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Definition: Ops |
OpsNoun1. (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Ops" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | OPS 1. On-line Process Synthesizer. M. Greenberger, MIT ca. 1964. Discrete simulation under CTSS. Sammet 1969, p.660. Versions: OPS-3, OPS-4. "On- line Computation and Simulation: The OPS-3 System", M. Greenberger et al, MIT Press 1965. 2. Official Production System. CMU, 1970. The first production-system (i.e. rule-based) programming language, used for building expert systems. Written originally in Franz Lisp, later ported to other LISP dialects. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
On August 10, a festival took place in her honor. On December 9, the Opalia was celebrated. On August 25, the Opiconsivia was held.
Alternative: Opis
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ops."
| 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 |
OPS | English | Oxford Pharmaceutical Sciences | N/A |
OPS | French | Organisation sanitaire panaméricaine | Medicine |
OPS | Spanish | Organización Panamericana de la Salud | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Ops |
| English words defined with "Ops": Cybele ♦ Dindymene ♦ Great Mother ♦ Magna Mater, Mater Turrita ♦ Rhea. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Ops": lexer ♦ O'pal ♦ TLAs. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Ops": Opiferous, Opiparous, Opulent. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ops" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (ability, aid, assistance, force, fortune, help, power, power to aid, power to help, singular: power, strength, treasure, vigour, wealth), Turkish (whoops). |
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Screenplays | No, we're Ops. (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) | |
Movie/TV Titles | OPS (2001) | |
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| "Ops" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ops" is used about 86 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 (plural) | 100% | 86 | 35,638 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Ending with "Ops": coin-ops, co-ops, photo-ops. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tactical ops | 346 | army europe ops | 24 |
spec ops | 161 | map ops tactical | 24 |
ops | 147 | 2 black ops | 23 |
extreme ops | 116 | 2 black cheat nam ops viet | 23 |
special ops | 99 | 2 black cheat ops | 21 |
army ops | 95 | ops patch tactical | 21 |
fed biz ops | 83 | airborne cheat commando ops spec | 21 |
black ops | 75 | global ops | 21 |
co ops | 55 | airborne commando ops spec | 20 |
2 black nam ops viet | 48 | extreme ops soundtrack | 19 |
viet nam black ops | 48 | ops rogue | 18 |
naval ops | 47 | ops engine | 18 |
gunner naval ops warship | 45 | spec ops ranger elite | 17 |
covert ops | 38 | covert ops rainbow six | 16 |
cheat ops tactical | 36 | twin city co ops | 16 |
baseball ops | 34 | assault cheat covert ops spec | 16 |
download ops tactical | 27 | spec ops stealth patrol | 15 |
assault ops tactical terror | 27 | cheat ops patrol spec stealth | 15 |
ops tac | 26 | extreme movie ops | 15 |
spec ops cheat | 26 | wing commander secret ops | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Ops"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hadmûveleti (operational, operations), hadmûvelet (maneuver, manoeuvre, operation, operations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opsay operaţii militare. (various references) військова операція (operation), оперативний відділ, оперативний пункт, начальник оперативного відділу, бойові дії (action, operation, warfare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Ops": opsin, opsins, opsonic, opsonified, opsonifies, opsonify, opsonifying, opsonin, opsonins, opsonize, opsonized, opsonizes, opsonizing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Ops": agitprops, airdrops, anviltops, archbishops, backdrops, backstops, bakeshops, barbershops, barhops, bebops, beechdrops, bellhops, bishops, blacktops, bloops, bookshops, bops, calthrops, caltrops, carhops, carrottops, chops, clops, codevelops, codswallops, collops, cookshops, cooktops, coops, cops, countertops, cowflops, cowplops, crops, cyclops, desktops, develops, dewdrops, dollops, doorstops, dramshops, droops, drops, eardrops, eavesdrops, envelops, escallops, escalops, estops, eyedrops, flattops. