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, 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, 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 Ultraman Z, a 2020 tokusatsu series World War Z (film), a 2013 zombie horror film Attack Force Z, a 1982 film

Music Z (EP) Z (My Morning Jacket album) Z number, prefix for works of Henry Purcell in the Zimmerman catalog Project Z (band), band for which Jimmy Herring played WHTZ, or Z100, an iHeartRadio station in New York City "Z", a song by Gayle that was released in 2020 "Z", a song by Zzbra from the album Zzbra: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 2012

Literature "Z", a pseudonym of Ezra Pound Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, by Therese Fowler Z, a novel by Vassilis Vassilikos Z, a play by Anne Szumigalski

Mathematics Z-score, a concept in statistics zepto- (z), an SI prefix meaning 10−21 zetta- (Z), an SI prefix meaning 1021 , the set of integer numbers or , the set of all integers modulo , the set of -adic integers Z, symbol for plastic section modulus, a geometric property z-axis, part of the Cartesian coordinate system

Computing .Z (disambiguation), a file extension Z (video game), a 1996 computer game Z notation, a specification language for computing systems z-buffering, the management of depth for 3-D graphics Z-machine, a virtual machine used by Infocom for text adventure games z/OS, a 64 bit operating system for mainframe computers Z or ZF or Z flag, designations for the zero flag register HP Z, a PC workstation brand of Hewlett Packard Z (high impedance), one of the states in three-state logic

Natural sciences Z boson, an elementary particle Z, symbol for atomic number (the number of protons in an atom's nucleus) Z, symbol for compressibility factor (a thermodynamic property) Z, symbol for metallicity (the mass proportion of an astronomical object that is neither hydrogen nor helium) Partition function (statistical mechanics) Z, abbreviation for carboxybenzyl (an organic compound) , the degree of redshift in astronomical spectroscopy (Z), a descriptor for stereoisomers with a double bond in chemical E–Z notation Z, the number of formula units per unit cell in a crystalline solid Z Pulsed Power Facility, an X-ray generator Z chromosome Haplogroup Z

Transportation Z (New York City Subway service) Tokyo Metro Hanzōmon Line, a subway service operated by the Tokyo Metro, labeled , the official West Japan Railway Company service symbol for the Fukuen Line Honda Z, a kei car Honda Z series, a line of minibikes Nissan Z-car, a series of sports cars Kawasaki Z series, a series of motorcycles Lincoln Z, a mid-size luxury sedan HiPhi Z, an executive car BMW Z, a series of sports cars Garut, Tasikmalaya, Sumedang, Ciamis, Pangandaran and Banjar (vehicle registration prefix Z)

Military Zulu, the military time zone code for UTC Z (military symbol), 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 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, a German naval construction program Class Z Reserve, contingent of the British Army Project Z (bomber project) of World War II Japan Z-4 Plan, a proposal to settle the Croatian War of Independence Hypothesis Z, a Romanian war plan for World War I

Organisations Centre Party (Germany) (), a political party in Germany Together (Serbia) (), a political party in Serbia Z Energy, a New Zealand energy processing company Z Corporation, a computer printer company Z Communications, an activist media group, publishers of Z Magazine Z, a brand logo of Zed Books (a publishing company in London) Z, stock trading symbol for the Zillow Group

People Zohran Mamdani (born 1991), American politician who was nicknamed "Z" as a child

Other uses Z flag, one of the international maritime signal flags Z-plan castle, 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, a 1:220 model railway scale , the IPA symbol for a voiced alveolar sibilant sound Lost City of Z, 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 Nikon Z-mount, an interchangeable lens mount developed by Nikon for its mirrorless digital cameras

See also

Wolfsangel, a Z-shaped symbol Ž, Ż, Ź, Ze (Cyrillic), Ezh and Ro (kana) Z with stroke, Ƶ character Big Z (disambiguation) Channel Z (disambiguation) Z Channel (disambiguation) Z Force (disambiguation) Z Plan (disambiguation) Zed (disambiguation) Zee (disambiguation) ZZ (disambiguation) Zzz (disambiguation) Zzzz (disambiguation)