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Z

Z
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26th letter of the basic Latin alphabet

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  1. The same is true of Z. Suppose that 5,000 of Z is produced, of which 4,000 is enough to reimburse the capital used up by labor in the operation, and that the owner of commodity Z spends the remaining 1,000 Z in exchange for 1,000 of commodity A. It is evident (no money being used as yet) that this exchange of goods is regulated entirely by the desires of the two parties to the transaction. No more goods are created…

    John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy

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  2. X = β_x_, Y = γ_y_, Z = δ_z_. [β ≠ γ ≠ δ.] They proceed to adjust their differences, and first take the _x_-coordinates. Obviously they have taken different units of length along O_x_. The length OU_{1}, which A calls one unit, B calls β units.

    Alfred North Whitehead, The organisation of thought, educational and scientific

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  3. Oberon (ob'-ër-on) Olivia (ô-liv'-i-å) Ophelia (ô-fêl'-i-å or o-fêl'-yå) Orlando (awr-lan'-dô) Orsino (awr-sê'-nô) Othello (ô-thel'-ô) Parolles (pa-rol'-êz) Paulina (paw-lî'-nå) Pentapolis (pen-tap'-o-lis) Perdita (për'-di-tå) Pericles (per'-i-klêz) Petruchio (pe-trû'-chi-ô) Phoenix (fê'-niks) Pisanio…

    E. Nesbit, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

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