ALDINE

  

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ALDINE

Definition: ALDINE

ALDINE

Adjective

1. An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ALDINE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

 

Specialty Definitions: ALDINE

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Literature

Aldine (2 syl.) Leader of the second squadron of Arabs who joined the Egyptian armament against the Crusaders. - Tasso: Jerusalem Delivered. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Specialty Definition: Aldine, Texas

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Aldine is a town located in Harris County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 13,979.

The Aldine area contains Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, which is the second largest aviation facility in Texas.

Geography

Aldine is located at 29°55'9" North, 95°22'47" West (29.919136, -95.379834)1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 21.0 km² (8.1 mi²). 21.0 km² (8.1 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics

As of the census2 of 2000, there are 13,979 people, 4,007 households, and 3,193 families residing in the town. The population density is 667.2/km² (1,727.0/mi²). There are 4,403 housing units at an average density of 210.1/km² (543.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 59.30% White, 5.84% African American, 0.69% Native American, 3.41% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 27.58% from other races, and 3.10% from two or more races. 56.33% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 4,007 households out of which 45.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% are married couples living together, 12.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 20.3% are non-families. 16.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.44 and the average family size is 3.86.

In the town the population is spread out with 33.1% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 28 years. For every 100 females there are 107.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town is $32,437, and the median income for a family is $35,518. Males have a median income of $28,779 versus $19,936 for females. The per capita income for the town is $11,701. 18.6% of the population and 17.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 24.3% are under the age of 18 and 19.3% 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 "Aldine, Texas."

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Crosswords: ALDINE

Non-English Usage: "ALDINE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (in block face, in bold face).

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Commercial Usage: ALDINE

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Books

  • Aldine Press Books at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the University of Texas at Austin: A Descriptive Catalogue (reference)

  • Aldine University Atlas (reference)

  • Biofeedback and Self-Control 1976-1977: an Aldine Annual on the Regulation of Bodily Processes and Consciousness (reference)

  • Craft and Consciousness: Occupational Technique and the Development of World Images (Communication and Social Order, an Aldine De Gruyter Series Of) (reference)

  • Learning from the Greeks: An Exhibition Commemorating the Five-Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the Aldine Press (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Cities: ALDINE


1. Aldine, TX (CDP, FIPS 1696)
Location: 29.91358 N, 95.37599 W
Population (1990): 11133 (4069 housing units)
Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ALDINE

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
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148

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Modern Translations: ALDINE

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

Danish

  

aldiner (italic letter). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

magere vette letter (italic letter). (various references)

   

French

  

aldine. (various references)

   

German

  

Aldina (italic letter). (various references)

   

Italian

  

aldino, aldina (italic letter), corsiva (italic letter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

aldineay

   

Portuguese

  

aldino (italic letter). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aldina (italic letter). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ALDINE

Misspellings

"ALDINE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adina, Adine, Alaina, Alcina, Aldin, Aldina, Aldini, Aldino, Aldon, Eldene, Eldine, Saladene. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "ALDINE"

Words rhyming with "ALDINE" (pronounced 'Al"dine'): Amandine, Andine, Didine, Ferrandine, Hirudine, Hirundine, Nandine, Pardine, Quinaldine, Smaragdine, Sordine, Thialdine, Verdine. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ALDINE

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: alined, denial, nailed.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-n"

-1 letter: ailed, alien, aline, anile, elain, eland, ideal, laden, liane, lined, naled, nidal.

-2 letters: aide, anil, dale, deal, dean, deil, deli, deni, dial, diel, dine, elan, idea, idle, ilea, lade, laid, lain, land, lane, lead, lean, lend, lied, lien, line, nail, nide.

-3 letters: aid, ail, ain, ale, and, ane, ani, dal, del, den, die.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-n"
 

+1 letter: aliened, aligned, aliunde, annelid, anviled, dealing, delaine, denials, inhaled, inlaced, leading, lindane, plained, snailed, unideal.

 

+2 letters: alcidine, annelids, anvilled, bidental, bilander, bindable, blindage, calcined, canfield, dateline, dawnlike, deadline, dealings, delaines, delating, delation, delaying, deniable, deniably, dentalia, dentinal, divalent, dragline, dulcinea, endemial, enfilade, entailed, finagled, findable, finialed, gliadine, handlike, hardline, headline, inflamed, inflated, inlander, inwalled, islanded, islander, ladening, landline, landmine, landside, leadings, lindanes, lineated, maidenly, maligned, mandible, medaling, medianly, melanoid, nailhead, nonideal, palinode, panicled, pantiled, pedaling, pineland, pleading, renailed, sandlike, sandpile, signaled, tideland, unallied, unhailed, unnailed, windable.

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Alternative Orthography: ALDINE


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

41 4C 44 49 4E 45

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 01001100 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#68 &#73 &#78 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 0044 0049 004E 0045

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

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

354638434839

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Cities 		5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes 		9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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