How do you pronounce X and Z (reactance and impedance)?

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bobaustin

Are they Latin or Greek characters?
Do I say "chi" and "zeta" or "eks" and "zee"?
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negitron

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The EEs I've worked with prounounce them as Latin letters, "eks" "and "zee" (or zed for our British EEs).

Last edited: Aug 3, 2009

cristo

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"eks" and "zed"