Ash (Æ, æ; pronounced [æʃ]) is a letter of the Latin alphabet for English. It is formed as a ligature of the letters a and e. In Modern English, usage varies in different places. It is mainly used in words derived from Latin, such as encyclopædia, nebulæ and athenæum. In some places such as the United States, such spellings may be considered archaic and replaced with encyclopedia and atheneum, respectively. In the United Kingd ...

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• Æ - International Phonetic Alphabet
• Æ - Computer use
• Æ - Æ in art
• Æ - Reference

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George William Russell, the fin-de-siècle Irish poet, signed himself Æ, for Æon. The progressive metal band Tool used an Æ for the title of their third album, Ænima, and the song Ænema from that album. This is similar to the usage of the heavy metal umlaut, but is meant as a combination of anima and enema. In addition, the British electronic music group Autechre sometimes abbreviate their name to æ, as can be seen, for example, on the cover of ...

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Æ, Æ - International Phonetic Alphabet, Æ - Computer use, Æ - Æ in art, Æ - Reference

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George William Russell, the fin-de-siècle Irish poet, signed himself Æ, for Æon. The progressive metal band Tool used an Æ for the title of their third album, Ænima, and the song Ænema from that album. This is similar to the usage of the heavy metal umlaut, but is meant as a combination of anima and enema. ...

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Æ, Æ - International Phonetic Alphabet, Æ - Computer use, Æ - Æ in art, Æ - Reference

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For computers, when using the Latin-1 or Unicode sets, the codes for 'Æ' and 'æ' are respectively 0198 and 0230, as well as 146 and 145, respectively (holding down the ALT key whilst typing in 0198 or 146 on the number pad will produce the character on Windows systems and holding down the option or alt key whilst typing an apostrophe (') on a United States Macintosh keyboard), or C6 and E6 in hexadecimal. There is also Cyrillic Ӕ ӕ in Unicode (U+04D4, U+04D5), though in practice the Latin letters Æ and æ (U+00C6, U+00E6) are used in Cyrillic texts (such as ...

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Æ, Æ - International Phonetic Alphabet, Æ - Computer use, Æ - Æ in art, Æ - Reference

Read more here: » Æ: Encyclopedia II - Æ - Computer use