Z, or z, is the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet. Z may also refer to:

Film and television

* ''Z'' (1969 film), a 1969 Algerian-French thriller film based on the murder of a Greek politician. * ''Z'' (1999 film), a 1999 Indian mystery-thriller film (in Kannada language) * ''Z'' (2019 film), a 2019 Canadian horror film *

Z movie Zmovies (or grade-Zmovies) are low-budget films with production qualities lower than Bmovies. History and terminology The term "Zmovie" arose in the mid-1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally non-A films. It was soon adopted ...

, a description for low-budget films * ''The Lost City of Z'' (film), 2017 biopic about explorer Percy Fawcett * ''Project Z'' (film), Telugu language version of the science fiction thriller ''Maayavan'' * ''

Z-Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police and CID detectives in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by ...

'', a British police procedural TV drama series * '' Z: The Beginning of Everything'', television series about the life of Zelda Fitzgerald * Elizabeth "Z" Delgado, a ''Power Rangers: S.P.D.'' character * Z, the production code for the 1966 ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Gunfighters'' * Z-4195, often called "Z", a worker ant, the protagonist of ''

Antz ''Antz'' is a 1998 American animated adventure comedy film directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson from a screenplay written by Todd Alcott and the writing team of Chris and Paul Weitz. It was produced by DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks An ...

'' * '' Ultraman Z'', a 2020 tokusatsu series * ''World War Z'' (film), a 2013 zombie horror film * ''

Attack Force Z ''Attack Force Z'' (alternatively titled ''The Z Men'') is a 1982 Australian-Taiwanese World War II film directed by Tim Burstall. It is loosely based on actual events and was filmed in Taiwan in 1979. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festiva ...

, a 1982 film''

Music

* ''Z'' (EP) * ''Z'' (My Morning Jacket album) * Z number, prefix for works of

Henry Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: ; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, Dido and Aeneas, ''Dido and Aeneas''; and his incidental music to a version o ...

in the Zimmerman catalog *

Project Z (band) Project Z was an American indie rock, jazz fusion, and jam band, active in the early 2000s. Project Z was founded by leader Jimmy Herring (guitar), Rickey Keller (bass), and Jeff Sipe (drums), as an offshoot of Sipe's Atlanta band Apartment Proj ...

, band for which Jimmy Herring played *

WHTZ WHTZ (100.3 FM) is a commercial contemporary hit radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, and broadcasting to the New York metropolitan area. It is owned by iHeartMedia. WHTZ is the flagship station for ''Elvis Duran and the Morning Show' ...

, or Z 100, an iHeartRadio station in New York City * "Z", a song by Gayle that was released in 2020

Literature

* "Z", a pseudonym of

Ezra Pound Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an List of poets from the United States, American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Ita ...

* '' Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald'', by Therese Fowler * ''Z'', a novel by

Vassilis Vassilikos Vassilis Vassilikos (; 18 November 1933 – 30 November 2023) was a Greek writer and diplomat. According to UNESCO data, he is the 9th-most translated Modern Greek author. Biography Vassilis Vassilikos was born in Kavala on 18 November 1933. ...

* ''Z'', a play by

Anne Szumigalski Anne Szumigalski, SOM (b. 3 January 1922 in London, England, d. 22 April 1999) was a Canadian poet. Life She was born Anne Howard Davis in London, England, and grew up mostly in a Hampshire village. She served with the Red Cross as a medical ...

Mathematics

Z-score In statistics, the standard score or ''z''-score is the number of standard deviations by which the value of a raw score (i.e., an observed value or data point) is above or below the mean value of what is being observed or measured. Raw scores ...

, a concept in statistics *

zepto- A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today are decadic. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is prepended to any unit symbol. The pre ...

(z), an SI prefix meaning 10⁻²¹ *

zetta- A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today are decadic. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is prepended to any unit symbol. The pre ...

