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Definition: Lorenz |
LorenzNoun1. Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Lorenz" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone from Laurentum", "a laurel". |
Date "Lorenz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
Synonyms: LorenzSynonyms: Konrad Lorenz (n), Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: Hoffa-Lorenz operation (medicine), Lorenz curve (mathematics, statistics), Lorenz operation (medicine), nutritional state index Lorenz, Paci-Lorenz operation, v.Baeyer-Lorenz bifurcation operation. |
Crosswords: Lorenz |
| English words defined with "Lorenz": Konrad Lorenz, Konrad Zacharias Lorenz ♦ Lorenz Hart, Lorenz Milton Hart, Lorenz Oken, Lorenz Okenfuss ♦ Richard Rodgers, Rodgers. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Lorenz": Edward Lorenz ♦ Lorenz attractor, Lorenz curve. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Lorenz": Okenite. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Ehesache Lorenz (1959) Bergführer Lorenz (1943) | |
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Shown is the Office of Cancer Investigations from Cambridge, Massachusetts who became part of the first NCI staff during the summer of 1939 shortly before moving into building 6 in october. Front (l-r): J. Trovato, D. Howard, R. Robin, T. Shovelton, R. O'Gara, D. Silverman, F. Linnell, J. Stasio, F. Turner (Medical Director). Center: M. Shear, H. Stewart, H. Grady, H. Andervont, E. Lorenz, J. Leiter, A. Perrault. Rear: F. Kennedy, W. McEheney, J. Hartwell, M. Shimkin, J. Murphy, W. Gately, H. Meyer. See also AR000174. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ![]() | Aloys Senefelder--Enfinder der Lithographic und der chemischen Druckerey / Nach der Natur auf Stein gezeichnet von Lorenz Quaglio 1818. Credit: Library of Congress. | |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Lorenz" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lorenz" is used about 56 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) | 100% | 56 | 45,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Lorenz" 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 |
| Lorenz | Last name | 5,000 | 2,452 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Lorenz" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "someone from Laurentum", "a laurel". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Lorenz." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Laurentia | Female | Ancient Roman | Laurence |
| Laurentius | Male | Ancient Roman | Laurence |
| Lavrenti | Male | Bulgarian | Laurence |
| Llorenç | Male | Catalan | Laurence |
| Vavrinec | Male | Czech | Laurence |
| Laurits | Male | Danish | Laurence |
| Lauritz | Male | Danish | Laurence |
| Laurens | Male | Dutch | Laurence |
| Larkin | Male | English | Laurence |
| Larrie | Male | English | Laurence |
| Larry | Male | English | Laurence |
| Lauren | Female | English | Laurence |
| Laurence | Male | English | N/A |
| Laurencia | Female | English | Laurence |
| Lawrence | Male | English | Laurence |
| Lawson | Male | English | Laurence |
| Loren | Male, Female | English | Laurence |
| Lasse | Male | Finnish | Laurence |
| Lassi | Male | Finnish | Laurence |
| Lauri | Male | Finnish | Laurence |
| Laurent | Male | French | Laurence |
| Lenz | Male | German | Lorenz |
| Lorenz | Male | German | Laurence |
| Lavrentios | Male | Greek | Laurence |
| Lõrinc | Male | Hungarian | Laurence |
| Labhrás | Male | Irish | Laurence |
| Lorenza | Female | Italian | Laurence |
| Lorenzo | Male | Italian | Laurence |
| Wawrzyniec | Male | Polish | Laurence |
| Laurenço | Male | Portuguese | Laurence |
| Laurentiu | Male | Romanian | Laurence |
| Lavrenti | Male | Russian | Laurence |
| Lars | Male | Scandinavian | Laurence |
| Lorens | Male | Scandinavian | Laurence |
| Labhrainn | Male | Scottish | Laurence |
| Lorencio | Male | Spanish | Laurence |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Lorenz": Edward Lorenz ♦ Konrad Lorenz ♦ Konrad Zacharias Lorenz ♦ lorenz attractor ♦ Lorenz curve ♦ lorenz Hart ♦ lorenz Milton Hart ♦ lorenz Oken ♦ lorenz Okenfuss ♦ Lorenz Park. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Lorenz": lorenz-model. | |
Ending with "Lorenz": Quasi-lorenz. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "Lorenz"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Lorenz'redressement (Lorenz operation), Lorenz kurve (Lorenz curve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Lorenz-kromme (Lorenz curve), methode van Lorenz-Hoffa (Lorenz operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Lorenzin osteotomia (Lorenz operation), Lorenzin käyrä (Lorenz curve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ostéotomie de Lorenz (Lorenz operation), opération de Lorenz (Lorenz operation), indice de corpulence de Lorenz (nutritional state index Lorenz), courbe de Lorenz (Lorenz curve), courbe de concentration de Lorenz (Lorenz curve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lorenz-Kurve (Lorenz curve), von Baeyer-Operation (Lorenz operation), von Baeyer-Lorenz-Bifurkationsoperation (Lorenz operation), Fettansatzindex Lorenz (nutritional state index Lorenz). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καμπύλη του Lorenz (Lorenz curve), εγχείρηση Lorenz (Lorenz operation), οστεοτομή Lorenz (Lorenz operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | osteotomia di Lorenz (Lorenz operation), operazione di Lorenz (Hoffa-Lorenz operation, Lorenz operation, Paci-Lorenz operation), curva di Lorenz (Lorenz curve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orenzlay curva de Lorenz (Lorenz curve). (various references) operación de Lorenz (Lorenz operation), curva de Lorenz (Lorenz curve). (various references) Lorenz-kurva (Lorenz curve), Lorenzkurva (Lorenz curve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Lorenz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Florenza, Larens, Loerincz, Lorans, Lorenc, Lorenza, Lornes, Lorrazo, Lourens. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-n-o-r-z" | |
-1 letter: enrol, loner, nerol, zoner. | |
-2 letters: enol, leno, lone, lore, lorn, noel, orle, role, zero, zone. | |
-3 letters: eon, ern, lez, nor, ole, one, ore, roe. | |
-4 letters: el, en, er, lo, ne, no, oe, on, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-n-o-r-z" | |
+2 letters: blazoner, frozenly, lionizer. | |
+3 letters: blazoners, colonizer, lionizers, normalize. | |
+4 letters: blazonries, colonizers, creolizing, emblazoner, emblazonry, interzonal, journalize, mongrelize, normalized, normalizer, normalizes, pollenizer, pollinizer, recolonize, rhizoplane. | |
+5 letters: emblazoners, horizonless, journalized, journalizer, journalizes, mongrelized, mongrelizes, monopolizer, normalizers, organizable, orientalize, overanalyze, personalize, pollenizers, pollinizers, rationalize, realization, recolonized, recolonizes, regionalize, renormalize, rhizoplanes, unpolarized, zillionaire, zooplankter. | |
| 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)4C 6F 72 65 6E 7A |
| 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)01001100 01101111 01110010 01100101 01101110 01111010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L o r e n z |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 006F 0072 0065 006E 007A |
| 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)468184718092 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Names: Derived from 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; |