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Ops": amylopsin, amylopsins, anoopsia, anoopsias, anopsia, anopsias, autopsic, autopsied, autopsies, autopsy, autopsying, bacteriorhodopsin, bacteriorhodopsins, biopsic, biopsied, biopsies, biopsy, biopsying, caryopses, caryopsides, caryopsis, ceratopsian, ceratopsians, chopstick, chopsticks, copse, copses, coreopsis, diopside, diopsides, diopsidic, dropshot, dropshots, dropsical, dropsied, dropsies, dropsy, duopsonies, duopsony, hoopskirt, hoopskirts, hoopster, hoopsters, hopsack, hopsacking, hopsackings, hopsacks, hopscotch, hopscotched, hopscotches, hopscotching. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Ops" (pronounced Ä"ps) |
| 3 | Ä" p s | chops, cops, crops, drops, flops, hops, Kops, mops, pops, props, shoppes, shops, sops, stops, swaps, tops, wops. |
| 2 | -p s | airdrops, airships, airstrips, allotropes, Alps, ambassadorships, amidships, apes, apocalypse, apprenticeships, archetypes, audiotapes, backdrops, backups, bagpipes, battleships, beeps, bellhops, biceps, bishops, Blimps, blips, bookshops, bootstraps, breakups, buildups, bumps, buttercups, camps, cantaloupes, capes, caps, chairmanships, championships, Champs, chaps, checkups, chimps, chips, chirps, clamps, claps, cleanups, clips, closeups, clumps, collapse, contretemps, copes, corpse, coupes, coverups, cramps, craps, creeps, crepes, crimps, cups, cyclops, damps, dealerships, desktops, develops, dictatorships, dips, directorships, distributorships, doorsteps, drapes, drips, drupes, dumps, dupes, eclipse, elapse, ellipse, elopes, envelopes, envelops, equips, escapes, eyedrops, fellowships, fingertips, flagships, flaps, flips, footsteps, forceps, friendships, gaps, gasps, genotypes, gigaflops, glimpse, gossips, governorships, grapes, grasps, gripes, grips, groups, grownups, gulps, gunships, gyroscopes, handicaps, hangups, hardships, harps, heaps, helps, hiccups, hilltops, hips, holdups, hookups, hoops, hopes, horoscopes, hubcaps, hypes, internships, isotopes, jeeps, judgeships, juleps, jumps, keeps, kelps, kidnaps, kneecaps, lamps, landscapes, laps, lapse, laptops, leaderships, leaps, lightships, limps, lineups, linkups, lips, lollipops, loops, Lopes, lumps, maps, markups, matchups. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sop. | |
| Words within the letters "o-p-s" | |
-1 letter: op, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-p-s" | |
+1 letter: bops, cops, epos, fops, hops, kops, lops, mops, oops, opes, opts, opus, peso, piso, pods, pois, pols, poms, pons, pops, pose, posh, post, posy, pots, pows, pros, scop, shop, slop, soap, soph, sops, soup, spot, stop, swop, tops, wops. | |
+2 letters: apods, capos, chops, clops, comps, coops, copes, copse, corps, coups, crops, dipso, dopas, dopes, dorps, drops, estop, expos, flops, glops, goops, gorps, hoops, hopes, hypos, knops, knosp, kophs, loops, lopes, loups, mopes, opahs, opals, opens, opsin, ouphs, paseo, peons, pepos, pesos, pesto, phons, phots, pions, pious, pisco, pisos, plods, plops, plots, plows, ploys, pocks, poems, poesy, poets, poise, pokes, poles, polis, polls, polos, polys, pomes, pomps, ponds, pones, pongs, poods, poofs, poohs, pools, poons, poops, popes, popsy, pores, porks, porns, ports, posed, poser, poses, posit, posse, posts, potsy, poufs, pours, pouts, poxes, praos, proas, prods, profs, progs, proms, props, prose, proso, pross, prost, prosy, prows, psoae, psoai, psoas, qophs, repos, romps, ropes, roups, sapor, scoop, scope, scops, sepoy, shops, sloop, slope, slops, snoop, soaps, soapy, sophs, sophy, sopor, soppy, soups, soupy, spado, spode, spoil, spoke, spoof, spook, spool, spoon, spoor, spore, sport, spots, spout, stomp, stoop, stope, stops, stopt, stoup, stowp, strop, swoop, swops, sysop, topes, tophs, topis, topos, typos, updos, whops, woops. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 70 73 |
| 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)01001111 01110000 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O p s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0070 0073 |
| 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)498285 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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