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"MODEMS" is a plural of: modem. |
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Health | Equipment that sends digital information over telephone lines. The term Modem is a short form of the phrase modulator-demodulator. (references) |
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Business | Fiber optic cables and cable modems are the immediate requirements of local cable operators. (references) | |
The Philippines does not have the capability of manufacturing transmitters and modems for the industry. (references) | ||
Fast modems, network management systems, and LAN systems are among the most popular products for the private sector. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Ethiopia | Ownership of private satellite receiving dishes and the importation of facsimile machines and modems are permitted; however, access to this technology is limited by its cost. (references) |
Economic History | Australia | Most household subscribers access the Internet on 56K modems. (references) |
Bulgaria | Best prospect subsectors for U.S. suppliers include personal computers, servers, laptops, modems, printers and scanners. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | However, Egyptian customs authorities may enforce strict regulations concerning temporary importation into or export from Egypt of items such as computer peripherals, including printers and modems, which are subject to customs fees. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "MODEMS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 89.06% of the time. "MODEMS" is used about 64 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 (plural) | 89.06% | 57 | 44,859 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 6.25% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.69% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 64 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "MODEMS": link Access Protocol for Modems ♦ parameter negotiation between modems. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
b b b b b b cable cable guide modem modems.org reference | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MODEMS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | parameter omsaetning mellem modemer (parameter negotiation between modems). (various references) | |
Dutch | protocol-afstemming tussen twee modems (parameter negotiation between modems). (various references) | |
Finnish | modeemien välinen parametrien asetus (parameter negotiation between modems). (various references) | |
French | adaptation de débit (parameter negotiation between modems). (various references) | |
German | Modems. (various references) | |
Greek | διευθέτηση των παραμέτρων μεταξύ διαμορφωτών/αποδιαμορφωτών (parameter negotiation between modems). (various references) | |
Italian | adattamento dei parametri fra modems (parameter negotiation between modems). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | odemsmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | negociação de parâmetros entre modems (parameter negotiation between modems). (various references) | |
Spanish | adaptación de parámetro entre modems (parameter negotiation between modems). (various references) | |
Swedish | modem (modem). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"MODEMS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hodems, medames, metem, midem, midens, modam, modeme, modeness, Modeno, modeum, modim, modom, modum, Moema, mondem, mordem, moremi, moyens, Mudima, nodens, Oodbms, zmodem. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "MODEMS" (pronounced mō"dumz) |
| 4 | -d u m z | condoms, fiefdoms, freedoms, kingdoms, memorandums, referendums, sedums, sheikdoms. |
| 3 | -u m z | acronyms, ageratums, albums, algorithms, alums, amalgams, anachronisms, angstroms, antagonisms, anthems, aphorisms, aquariums, atoms, auditoriums, axioms, bantams, baptisms, blossoms, bottoms, caladiums, chrysanthemums, columns, condominiums, consortiums, criticisms, curriculums, customs, dirhams, doldrums, dualisms, ecosystems, emblems, embolisms, enthusiasms, euphemisms, fathoms, forums, geraniums, ginghams, Grahams, gymnasiums, herbariums, honorariums, hoodlums, idioms, isms, items, logarithms, mannerisms, maxims, mechanisms, mediums, metabolisms, methodisms, microorganisms, millenniums, minimums, monisms, moratoriums, museums, nostrums, organisms, orgasms, phantoms, pilgrims, podiums, poems, possums, premiums, problems, puritanisms, quorums, ransoms, rhythms, schisms, spasms, spectrums, stadiums, stratagems, subsystems, surrealisms, symposiums, symptoms, systems, tantrums, totems, transoms, ultimatums, victims, welcomes, zirconiums. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-m-m-o-s" | |
-1 letter: demos, domes, memos, modem, modes, momes. | |
-2 letters: demo, does, dome, doms, dose, memo, mems, mode, mods, mome, moms, odes, some. | |
-3 letters: doe, dom, dos, eds, ems, med, mem, mod, mom, mos, ode, ods, oes, oms, ose, sod, som. | |
-4 letters: de, do, ed, em, es, me, mm, mo, od, oe, om, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-m-m-o-s" | |
+2 letters: commends, commodes, demonism, immodest, mesoderm, mismoved, semidome, summoned. | |
+3 letters: demonisms, desmosome, embosomed, gamodemes, imbosomed, immodesty, memorised, mesoderms, methodism, misformed, modernism, moviedoms, ombudsmen, semidomed, semidomes, seminomad, stomodeum, summonsed. | |
+4 letters: commanders, commandoes, commenders, commodores, communised, demimondes, dermatomes, desmosomal, desmosomes, discommend, discommode, formamides, immodestly, incommodes, meddlesome, melodramas, mesodermal, methodisms, misnomered, modernisms, mushroomed, neodymiums, plasmodesm, recommends, resummoned, seminomads, stomodaeum, stomodeums, summerwood. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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