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REDAN

Definitions: REDAN

REDAN

Noun

1. A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level.

2. A work having two parapets whose faces unite so as to form a salient angle toward the enemy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "REDAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)



Specialty Definitions: REDAN

DomainDefinitions

Military

An earthwork having two faces that form an angle pointing toward the enemy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Redan, Georgia

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Redan is a town located in DeKalb County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 33,841.

Geography


Redan is located at 33°44'21" North, 84°9'57" West (33.739256, -84.165781)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 24.9 km² (9.6 mi²). 24.7 km² (9.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.52% water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 33,841 people, 11,748 households, and 8,517 families residing in the town. The population density is 1,368.2/km² (3,542.0/mi²). There are 12,106 housing units at an average density of 489.4/km² (1,267.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 5.68% White, 91.27% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.75% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. 1.78% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 11,748 households out of which 44.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% are married couples living together, 24.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% are non-families. 21.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 1.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.88 and the average family size is 3.35. In the town the population is spread out with 31.8% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 38.1% from 25 to 44, 18.1% from 45 to 64, and 3.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 30 years. For every 100 females there are 85.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 77.2 males. The median income for a household in the town is $51,564, and the median income for a family is $56,021. Males have a median income of $36,115 versus $31,166 for females. The per capita income for the town is $20,316. 5.5% of the population and 4.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 6.2% are under the age of 18 and 7.4% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Redan, Georgia."

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Synonyms within Context: REDAN

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Defense

Breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin; vauntmure; advance work, horn work, outwork; barbacan, barbican; redoubt; fort-elage, fort-alice; lines.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: REDAN

English words defined with "REDAN": Priestcap. (references)
Specialty definitions using "REDAN": Caponière. (references)
Non-English Usage: "REDAN" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (redan), Swedish (already, as early as, by now, even, yet).

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Commercial Usage: REDAN

DomainTitle

Books

  • Det är redan en annan dag (reference)

  • Japan : framtiden har redan börjat (reference)

  • Redan Primary School 1289 : centenary history, 1874-1974 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: REDAN

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: REDAN

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Sebastopol with the Redan, Malakoff & Mamelon.Credit: Library of Congress.

The interior of the Redan taken from its left face, looking towards the salient angle, looking south / / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.Credit: Library of Congress.

The interior of the Redan taken from its left face, looking towards the salient angle, looking south / / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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Cities: REDAN


1. Redan, GA (CDP, FIPS 63952)
Location: 33.73623 N, 84.15965 W
Population (1990): 24376 (9626 housing units)
Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Modern Translations: REDAN

Language Translations for "REDAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

fortinë tip pykë. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

редан. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γωνιώδεσ οχÏÏωμα (ravelin). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fogazás (cutting of teeth, dentation, serration, teething). (various references)

   

Manx

  

redane. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

edanray

   

Portuguese

  

obra de fortificação (lung), aberta na gola. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

redan. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

редан. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

uglasto utvrđenje. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dış açı oluşturan iki siper. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: REDAN

Derivations

Words beginning with "REDAN": redans. (additional references)

Words containing "REDAN": contredanse, contredanses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: REDAN

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: denar.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-r"

-1 letter: dare, darn, dean, dear, earn, nard, near, nerd, rand, read, rend.

-2 letters: and, ane, are, den, ear, end, era, ern, nae, rad, ran, red.

-3 letters: ad, ae, an, ar, de, ed, en, er, na, ne, re.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-n-r"
 

+1 letter: ardent, bander, cedarn, craned, damner, dancer, dander, danger, danker, darken, darned, darnel, darner, denari, denars, denary, earned, endear, errand, gander, garden, harden, lander, nacred, narked, neared, pander, rained, ranged, ranked, ranted, redans, remand, repand, sander, snared, unread, wander, warden, warned, yarned, zander.

 

+2 letters: adorned, adorner, adrenal, amender, aneared, aneroid, angered, antired, aproned, araneid, ardency, asunder, banders, bandore, bartend, blander, brained, branded, brander, branned, broaden, cairned, candler, cranked, damners, dancers, danders, dandier, dandler, dangers, dangler, danseur, darkens, darnels, darners, daunder, daunter, deanery, denarii, deraign, derange, detrain, dextran, dragnet, drained, drainer, draymen, duramen, durance, endarch, endears, enraged, errands, franked, ganders, gardens, gnarled, gnarred, gradine, grained, grandee, grander, granted, grenade, groaned, handier, handler, hardens, herdman, inarmed, invader, knarred, kneader, ladrone, landers, landler, launder, learned, lurdane, madrone, mandrel, manured, maunder, meander, nakeder, nardine, natured, operand, padrone, panders, pandore, pardine, pardner, pranced, pranged, pranked, prawned, predawn, ranched, randier, randies, rankled, ravened, ravined, reading, readorn, recaned, redrawn, reedman, remands, renamed, reynard, rondeau, sanders, sandier, sardine, slander, snarled, stander, trained, tranced, unaired, unarmed, undrape, unheard, unraked, unrated, unrazed, unready, untread, uranide, veranda, verdant, wanders, wardens, yardmen, yearend, yearned, zanders.

