"XYZ" meaning in English

See XYZ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɛks.waɪˈzɛd/ [UK], /ˌɛks.waɪˈzi/ [US] Forms: XYZs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} XYZ (plural XYZs)
  1. The color space of the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z.
    Sense id: en-XYZ-en-noun-xzyKpRia Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 33 2 20 6
  2. A generic placeholder representing a specific name or thing.
    Sense id: en-XYZ-en-noun-6TTHpowZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 51 2 17 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 33 2 20 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 46 2 24 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 53 1 14 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 39 3 23 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 43 4 20 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 25 39 3 25 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 27 40 4 20 9
  3. A generic placeholder representing three items in a list. Synonyms: ABC Translations ((sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list): 甲乙丙 (jiǎyǐbǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), 甲乙丙 (kōotsuhei) (english: up to three items) (Japanese), 甲乙丙丁 (kōotsuheitei) (english: up to four items) (Japanese), ก, ข, ค (gɔɔ,kɔ̌ɔ,kɔɔ) (Thai), А, Б, В (A, B, V) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-XYZ-en-noun-UUMB~8fM Disambiguation of '(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list': 2 32 56 10
  4. (web design, cartography) Describing a URL scheme for providing map tiles, where X and Y refer to coordinates, while Z refers to zoom level.
    Sense id: en-XYZ-en-noun--O8SMkvD Categories (other): Cartography, Web design, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 33 2 20 6 Topics: cartography, computing, engineering, geography, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, web-design
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: for XYZ reasons

Phrase

IPA: /ˌɛks.waɪˈzɛd/ [UK], /ˌɛks.waɪˈzi/ [US]
Head templates: {{en-head|phr}} XYZ
  1. Initialism of examine your zipper: a discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: examine your zipper (extra: a discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone) Synonyms: star in the east Related terms: I see London, I see France
    Sense id: en-XYZ-en-phrase-mqSaFXo3

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "XYZs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "XYZ (plural XYZs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "for XYZ reasons"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 33 2 20 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The color space of the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z."
      ],
      "id": "en-XYZ-en-noun-xzyKpRia",
      "links": [
        [
          "color space",
          "color space"
        ],
        [
          "tristimulus",
          "tristimulus"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "X",
          "X"
        ],
        [
          "Y",
          "Y"
        ],
        [
          "Z",
          "Z"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 51 2 17 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 33 2 20 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 46 2 24 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 53 1 14 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 39 3 23 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 43 4 20 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 39 3 25 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Thai translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 40 4 20 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A generic placeholder representing a specific name or thing."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "generic",
          "generic#English"
        ],
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder#English"
        ],
        [
          "specific",
          "specific#English"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name#English"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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              7,
              8
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            [
              17,
              18
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              27,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Person X, Person Y, Person Z",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A generic placeholder representing three items in a list."
      ],
      "id": "en-XYZ-en-noun-UUMB~8fM",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ABC"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 32 56 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "jiǎyǐbǐng",
          "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
          "word": "甲乙丙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 32 56 10",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "up to three items",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "kōotsuhei",
          "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
          "translation": "up to three items",
          "word": "甲乙丙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 32 56 10",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "up to four items",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "kōotsuheitei",
          "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
          "translation": "up to four items",
          "word": "甲乙丙丁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 32 56 10",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "lang_code": "th",
          "roman": "gɔɔ,kɔ̌ɔ,kɔɔ",
          "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
          "word": "ก, ข, ค"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 32 56 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "A, B, V",
          "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
          "word": "А, Б, В"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cartography",
          "orig": "en:Cartography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Web design",
          "orig": "en:Web design",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 33 2 20 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Describing a URL scheme for providing map tiles, where X and Y refer to coordinates, while Z refers to zoom level."
      ],
      "id": "en-XYZ-en-noun--O8SMkvD",
      "links": [
        [
          "web design",
          "web design"
        ],
        [
          "cartography",
          "cartography"
        ],
        [
          "tile",
          "tile#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(web design, cartography) Describing a URL scheme for providing map tiles, where X and Y refer to coordinates, while Z refers to zoom level."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cartography",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "geography",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences",
        "web-design"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛks.waɪˈzɛd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛks.waɪˈzi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "XYZ"
}

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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "a discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone",
          "word": "examine your zipper"
        }
      ],
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        "Initialism of examine your zipper: a discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine#English"
        ],
        [
          "zipper",
          "zipper#English"
        ],
        [
          "trouser",
          "trouser"
        ],
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "I see London, I see France"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "star in the east"
        }
      ],
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        "alt-of",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛks.waɪˈzi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "XYZ"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English placeholder terms",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
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      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "for XYZ reasons"
    }
  ],
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        "The color space of the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z."
      ],
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        [
          "color space",
          "color space"
        ],
        [
          "tristimulus",
          "tristimulus"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ],
        [
          "X",
          "X"
        ],
        [
          "Y",
          "Y"
        ],
        [
          "Z",
          "Z"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A generic placeholder representing a specific name or thing."
      ],
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        [
          "generic",
          "generic#English"
        ],
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder#English"
        ],
        [
          "specific",
          "specific#English"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name#English"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
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        ]
      ]
    },
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              7,
              8
            ],
            [
              17,
              18
            ],
            [
              27,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Person X, Person Y, Person Z",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A generic placeholder representing three items in a list."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ABC"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Cartography",
        "en:Web design"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Describing a URL scheme for providing map tiles, where X and Y refer to coordinates, while Z refers to zoom level."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "web design",
          "web design"
        ],
        [
          "cartography",
          "cartography"
        ],
        [
          "tile",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(web design, cartography) Describing a URL scheme for providing map tiles, where X and Y refer to coordinates, while Z refers to zoom level."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "cartography",
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "geography",
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        "physical-sciences",
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        "web-design"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛks.waɪˈzɛd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛks.waɪˈzi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "jiǎyǐbǐng",
      "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
      "word": "甲乙丙"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "up to three items",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kōotsuhei",
      "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
      "translation": "up to three items",
      "word": "甲乙丙"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "up to four items",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kōotsuheitei",
      "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
      "translation": "up to four items",
      "word": "甲乙丙丁"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "gɔɔ,kɔ̌ɔ,kɔɔ",
      "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
      "word": "ก, ข, ค"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "A, B, V",
      "sense": "(sense 3) generic placeholder for items in a list",
      "word": "А, Б, В"
    }
  ],
  "word": "XYZ"
}

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    "English lemmas",
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    "English phrases",
    "English placeholder terms",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
  ],
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      "word": "I see London, I see France"
    }
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        {
          "extra": "a discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone",
          "word": "examine your zipper"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "examine",
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        ],
        [
          "zipper",
          "zipper#English"
        ],
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          "trouser",
          "trouser"
        ],
        [
          "fly",
          "fly"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "star in the east"
        }
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛks.waɪˈzɛd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɛks.waɪˈzi/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "XYZ"
}

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