McCormick

  

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McCormick

Definition: McCormick

McCormick

Noun

1. United States inventor and manufacturer of a mechanical harvester (1809-1884).

2. United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: McCormick, South Carolina

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

McCormick is a town located in McCormick County, South Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,489. It is the county seat of McCormick County6.

Geography


McCormick is located at 33°54'49" North, 82°17'21" West (33.913565, -82.289154)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 9.7 km² (3.8 mi²). 9.7 km² (3.8 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 1,489 people, 657 households, and 400 families residing in the town. The population density is 152.9/km² (396.4/mi²). There are 737 housing units at an average density of 75.7/km² (196.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 32.51% White, 64.07% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.41% from other races, and 1.75% from two or more races. 1.54% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 657 households out of which 26.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% are married couples living together, 23.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% are non-families. 37.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.24 and the average family size is 2.95. In the town the population is spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 77.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 75.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $19,688, and the median income for a family is $34,375. Males have a median income of $26,027 versus $20,263 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,338. 26.8% of the population and 20.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 38.3% are under the age of 18 and 18.4% 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 "McCormick, South Carolina."

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Synonyms: McCormick

Synonyms: Cyrus Hall McCormick (n), Cyrus McCormick (n), John McCormick (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: McCormick

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

McCormick (1997)

The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick (1988)

Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: McCormick

DomainTitle

References

  • McCormick & Co, Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • American Quilt Classics: From the Collection of Patricia Cox With Maggi McCormick Gordon (reference)

  • Cyrus McCormick and the Mechanical Reaper (American Business Leaders) (reference)

  • International McCormick Tractors: Reliable Red: Farmall, Deering and Case-International (reference)

  • The Correspondence Between Leon Green and Charles McCormick 1927-1962 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: McCormick

Illustrations:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: McCormick

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Arrives at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, 21 February 1953. The officers with him are (from left to right): Rear Admiral I.N. Kiland; Vice Admiral J.J. Ballentine; Rear Admiral W.C. Switzer; and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick. Rear Admiral T.B. Brittain is in the extreme right background. The aircraft is a Douglas R4D. Photographed by AF3c R.A. Hoer.. Credit: NAVY.

Jim McCormick. Credit: Library of Congress.

Moose McCormick. Credit: Library of Congress.

Johnson and McCormick trying to stop Uncle Sam with "participation in reparations inquiry" sign. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Ruth Hannah [sic] McCormick, widow of the late Senator Medill McCormick of Ill., who-- , with her two children, Katrina and John--. Credit: Library of Congress.

Funeral services for Private J. T. Mackall. Services presided over by Reverend J.S.M. Davies, of the British Army. Attending the funeral were Captain W. H. Jacobs, United States Army and medical officer, and first Lieutenant C.O. McCormick. Gibraltar Ceme. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hiram Johnson, William Borah and Medill McCormick, posed, standing half-length. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: McCormick

AuthorQuotation

Terry Mccormick

Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: McCormick

"McCormick" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.90% of the time. "McCormick" is used about 91 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)98.9%9034,744
Noun (common)1.1%1339,140
                    Total100.00%91N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: McCormick

The following table summarizes the usage of "McCormick" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
MccormickLast name25,000449
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: McCormick

CountryName
USA

McCormick & Co, Incorporated

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: McCormick


1. McCormick, SC (town, FIPS 43720)
Location: 33.90996 N, 82.29294 W
Population (1990): 1659 (714 housing units)
Area: 8.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expressions: McCormick

Expressions using "McCormick": cyrus Hall McCormick cyrus McCormick John McCormick McCormick County. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: McCormick

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
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mccormick

425

mccormick ranch

31

mccormick schmicks

313

mccormick cyrus

30

mccormick place

287

mccormick deering

30

maureen mccormick

203

mccormick place in chicago

29

mccormick schmick

172

center mccormick

26

mccormick spice

98

millennium resort scottsdale mccormick ranch

25

mccormick schmidt

95

mccormick schmicks seafood restaurant

24

mccormick sc

94

millennium mccormick ranch

22

mccormick shiloh

86

mccormick kuletos

20

mccormick tractor

78

mccormick wood

19

mccormick schmidts

63

mccormick restaurant schmidt

18

mccormick place chicago

60

mccormick seasoning

18

chip mccormick

56

carolyn mccormick

18

megan mccormick

48

mccormick restaurant schmicks

18

hyatt regency mccormick place

47

catherine mccormick

17

hardcastle mccormick

47

hyatt mccormick place

17

jill mccormick

47

mccormick recipe

17

mccormick company

42

mccormick restaurant

17

maureen mccormick nude

39

mccormick co

16

mccormick paint

32

mccormick theological seminary

16
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: McCormick

Misspellings

"McCormick" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: maccormicki, Mccammick, Mccomish, Mccomnick, Mccormac, Mccormach, Mccormicks, m'cormick. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: McCormick

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-c-i-k-m-m-o-r"

-4 letters: cocci, comic, crick, croci, crock, micro.

-5 letters: coir, cork, corm, croc, mick, mirk, mock, momi, rick, rock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: McCormick


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

4D 63 43 6F 72 6D 69 63 6B

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)

01001101 01100011 01000011 01101111 01110010 01101101 01101001 01100011 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#99 &#67 &#111 &#114 &#109 &#105 &#99 &#107

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0063 0043 006F 0072 006D 0069 0063 006B

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

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

476937818479756977

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Frequency
10. Names: Company Usage
11. Cities
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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