 

+3 letters: acridine, adherend, adherent, adhering, adorners, adrenals, advancer, aerodyne, alderman, aldermen, amenders, anchored, androgen, aneroids, answered, antherid, antlered, araneids, ardently, aridness, arointed, aroynted, arranged, arsenide, ascender, attender, attorned, bandager, banderol, bandores, bannered, bantered, bartends, bearding, bedarken, bilander, boardmen, boneyard, branched, branders, brandied, brandies, brazened, breading, breadnut, broadens, calendar, calender, candider, candlers, cankered, cantered, careened, cartoned, caverned, chandler, colander, conelrad, cranched, crankled, crannied, cravened, crayoned, credenda, credenza, crenated, daintier, dairymen, dakerhen, damneder, dampener, dandered, dandlers, danewort, dangered, danglers, danseurs, darkened, darkener, darkness, darndest, darneder, daunders, daunters, deaconry, deadener, deairing, dearness, debonair, decanter, decenary, demander, demeanor, denarius, denature, dentural, deraigns, deranged, deranges, derating, detainer, detrains, dextrans, dicentra, dipteran, dognaper, drabness, dracaena, dragline, dragnets, dragomen, dragonet, drainage, drainers, dreading, dreaming, dungaree, duramens, durances, enamored, endanger, endarchy, endbrain, endeared, endeavor, endocarp, endosarc, endpaper, enframed, engraved, enlarged, ensnared, expander, expandor, forehand, foreland, freedman, freehand, furnaced, gadarene, gandered, gardened, gardener, gardenia, garnered, gendarme, glanders, gradient, gradines, grandame, grandees, grandest, grandeur, grenades, handlers, handover, hangared, hankered, hardened, hardener, hardline, hardness, hardnose, harkened, herdsman, inarched, indurate, infrared, inlander, insnared, invaders, islander, jargoned, kidnaper, kneaders, ladrones, landlers, launders, lavender, lurdanes, madrones, mandrake, mandrels, mannered, margined, marinade, marooned, maunders, meanders, meridian, midrange, muraenid, narrated, narrowed, nattered, nearside, neatherd, nitrated, nonrated, normande, oleander, operands, ordained, ordainer, ordinate, ordnance, organdie, orphaned, overhand, overland, padrones, pandered, panderer, pandores, panfried, pardners, pardoned, pardoner, parented, pedantry, pendular, pomander, predawns, profaned, pronated, radiance, radiomen, rancored, randiest, ransomed, rationed, ratooned, rattened, rawboned, readding, readings, readorns, readying, reascend, reasoned, recanted, redating, redemand, redshank, reearned, regained, rehandle, rehanged, reharden, reinvade, reloaned, remained, remanded, remanned, renailed, rendzina, renegade, renegado, reordain, repandly, retained, reynards, riddance, romanced, rondeaux, ruinated, sardines, serenade, serranid, slanders, solander, spandrel, sprained, squander, standers, strained, stranded, strander, surnamed, swanherd, teardown, transude, treading, truanted, turbaned, unargued, unbarbed, unbarred, unbeared, unbraced, unbraked, uncrated, underact, underage, underarm, underate, undereat, underjaw, underlap, underlay, underpay, underran, undersea, undertax, underway, undraped, undrapes, undreamt, unearned, unerased, unfeared, unframed, ungraced, ungraded, unhaired, unharmed, unloader, unmarked, unmarred, unpaired, unparted, unraised, unranked, unrepaid, unseared, unshared, unthread, untraced, untreads, unvaried, unwarmed, unwarned, unwarped, uplander, uranides, uredinia, urinated, verandah, verandas, verdancy, vineyard, wandered, wanderer, wanderoo, wardenry, wrangled, yearends, zemindar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: REDAN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 44 41 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    -..    .-    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 01000100 01000001 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#68 &#65 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0044 0041 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5239383548

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Cities
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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