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Definition: Fafnir |
FafnirNoun1. (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| 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 |
FAFNIR | English | Fuell Array Fast Neutron Irradiation Rig | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
As Fafner, he featured in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fafnir."
| Synonym by domain: Fuell Array Fast Neutron Irradiation Rig (nuclear energy & physics). |
| 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 |
fafnir | 83 |
fafnir bearing | 70 |
fafnir ball bearing | 6 |
engine fafnir | 3 |
fafnir torrington | 2 |
dragon fafnir | 2 |
fafnir legacy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "fafnir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | afnirfay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-f-i-n-r" | |
-1 letter: infra. | |
-2 letters: airn, fain, fair, fiar, firn, naif, raff, rain, rani, riff. | |
-3 letters: aff, ain, air, ani, arf, fan, far, fin, fir, iff, ran, ria, rif, rin. | |
-4 letters: ai, an, ar, fa, if, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-f-i-n-r" | |
+1 letter: funfair, ruffian. | |
+2 letters: dandriff, firefang, funfairs, paraffin, raffling, ruffians. | |
+3 letters: affirming, affording, affraying, dandriffs, firefangs, nontariff, paraffins, raffinose, ruffianly, tariffing. | |
+4 letters: affirmance, affronting, chaffering, chromaffin, firefanged, gauffering, paraffined, paraffinic, raffinoses, ragamuffin, reaffixing, restaffing, ruffianism. | |
+5 letters: affirmances, affirmation, afforesting, affrighting, cliffhanger, differentia, diffracting, diffraction, faultfinder, firefanging, foraminifer, insufflator, paraffining, raffishness, ragamuffins, reaffirming, ruffianisms, trafficking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 66 6E 69 72 |
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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)01000110 01100001 01100110 01101110 01101001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a f n i r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0066 006E 0069 0072 |
| 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)406772807584 |
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