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Alligator Clip

Definition: Alligator Clip

Alligator Clip

Noun

1. A clip with a spring that closes the metal jaws.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Specialty Definitions: Alligator Clip

DomainDefinitions

Electrical Engineering

A hinged spring clip with serrated jaws for making temporary connections. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Synonym: Alligator Clip

Synonym: bulldog clip (n). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alligator Clip

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  alligator clip

55

  alligator clip hair

4

  alligator clip stainless

2

  alligator clip video

2

  alligator clip plastic

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Alligator Clip

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

Danish

  

krokodillenaeb (crocodile clip), krokodillenæb (crocodile spanner). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

accuklem (crocodile clip), poolklem (crocodile clip), krokodilklem (crocodile clip). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hauenleukakiinnitin, hauenleuka. (various references)

   

French

  

pinces crocodile, pince crocodile. (various references)

   

German

  

Abgreifklemme (crocodile clip), Krokodilklemme (crocodile clip). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κροκοδειλάκι, συνδετήρας τύπου κροκόδειλου (crocodile clip), λαβίδα τύπου δαγκάνας κροκοδείλου. (various references)

   

Italian

  

pinza a coccodrillo (crocodile clip), morsetto a coccodrillo, coccodrillo (crocodile, left over, overset). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alligatoray ipclay

   

Portuguese

  

jacaré (alligator, broad-nosed caiman, crocodile clip). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pinza cocodrilo (crocodile clip), mordaza de cocodrilo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Alligator Clip

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-i-i-l-l-l-o-p-r-t"

-3 letters: allopatric, apolitical.

-4 letters: alligator, altricial, cigarillo, illogical, palliator, pictorial, pilgarlic, piratical, political.

-5 letters: alogical, clitoral, gallipot, iatrical, pollical, tragical, tropical.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-i-i-l-l-l-o-p-r-t"
 

+3 letters: lithographically.

 

+4 letters: parasitologically.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Alligator Clip


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

41 6C 6C 69 67 61 74 6F 72      43 6C 69 70

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

    

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

01000001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01100111 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 00100000 01000011 01101100 01101001 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#108 &#105 &#103 &#97 &#116 &#111 &#114 &#32 &#67 &#108 &#105 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 006C 0069 0067 0061 0074 006F 0072      0043 006C 0069 0070

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

357878757367868184237787582

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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