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Definition: Langmuir |
LangmuirNoun1. United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: LangmuirSynonym: Irving Langmuir (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: Child-Langmuir equation (electrical engineering), electron plasma frequency (nuclear energy & physics, physics), electrostatic waves (nuclear energy & physics, electrical engineering), Langmuir Blodgett (computing, post & telecom), Langmuir effect (nuclear energy & physics, physics), Langmuir frequency (nuclear energy & physics, electrical engineering), Langmuir probe (nuclear energy & physics, physics), Langmuir wave (physics), Langmuir waves (nuclear energy & physics, electrical engineering), plasma frequency (nuclear energy & physics, physicsnuclear energy & physics, electrical engineering), plasma oscillations. |
Crosswords: Langmuir |
| English words defined with "Langmuir": Irving Langmuir. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Langmuir": Langmuir frequency, Langmuir oscillation or Langmuir wave, Langmuir probe, Langmuir rate of evaporation, Langmuir trough, Langmuir waves, Longitudinal Waves ♦ maximum evaporation rate ♦ Plasma Wave. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Dr. Alexander Langmuir.Credit: CDC. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Langmuir" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Langmuir" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Langmuir": Irving Langmuir ♦ Langmuir waves. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Langmuir": Langmuir-blodgett. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
langmuir | 24 |
langmuir probe | 4 |
irving langmuir | 3 |
isotherm langmuir | 3 |
freundlich langmuir | 2 |
blodgett langmuir | 2 |
journal langmuir | 2 |
blodgett film langmuir | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Langmuir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Langmuir-bølger (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), plasmasvingninger (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), elektrostatiske bølger (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Langmuirgolven (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), plasmaoscillaties (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), elektrostatische golven (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Langmuirin aallot (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), sähköstaattiset aallot (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), plasmavärähtelyt (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | oscillations du plasma (Langmuir waves), ondes de Langmuir (Langmuir waves), ondes électrostatiques (Langmuir waves). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Langmuir-Wellen (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), Plasmaschwingungen (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), elektrostatische Wellen (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κύματα Langmuir (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), ηλεκτροστατικά κύματα (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), ταλαντώσεις πλάσματος (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | oscillazioni del plasma (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), onde elettrostatiche (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), onde di Langmuir (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | angmuirlay oscilações do plasma (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), ondas electrostáticas (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), ondas de Langmuir (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) oscilación del plasma (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), ondas electrostáticas (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), ondas de Langmuir (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) elektrostatiska vågor (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), elektronplasmavågor (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations), elektronplasmaoscillationer (electrostatic waves, Langmuir waves, plasma oscillations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-l-m-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: marling, mauling, ruminal. | |
-2 letters: alumin, alumni, arming, granum, laming, langur, lingam, lingua, lumina, luring, malign, margin, marlin, muling, muring, nilgau, ruling, rumina, urinal. | |
-3 letters: algin, algum, align, almug, argil, gamin, garni, glair, gnarl, grail, grain, gular, inarm, larum, liang, ligan, liman, linga, linum, lunar, lungi, miaul, mural, rugal, ruing, ulnar, unarm, unrig, urial. | |
-4 letters: agin, airn, alum, amin, amir, anil, aril, arum, gain, gaum, gaun, gaur, girl, girn, glia, glim, glum, gnar, gram, gran, grim, grin, grum, guan, guar, iglu, lain, lair, lang, lari, liar, lima, limn, ling, lira, luna, lung, magi, mail, main, mair, marl, maul, maun, mina, muni, mura, nail, nurl, ragi, rail, rain, rami, rang, rani, rial, ring, ruga, ruin, rung, ulan, ulna, unai. | |
-5 letters: ail, aim, ain, air, ami, amu, ani, arm, gal, gam, gan, gar, gin, gnu, gul, gum, gun, lag, lam, lar, lin, lug, lum, mag, man, mar, mig, mil, mir, mug, mun, nag, nam, nil, nim, rag, ram, ran, ria, rig, rim, rin, rug, rum, run, urn. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-l-m-n-r-u" | |
+1 letter: alaruming. | |
+2 letters: clamouring, glamouring, multigrain, multirange. | |
+3 letters: formulating, multigrains, pelargonium, submarginal, umbrellaing. | |
+4 letters: beglamouring, glamourizing, pelargoniums, promulgating, promulgation, unglamorized, unscrambling. | |
+5 letters: bildungsroman, formularizing, macroglobulin, matriculating, multiregional, multitracking, numerological, perambulating, promulgations, reformulating, restimulating, somersaulting, troublemaking, ungrammatical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 6E 67 6D 75 69 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -. --. -- ..- .. .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01101110 01100111 01101101 01110101 01101001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a n g m u i r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 006E 0067 006D 0075 0069 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4667807379877584 |
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