E
\ˈiː], \ˈiː], \ˈiː]\
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the fifth letter in our own and the cognate alphabets, with four sounds--e.g. e in evil, i in England, u in the last syllable of eleven, Italian e in prey. A subscript e is commonly used to lengthen the previous vowel, as in not, note; bit, bite; (mus.) the third note or sound of the natural diatonic scale, and the third above the tonic C.
By Thomas Davidson
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Abbreviation for emmetropia
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Abbreviation for electro-motive force.
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[Latin] See Ex-.
By Alexander Duane
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L. prefix, = from, out of and with intens. force ; added to official titles, it denotes one who used to hold the office indicated, as ex-premier.
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The fifth letter in the Greek and other allied alphabets ; denotes, as a Latin number, 250. In Music, it marks a note of the scale corresponding to the mi of the French and Italians.
By Henry Percy Smith
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The second vowel and the fifth letter of the English alphabet. At the end of words it is usually silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has a long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in mane, cane, mete. It has a lung sound, as in me, here; a short sound, as in men, met and a sound like a, as in there, prey. As a prefix, it has a privative meaning, noting from or out of;—as a numeral, it stands for 250;—it is the third tone of the model diatonic scale: (E flat) is a tone intermediate between D and E.