(Z), an SI prefix meaning 10²¹ *

\mathbb

, the set of

integer An integer is the number zero (0), a positive natural number (1, 2, 3, ...), or the negation of a positive natural number (−1, −2, −3, ...). The negations or additive inverses of the positive natural numbers are referred to as negative in ...

numbers **

\mathbb/n\mathbb

, the set of all integers modulo . **

\mathbb_p

, the set of all -adic integers or sometimes the set of all integers modulo . * Z, symbol for plastic section modulus, a geometric property * Z, the number 35 in base 36 and higher * z-axis, part of the

Cartesian coordinate system In geometry, a Cartesian coordinate system (, ) in a plane (geometry), plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point (geometry), point uniquely by a pair of real numbers called ''coordinates'', which are the positive and negative number ...

Computing

* .Z (disambiguation), a file extension * ''Z'' (video game), a 1996 computer game *

Z notation The Z notation is a formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is targeted at the clear specification of computer programs and computer-based systems in general. History In 1974, Jean-Raymond Abria ...

, a specification language for computing systems *

z-buffering A z-buffer, also known as a depth buffer, is a type of data buffer used in computer graphics to store the depth information of fragments. The values stored represent the distance to the camera, with 0 being the closest. The encoding scheme may ...

, the management of depth for 3-D graphics *

Z-machine The Z-machine is a virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games. Infocom compiled game code to files containing Z-machine instructions (called story files or Z-code ...

, a virtual machine used by Infocom for text adventure games *

z/OS z/OS is a 64-bit operating system for IBM z/Architecture mainframes, introduced by IBM in October 2000. It derives from and is the successor to OS/390, which in turn was preceded by a string of MVS versions.Starting with the earliest: ...

, a 64 bit operating system for mainframe computers * Z or ZF or Z flag, designations for the

zero flag The zero flag is a single bit flag that is a central feature on most conventional CPU architectures (including x86, ARM, PDP-11, 68000, 6502, and numerous others). It is often stored in a dedicated register, typically called status regist ...

HP Z HP Z is a series of professional workstation computers developed by Hewlett-Packard. The first-generation desktop products were announced in March 2009, replacing the HP xw series desktop workstations. The product line expanded to mobile with the ...

, a PC workstation brand of Hewlett Packard * Z (high impedance), one of the states in

three-state logic In digital electronics, a tri-state or three-state buffer is a type of digital buffer that has three stable states: a high voltage output state (logical 1), a low output state (logical 0), and a high-impedance (Hi-Z) state. In the Hi-Z state, th ...

Natural sciences

Z boson In particle physics, the W and Z bosons are vector bosons that are together known as the weak bosons or more generally as the intermediate vector bosons. These elementary particles mediate the weak interaction; the respective symbols are , , and ...

, an elementary particle * ''Z'', symbol for

atomic number The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol ''Z'') of a chemical element is the charge number of its atomic nucleus. For ordinary nuclei composed of protons and neutrons, this is equal to the proton number (''n''p) or the number of pro ...

(the number of protons in an atom's nucleus) * Z, symbol for

compressibility factor In thermodynamics, the compressibility factor (Z), also known as the compression factor or the gas deviation factor, describes the deviation of a real gas from ideal gas behaviour. It is simply defined as the ratio of the molar volume of a gas ...

(a thermodynamic property) * Z, symbol for

metallicity In astronomy, metallicity is the Abundance of the chemical elements, abundance of Chemical element, elements present in an object that are heavier than hydrogen and helium. Most of the normal currently detectable (i.e. non-Dark matter, dark) matt ...

(the mass proportion of an astronomical object that is neither hydrogen nor helium) * Z, abbreviation for

carboxybenzyl Benzyl chloroformate, also known as benzyl chlorocarbonate or Z-chloride, is the benzyl ester of chloroformic acid. It can be also described as the chloride of the benzyloxycarbonyl (Cbz or Z) group. In its pure form it is a water-sensitive oily c ...

