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AMPHIASTER

Definition: AMPHIASTER

AMPHIASTER

Noun

1. The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Amphiaster \Am"phi*as`ter\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'amfi` 'asth`r star.]. (references)


Photo Album: AMPHIASTER

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Figure 4. H. Fol and E. Sarasin photometer, 1886 model. This instrument was tested at Villefranche-sur-Mer on board Fol's yacht, the AMPHIASTER. The results were not published. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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

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Rhyming with "AMPHIASTER"

Words rhyming with "AMPHIASTER" (pronounced 'Am"phi*as`ter'): Anglemeter, Animater, Archiater, Backwater, Bandmaster, Bargemastter, Beemaster, Bergmaster, Black-letter, Blendwater, Bloodletter, Bogtrotter, Breakwater, Burghermaster, Burghmaster, Burgomaster, Calc-sinter, Capellmeister, Catchwater, Chalkcutter, Coal-meter, Cockmaster, Colporter, Confederater, Constituter, Controverter, Corncutter, Court-plaster, Craftsmaster, Criticaster, Cutwater, Dekaliter, Dekameter, Dynamiter, Fillibuster, Fresh-water, goddaughter, limewater, Macerater, manslaughter, Masticater, Medicaster, Meliorater, micromillimeter, midwinter, Mint-master, news-letter, Ohmmeter, Outfitter, Penteconter. (additional references)

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Anagrams: AMPHIASTER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-i-m-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: spermatia.

-2 letters: amirates, apathies, aspirate, hetairas, mateship, parasite, pastrami, primates, samphire, sapremia, septaria, seraphim, shipmate, teraphim, trampish, triphase.

-3 letters: amirate, amritas, apteria, aristae, armpits, asteria, atheism, atresia, hamates, hampers, hamster, harpies, harpist, hastier, hermits, hetaira, hipster, imarets, imparts, impaste, impresa, imprest, maestri, mishear, mispart, misrate, mithers, pariahs, parties, pastier, pastime, permits, piaster, piastre.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-i-m-p-r-s-t"
 

+2 letters: watermanship.

 

+3 letters: amphitheaters, watermanships.

 

+4 letters: aromatherapies, aromatherapist, cinematographs, headmastership, xerophthalmias.

 

+5 letters: aromatherapists, atmospherically, headmasterships, hypercatabolism, hyperparasitism, metallographies, parasympathetic, pharmaceuticals.

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

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Alternative Orthography: AMPHIASTER


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

41 4D 50 48 49 41 53 54 45 52

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)

01000001 01001101 01010000 01001000 01001001 01000001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#77 &#80 &#72 &#73 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004D 0050 0048 0049 0041 0053 0054 0045 0052

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

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

35475042433553543952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Images: Photo Album
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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