| ADJECTIVE | all | i, one, 1, ane | used of a single unit or thing |
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| NOUN | substance | I, iodine, iodin, atomic number 53 | a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens |
| quantity | I, one, 1, ace, single, unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number | |
| communication | I / i | the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet |
| Sounds | ay' | |
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| Meaning | Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more. | |
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| Example | "'ane' is Scottish" | |
| Synonyms | one, 1, ane | |
| Broader | cardinal | Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order |
| Spanish | 1, I, un, uno | |
| Catalan | 1, I, u, un | |
| Meaning | A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks). | |
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| Synonyms | iodine, iodin, atomic number 53 | |
| Narrower | iodine-125 | light radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 60 days |
| iodine-131 | Heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days | |
| Broader | chemical element, element | Any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
| halogen | Any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | |
| Substance of | seawater, saltwater, brine | water containing salts |
| Spanish | iodo, número atómico 53, yodo | |
| Catalan | iode, número atòmic 53 | |
| Meaning | The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number. | |
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| Synonyms | one, 1, ace, single, unity | |
| Narrower | monad, monas | A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive |
| singleton | A single object (as distinguished from a pair) | |
| Broader | digit, figure | One of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration |
| Spanish | 1, dos, es, uno | |
| Catalan | 1, dos, u | |
| Meaning | The 9th letter of the Roman alphabet. | |
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| Member of | Roman alphabet, Latin alphabet | The alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe |
| Broader | letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character | The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech |
| Spanish | I | |
| Catalan | i | |
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