(an organic compound) *

z

, the degree of

redshift In physics, a redshift is an increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the frequency and photon energy, of electromagnetic radiation (such as light). The opposite change, a decrease in wavelength and increase in frequency and e ...

in astronomical spectroscopy * Z, a descriptor for stereoisomers with a double bond in ''E''-''Z'' notation * Z, the number of formula units per unit cell in a

crystalline solid A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macrosc ...

Z Pulsed Power Facility The Z Pulsed Power Facility, informally known as the Z machine or simply Z, is the largest high frequency electromagnetic wave generator in the world, operated by Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It has primarily been ...

, an X-ray generator *

Z chromosome The ZW sex-determination system is a chromosomal system that determines the sex of offspring in birds, some fish and crustaceans such as the giant river prawn, some insects (including butterflies and moths), the schistosome family of flatworms ...

* Haplogroup Z

Transportation

Z (New York City Subway service) The J Nassau Street Local and Z Nassau Street Express are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored since they use the BMT Nassau Street Line in Lower Manhattan. ...

Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by Tokyo Metro. Overview The line serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chiyoda, Chūō, Kōtō, and Sumida. Despite being shorter in length than nearly all other Tokyo subway lines, ...

, a subway service operated by the Tokyo Metro, labeled * , the official West Japan Railway Company service symbol for the

Fukuen Line The is a railway line in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It connects Fukuyama Station in Fukuyama to Miyoshi Station in Miyoshi. Stations Former connecting lines * Sankō Line The ...

. *

Honda Z The Honda Z (marketed also as the Z600) is a two-door hatchback kei car/city car manufactured and marketed by the Honda Motor Company, from 1970 until 1974. Exports mostly ended after 1972, when the domestic market models received redesigned pi ...

, a kei car *

Honda Z series The Honda Z series or Monkey Bike was a line of minibikes made by Honda which have a model number starting with the letter Z. The bike came to be known as a monkey bike because those riding them "looked like monkeys". Background The origina ...

, a line of minibikes *

Nissan Z-car The Nissan Z-series is a model series of sports cars manufactured by Nissan since 1969. The original Z was first sold on October of 1969 in Japan as the at Nissan Exhibition dealerships that previously sold the Nissan Bluebird. It was initial ...

, a series of sports cars *

Kawasaki Z series Kawasaki () may refer to: Places *Kawasaki, Kanagawa Kawasaki, officially Kawasaki City, is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second mo ...

, a series of motorcycles *

Lincoln Z The Lincoln Z, previously known as the Lincoln Zephyr, is a mid-size luxury sedan produced since 2022 by Changan Ford, a joint venture between Chinese automaker Changan Automobile and American automaker Ford Motor Company, and sold by Lincoln M ...

, a mid-size luxury sedan *

HiPhi Z The HiPhi Z is a Battery electric vehicle, battery electric five-door shooting brake car from Chinese car manufacturer HiPhi. The vehicle was first presented as a concept in China in November 2021. The car is sold alongside the HiPhi X, an SUV ...

, an executive car *

BMW Z The BMW Z models are a line of roadsters manufactured by German automaker BMW. The Z stands for ''Zukunft'' ( German for ''future''), and has been produced in four different series with six generations consisting of roadster, coupé, sports car, ...

, a series of sports cars

Military

* Zulu, the military time zone code for UTC *

Z (military symbol) The Latin script, Latin-script letter Z ( rus, зет, p=zɛt, r=zet) is one of several symbols (including "V" and "O") painted on military vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is speculated that ...

, a symbol used by Russian military vehicles during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine * Operation Z, the Japanese code name for the 1941

attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Territory of ...

in its planning stages * Operation Z (1944), the initial Japanese plan for the defense of the Marianas Islands in WWII * Force Z, the British naval squadron sunk off Malaya in 1941 *

Plan Z Plan Z was the re-equipment and expansion of the ''Kriegsmarine'' (German navy) ordered by Adolf Hitler in early 1939. The fleet was meant to challenge the naval power of the United Kingdom, and was to be completed by 1948. Development of the plan ...

