Concept

X

Overview

X (minuscule: x) is the twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ex (pronounced ), plural exes.

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B changes his unit length to OU_{1}, from its original length OV_{1}, and obtains X = _x_. But now, as he must use the same unit for all his measurements, his other coordinates are altered in the same ratio. Thus we now have X = _x_, Y = γ_y_/β, Z = δ_z_/β. The fundamental divergence is now evident. A and B agree as to their units along O_x_. They settled that by taking along that axis a given segment OU_{1} as…
Alfred North Whitehead, The organisation of thought, educational and scientific
Names X several times; opens on X.
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All ending in N, P, S, or in the two compounds of this last, PS and X, are masculines. All ending in the invariably long vowels, H and O, and in A among the vowels that may be long, are feminines. So that there is an equal number of masculine and feminine terminations, as PS and X are the same as S, and need not be counted. There is no Noun, however, ending in a mute or in either of the two short vowels, E and O…
Aristotle, Aristotle on the art of poetry
States what X is; names X several times.
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It is all one; “X” and “Y” are one. It is only this mind, this form, that has limited them apparently, and made them differ as internal and external world. “X” and “Y” are both unknown and unknowable. We cannot attribute any quality to them.
Swami Vivekananda, Jnâna Yoga, Part II
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