Usually means: Variable often representing an output.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word y:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. -y, the Y: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. -y, -y, -y: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. -y: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Y', ấy, y', y-: Wordnik
  5. -y: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. -y, y', y-: Wiktionary
  7. -y: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. y-, the y: Dictionary.com
  9. -y (1), -y (2), -y (3), y-: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. The Y (disambiguation), The Y, Y. (Bebe album), Y (Cyrillic), Y (EP), Y (TV series), Y (album), Y (disambiguation), Y (film), Y (game), Y (novel): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Y-: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. Y-: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. -y: MyWord.info
  14. y-: Free Dictionary
  15. Y-: Dictionary/thesaurus
  16. y-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  17. -y: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  18. -y: Dictionary.com
  19. Y: Infoplease Dictionary

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. -y: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -y: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Y, (R-Y), (B-Y), Y (B-Y) (R-Y): Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Y (in chemistry), Y (in genetics): MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. -y: Medical dictionary
  3. Y (in chemistry), Y (in genetics): Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Y-: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Y: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Y: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y.
noun:  A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
noun:  (lepidopterology) A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.
noun:  (Canada, US, informal) A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.
noun:  Abbreviation of year. [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]
noun:  (UK, television) Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked. [(uncountable) The quality or state of being young.]
noun:  (computing) Abbreviation of yes. [An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.]
adverb:  (slang, text messaging, Internet slang, stenoscript) Abbreviation of why. [(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.]
noun:  Abbreviation of year. (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.) [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]
noun:  (stenoscript) Abbreviation of year. [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]
noun:  (Canada, US) Clipping of the YMCA or YWCA.
noun:  Obsolete form of IJ (“a lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands”). [A lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.]

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