POLYTOMOUS

  

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POLYTOMOUS

Definition: POLYTOMOUS

POLYTOMOUS

Adjective

1. Subdivided into many distinct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Polytomous \Po*lyt"o*mous\, adjective. [Poly- Greek expression cutting, from to cut.]. (Websters 1913)


Frequency of Internet Keywords: POLYTOMOUS

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

dependent polynomial polytomous variable

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "POLYTOMOUS"

Words rhyming with "POLYTOMOUS" (pronounced 'Po*lyt"o*mous'): Abnormous, Achymous, Acrotomous, Aetheogamous, Agamous, Allogamous, Allonymous, Amphigamous, Amphistomous, Anadromous, Androtomous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermous, Angiostomous, Anonymous, Antidromous, Antistrumous, Aspermous, Athalamous, Athermous, Autogamous, Autonomous, Azymous, Bigamous, Biramous, Blasphemous, Brumous, Campylospermous, Catadromous, Catanadromous, Chromous, Chymous, Coelospermous, Defamous, Flammivomous, Flavicomous, Flexanimous, Floricomous, grumous, gymnospermous, Hemigamous, Homochromous, Homodynamous, Homogamous, infamous, Limous, Lipothymous, Lithodomous, magnanimous, Malacostomous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: POLYTOMOUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "l-m-o-o-o-p-s-t-u-y"

-4 letters: mostly, moults, ostomy, poults, poyous, stumpy, upmost.

-5 letters: looms, loops, loopy, loots, lotos, lotus, loups, lousy, louts, lumps, lumpy, lusty, molto, molts, mools, moots, moult, mousy, musty, osmol, plots, ploys, plums, plumy, polos, polys, pools, potsy, poult, pouts, pouty, poyou, sloop, slump, smolt, solum, sooty, sotol, soupy, spool, spout, spumy, stomp, stool.

 Words containing the letters "l-m-o-o-o-p-s-t-u-y"
 

+3 letters: polychotomous.

 

+4 letters: campylotropous.

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

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Alternative Orthography: POLYTOMOUS


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

50 4F 4C 59 54 4F 4D 4F 55 53

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)

01010000 01001111 01001100 01011001 01010100 01001111 01001101 01001111 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#79 &#76 &#89 &#84 &#79 &#77 &#79 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 004F 004C 0059 0054 004F 004D 004F 0055 0053

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

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

50494659544947495553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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