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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | LEC Local Exchange Carrier. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Date "LEC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
Crosswords: LEC |
| Specialty definitions using "LEC": Dataphone Digital Service ♦ Rats, Long-Evans. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "LEC" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Hungarian (come-down, to swoop down on sg). |
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 |
LEC | English | Liquid-Encapsulated Czochralski | Chemistry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Poslední lec (1981) Ditari i Lec pazhecit (1975) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Books |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Stanislaw J. Lec | He who limps is still walking. |
| Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork? | |
| Never lie when the truth is more profitable. | |
| The first requisite for immortality is death. | |
| People find life entirely too time-consuming. | |
| No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. | |
| The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it. | |
| Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody. | |
| When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "LEC" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 44.44% of the time. "LEC" is used about 9 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 (singular) | 44.44% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 33.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | US Lec Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "LEC": LEC billing ♦ LEC card ♦ LEC charges. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "LEC": lec-subj. | |
Ending with "LEC": lc-lec. | |
| 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 |
lec | 75 |
us lec | 48 |
lawlink.nsw.gov.au lec | 9 |
lec billing | 9 |
instrument lec | 4 |
lec tec | 4 |
clearinghouse lec | 3 |
billing lec services | 3 |
us lec corp | 3 |
county lec pickens | 3 |
lec monitor | 2 |
freezer lec | 2 |
easy lec quick | 2 |
c info.com lec | 2 |
c lec times.com | 2 |
c lec | 2 |
lec services | 2 |
lec zorn | 2 |
jennings lec salmon strouse | 2 |
us lec corporation | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "LEC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | lokaltakst (LEC charges), lokal opkrævning (LEC billing), LEC-telekort (LEC card). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kosten voor rekening van het lokale verbindingsbedrijf (LEC charges), facturatie door lokale carrier (LEC billing), facturatie door lokaal verbindingsbedrijf (LEC billing), betaalkaart uigegeven door lokaal verbindingsbedrijf (LEC card). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | LEC-varaukset (LEC charges), paikallisoperaattorin puhelukortti (LEC card), paikallisoperaattorilaskutus (LEC billing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | facturation des appels par l'opérateur local (LEC billing), charges de l'opérateur local (LEC charges), carte d'appel d'opérateur local (LEC card). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | LEC-Card (LEC card), LEC-Billing (LEC billing), Entgelte des Ortsnetzbetreibers (LEC charges). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάρτα LEC (LEC card), τέλη LEC (LEC charges), τιμολόγηση LEC (LEC billing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eclay facturação pelo operador telefónico local (LEC billing), cartão emitido pelo operador telefónico local (LEC card). (various references) tarjeta de prepago (LEC card), facturación de la compañía LEC (LEC billing), cargos del operador local (LEC charges). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "LEC": lech, lechayim, lechayims, leched, lecher, lechered, lecheries, lechering, lecherous, lecherously, lecherousness, lecherousnesses, lechers, lechery, leches, leching, lechwe, lechwes, lecithin, lecithinase, lecithinases, lecithins, lectern, lecterns, lectin, lectins, lection, lectionaries, lectionary, lections, lector, lectors, lectotype, lectotypes, lecture, lectured, lecturer, lecturers, lectures, lectureship, lectureships, lecturing, lecythi, lecythis, lecythus. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "LEC": alec. (additional references) | |
Words containing "LEC": acatalectic, acatalectics, acrolect, acrolects, adrenalectomies, adrenalectomized, adrenalectomy, alecs, analecta, analects, antielectron, antielectrons, antireflection, antireflective, apoplectic, apoplectically, applecart, applecarts, atelectases, atelectasis, befleck, beflecked, beflecking, beflecks, bidialectal, bidialectalism, bidialectalisms, bimolecular, bimolecularly, bioelectric, bioelectrical, bioelectricities, bioelectricity, biomolecular, biomolecule, biomolecules, caleche, caleches, catalectic, catalectics, cholecalciferol, cholecalciferols, cholecystectomies, cholecystectomized, cholecystectomy, cholecystitides, cholecystitis, cholecystokinin, cholecystokinins, collect, collectable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cel. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l" | |
-1 letter: el. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l" | |
+1 letter: alec, ceil, cell, cels, celt, clef, clew, clue, cole, lace, lech, lice, luce. | |
+2 letters: alecs, belch, cable, calve, camel, carle, cecal, ceils, celeb, cella, celli, cello, cells, celom, celts, ceorl, chela, chiel, chile, chyle, clade, clave, clean, clear, cleat, cleek, clefs, cleft, clepe, clept, clerk, clews, clime, cline, clone, close, clove, cloze, clued, clues, coble, coled, coles, creel, cruel, culet, culex, cupel, cycle, decal, dolce, eclat, elect, excel, fecal, fleck, glace, ileac, laced, lacer, laces, lacey, lance, leach, leech, letch, luces, lucre, lycea, lycee, macle, melic, oleic, place, relic, scale, slice, socle, telic, ulcer, uncle, welch. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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