J (disambiguation)

J is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet.

J may also refer to:

Astronomy

Computing

  • J (programming language), successor to APL
  • J# programming language for the Microsoft .NET Framework
  • J operator, a programming construct
  • J (operating system), an operating system for ICL's System 4 series of computers

Genetics and medicine

Mathematics

  • J, symbol used to denote the Bessel function
  • j, used as the symbol for the imaginary unit () in fields where i is used for a different purpose (such as electrical current)
  • j and j2 (or ) are also used for the complex cube roots of unity
  • j, a number with the property j 2 = +1, used in the definition of the split-complex numbers
  • j, the second imaginary unit of a quaternion
  • j, an index variable in a matrix
  • The j-invariant, a modular function

Physics

  • Joule, the SI unit of energy (represented by capital letter J, in upright (non-slanted) type)
  • J, the SI-recommended dimension symbol for luminous intensity, conventionally rendered in a sans-serif typeface
  • Current density
  • Second moment of area
  • J, name given by Samuel C. C. Ting for the J/ψ particle
  • J-coupling, indirect dipole-dipole coupling between two nuclear spins

Music

  • J (Korean singer), a Korean pop singer
  • J (musician), a Japanese rock musician
  • J., nickname of American White Zombie guitarist Jay Yuenger
  • J., stage name of German musician Jaye Muller
  • J Mascis, American singer and guitarist of Dinosaur Jr.
  • J Records, a record label

Songs

Film and television

Other uses

  • J, slang for joint (cannabis)
  • J, slang for Air Jordan shoes
  • J, slang for a jump shot in basketball
  • J band (disambiguation)
  • J (psychedelic), an entactogenic drug
  • J (New York City Subway service)
  • J Church, a light rail line in San Francisco
  • Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, a Chicago railway sometimes referred to as "The J"
  • J, the international license plate code for Japan
  • J, the Canadian postal code for the western and northern regions of Quebec
  • J, German mint mark for the city of Hamburg
  • J abbreviation for Jahwist, one of the major authors of the Torah
  • J, an abbreviated title of a High Court judge (in Law Reports, etc.), e.g. Bloggs J
  • J. The Jewish News of Northern California, a weekly newspaper serving the Jewish community in Northern California
  • J, the narrator of Jerome K. Jerome's novel Three Men in a Boat
  • J., Jezper Söderlund, the trance artist
  • Lamborghini Aventador J, a 2012 Lamborghini supercar
  • J (novel), a 2014 novel by Howard Jacobson
  • ʲ, the symbol for Palatalization in the IPA
  • Juliet, sometimes used as the unofficial military time zone code for local time
  • "J" Is for Judgment, the tenth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet mystery" series, published in 1993
  • Guy Big J, range of trucks produced by Guy Motors of England between 1964 and 1978

See also

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