How is J pronounced in English?

J or j is the tenth letter in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its usual name in English is jay (pronounced /ˈdʒeɪ/), with a now-uncommon variant jy /ˈdʒaɪ/. When used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the y sound, it may be called yod or jod (pronounced /ˈjɒd/ or /ˈjoʊd/).

What does J mean in texting?

The J is actually supposed to be a smiley face. This is because the letter J represents a smiley face icon in the Wingdings font. Microsoft Outlook, a popular e-mail client, automatically converts the 🙂 and 🙂 text emoticons into smiley face icons using the Wingdings font.

How does the letter J sound?

The ‘j sound’ /ʤ/ is voiced (the vocal cords vibrate during its production), and is the counterpart to the unvoiced ‘ch sound’ /ʧ/. The sound is aspirated when the air is released with friction (similar to the friction of a ‘zh sound’ /ʒ/).

What is J in science?

The joule (symbol: J) is the basic SI unit of energy. Alternatively, it is the amount of work done on an object when a force of one newton acts in the direction of the object’s motion over a distance of one meter (1 joule equal 1 newton meter or N⋅m). The unit is named for James Prescott Joule.

What is JKG?

Joule Per Kilogram (J/kg) is a unit in the category of Thermal heat capacity. This unit is commonly used in the SI unit system. Joule Per Kilogram (J/kg) has a dimension of L2T-2 where L is length, and T is time. This unit is the standard SI unit in this category.

What Joule means?

Joule, unit of work or energy in the International System of Units (SI); it is equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through one metre. Named in honour of the English physicist James Prescott Joule, it equals 107 ergs, or approximately 0.7377 foot-pounds.

What does J stand for in physics?

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