, while ''q'' is sometimes used as a variable standing for a single arbitrary
prime number that is somehow larger than a prime number ''p''. For example,
and
.
** In
Mathematica, the Q in a command of the form ''PropertyQ[argument]'' means that the built-in function is a Boolean function that tests whether or not the argument has the named property. For example,
IntegerQ[4] and
PrimeQ[7] are both true. Some users use this convention for custom functions they create, for example,
eisensteinIntegerQ[4 + 7ω] and
safePrimeQ[47].
* In
mechanical engineering and
civil engineering, ''Q'' is the symbol for
volumetric flow rate.
* In
medicine, Q is a bacterial infection; see
Q fever. "q" also is a medical abbreviation for every, often used to specify drug dosing schedules (e.g., q6h indicates every 6 hours; q4w indicates 4 times per week).
* In
military science, Q is the name for anti-submarine ships; see
Q-ship.
* In
phonetics, lowercase [q] is the
International Phonetic Alphabet symbol for the
voiceless uvular plosive.
* In
physics, ''Q'' is a symbol for
electric charge or
heat.
* In
fusion power, ''Q'' is the symbol for the
fusion energy gain factor
* In a deck of
playing cards, Q is used to mark each of the
queen (playing card) queens.
* In
publishing, ''Q'' is a British music
magazine; see
Q magazine ''Q'' magazine
* In
radiotelegraphy and
amateur radio, the
Q code is a set of three-letter
code signals.
* In
science fiction, Q is a character from the Q Continuum in several
Star Trek spin-off series; see
Q (Star Trek).
* In
Scientology, Q refers to a "common denominator" of subsidiary information which forms a "pyramid of data" (from ''Scientology 0-8'').
* In
statistics, the
Q Test helps in the decision to retain or discard questionable datum.
* In
Taiwanese
Chinese language Mandarin slang, Q means "flexible." (The Roman letter is used.)
* In
television,
Q TV is a music video channel from the same people who produce
Q magazine.
* In
British television, Q is a character (Nancy "Q" Cunard de Longchamps) portrayed by
Rula Lenska from the
BBC series the ''
Rock Follies''.
* In
Computer and video games video games,
Q (Street Fighter character) Q is a character in
Capcom's ''
Street Fighter'' series of
fighting games.
* In
economics, Q is usually used to represent
quantity.
* ''
Q (Spike Milligan series) Q'' was the name for a number of comedy series written by and starring
Spike Milligan
* Q is an acronym for
queue area queue
* Q is an acronym for "
queer", an appropriation of the historically pejorative word, now used neutrally or positively by those who strongly reject traditional gender identities.
* Q is another name of the
Panasonic Q multimedia console,a hybrid of a
DVD player and a
GameCube.
* Q is the nickname for
Quentin Richardson.
* Q is the commonly used abbreviation for the
Greece Greek telecom operator
Q-telecom
* Q is an IRC-service (
Internet bot bot on the popular
IRC-network
QuakeNet.
*
Q (1982 film) Q is a 1982 movie about
Quetzalcoatl in
Manhattan
*
Q (emulator), a Mac OS X emulator of a multitude of operating systems, including Windows
Q trivia
* Q is the only
letter that does not appear in any US
state name
* The
James Bond character Q (see
Q (James Bond)) appears in every film except
Live and Let Die and
Dr. No. It has also been announced that he will not appear in the 2006 Bond film, ''
Casino Royale (2006 film) Casino Royale''.
* People connected to an
IRC-network with
usermode +q are immune to bans, kicks and akicks.
See also
*
List of English words containing Q not followed by U
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Usage:
{{Q|This is a quote.|Author|subject}} prints:
{{Q|This is a quote.|Author|subject}}
{{Q|This is a quote.|Author|}} prints:
{{Q|This is a quote.|Author|}}
The proper quotation marks depending on the preferences
of the user are the business of his browser displaying
XHTML tags <q> and </q> -
unfortunately not yet supported by the {{ns:Project}}
software. But the similar <cite> works:
<cite>This is a quote</cite>
Category:Quotation templates {{PAGENAME}}
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