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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | CLOS Common LISP Object System. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Date "CLOS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
Crosswords: CLOS |
| Specialty definitions using "CLOS": CLiCC, CLISP, Clos network, Common Lisp, CommonLoops, ConstraintLisp ♦ DCL, DYnamic LANguage ♦ EuLisp ♦ LispView ♦ MCS ♦ New Flavors ♦ Portable Common Loops ♦ TELOS, Tiny Clos ♦ YAPS. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CLOS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (closed, shut), Scottish (rest), Welsh (pair of breeches, yard). |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CLOS | English | Common Lisp Object System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concealment | Januis clausis, with closed doors, a huis clos; hugger mugger, a la derobee; under the cloak of, under the rose, under the table; sub rosa, en tapinois, in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath, sotto voce, in a whisper, without beat of drum, a la sourdine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Les Volets clos (1972) Huis clos (1965) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 19. Closing device for Chun and Petersen net first devised by Giuseppe Palumbo, commanding officer of the VETTOR PISANI. In the course of its around the world oceanographic cruise of 1882-1885, the idea to develop a helical clos ing device for a towed plankton net was developed. Prince Albert I of Monaco adapted this idea to a vertical net during the expedition of 1887. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "CLOS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "CLOS" is used about 21 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 (proper) | 85.71% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (plural) | 14.29% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CLOS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Clos | Last name | 170 | 44,241 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| France | Huis Clos |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "CLOS": Clos network ♦ tiny Clos. 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. |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CLOS": closable, close, closeable, closed, closedown, closedowns, closefisted, closely, closemouthed, closeness, closenesses, closeout, closeouts, closer, closers, closes, closest, closestool, closestools, closet, closeted, closetful, closetfuls, closeting, closets, closeup, closeups, closing, closings, clostridia, clostridial, clostridium, closure, closured, closures, closuring. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CLOS": cyclos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CLOS": antiforeclosure, cycloserine, cycloserines, cycloses, cyclosis, cyclosporine, cyclosporines, cyclostome, cyclostomes, cyclostyle, cyclostyled, cyclostyles, cyclostyling, disclose, disclosed, discloser, disclosers, discloses, disclosing, disclosure, disclosures, eclosion, eclosions, enclose, enclosed, encloser, enclosers, encloses, enclosing, enclosure, enclosures, foreclose, foreclosed, forecloses, foreclosing, foreclosure, foreclosures, inclose, inclosed, incloser, inclosers, incloses, inclosing, inclosure, inclosures, nondisclosure, nondisclosures, reclosable, unclose, unclosed, uncloses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cols. | |
| Words within the letters "c-l-o-s" | |
-1 letter: col, cos, sol. | |
-2 letters: lo, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-l-o-s" | |
+1 letter: blocs, calos, clods, clogs, clons, clops, close, clots, cloys, coals, coils, colas, colds, coles, colts, cools, cowls, flocs, lochs, locks, locos, locus, scold, scowl, socle. | |
+2 letters: blocks, carols, cellos, celoms, ceorls, cholos, cibols, claros, cloaks, clocks, clomps, clones, clonks, clonus, cloots, closed, closer, closes, closet, cloths, clouds, clours, clouts, cloves, clowns, clozes, coalas, cobles, coleus, colics, colies, colins, cologs, colons, colors, colzas, consol, consul, copals, corals, cosily, costal, costly, coulis, cresol, cyclos, cymols, flocks, locals, locoes, locums, locust, logics, nicols, octyls, oculus, oscula, oscule, school, schorl, scolds, scolex, scowls, scroll, shlock, slouch, social, socles, solace, vocals. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4C 4F 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. --- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001100 01001111 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C L O S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004C 004F 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37464953 |
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