, a German naval construction program * Class Z Reserve, contingent of the British Army *

Project Z (bomber project) Project Z (also called the "Z Bombers Project") was a military project of the Empire of Japan, similar to the Nazi German Amerikabomber project, to design an intercontinental bomber capable of reaching North America. The planned aircraft The Pr ...

of World War II Japan * Z-4 Plan, a proposal to settle the Croatian War of Independence *

Hypothesis Z Hypothesis Z (), sometimes known as Plan Z (), was the name of Romania's first war plan for World War I. It was based on an offensive against Austria-Hungary in Transylvania and a simultaneous defense of the country against Bulgarian attacks in ...

, a Romanian war plan for World War I

Organisations

Together ''ToGetHer'' (, aka Superstar Express) is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit, Rainie Yang and George Hu. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Linzi ...

(''Zajedno''), a political party in Serbia *

Z Energy Z Energy is a New Zealand fuel distributor with branded service stations. It owns some of the former assets of Shell New Zealand and Chevron New Zealand. It has been a subsidiary of Australian petroleum company Ampol since May 2022. Shell l ...

, a New Zealand energy processing company * Z Corporation, a computer printer company *

Z Communications ZNetwork, formerly known as Z Communications, is a left-wing activist-oriented media group founded in 1986 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent.Max Elbaum''Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che'' London, England, UK; ...

, an activist media group, publishers of ''Z Magazine'' * ''Z'', a brand logo of

Zed Books Zed Books is a non-fiction publishing company based in London, UK. It was founded in 1977 under the name Zed Press by Roger van Zwanenberg. Zed publishes books for an international audience of both general and academic readers, covering areas ...

(a publishing company in London) * Z, stock trading symbol for the Zillow Group

People

Zendaya Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman ( ; born September 1, 1996) is an American actress and singer. List of awards and nominations received by Zendaya, Her accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award. I ...

, American actress and singer sometimes going by the nickname "Z"

Other uses

Z flag The Z flag is one of the international maritime signal flags. International maritime signal flag In the system of international maritime signal flags, part of the International Code of Signals, the Z flag stands for the letter Z ("Zulu" in the ...

, one of the international maritime signal flags *

Z-plan castle Z-plan is a form of castle design common in Scotland and England. The Z-plan castle has a strong central rectangular tower with smaller towers attached at diagonally opposite corners. Prominent examples of the Z-plan include Brodie Castle in Mor ...

, a form of castle design common in England and Scotland * Z (cartoonist) * ''Z'' (joke line), an American dial-a-joke service of the 1970s and 1980s *

Z scale Z scale is one of the smallest commercially available model railway scales (1:220), with a track gauge of . Introduced by Märklin in 1972, Z scale trains operate on 0–10 volts DC and offer the same operating characteristics as all othe ...

, a 1:220 model railway scale * , the IPA symbol for a

voiced alveolar sibilant The voiced alveolar fricatives are consonantal sounds. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents these sounds depends on whether a sibilant or non-sibilant fricative is being described. * The symbol for the alveolar sibilant ...

sound *

Lost City of Z The Lost City of Z is the name given by Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, a British surveyor of the early 20th century, to an indigenous city that he believed had existed in the jungle of the Mato Grosso state of Brazil. Based on early histories o ...

, a hypothetical ancient city in Brazil * Z (underaged killer), placeholder designation of an unnamed 15-year-old minor who committed the 2001 murder of Annie Leong under the orders of her husband Anthony Ler in Singapore * Suzanne "Z" Yang, American Girl character * Z, the main antagonist of ''

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 ''Xenoblade Chronicles 3'' is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is an installment in the open-world '' Xenoblade Chronicles'' series, itself a part of the larger '' Xe ...