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Definition: UNICURSAL |
UNICURSALAdjective1. That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter /. |
Etymology: Unicursal \U`ni*cur"sal\, adjective. [Uni- Latin currere, cursum, to run.]. (Websters 1913) |
| 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 |
unicursal hexagram | 15 |
graph unicursal | 3 |
hexigram unicursal | 2 |
graph multicursal unicursal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "UNICURSAL" (pronounced 'U`ni*cur"sal'): Aglossal, Alinasal, Animadversal, Basal, Bimensal, Bursal, Casal, Colossal, Controversal, Crissal, Forensal, Glossal, hypoglossal, Mesonasal, metatarsal, Oculonasal, Orbitonasal, Pachyglossal, Phaneroglossal, Praenasal, Predorsal, Prenasal, Prosal, Pteroglossal, Quaquaversal, sinistrorsal, Sponsal, Squamosal, Styloglossal, Subbasal, Subglossal, Subnasal, Succursal, Tussal, Ursal, Versal. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-n-r-s-u-u" | |
-1 letter: cislunar. | |
-2 letters: carlins, insular, uncials, uncurls, uracils, urinals. | |
-3 letters: acinus, anuric, cairns, carlin, caulis, curial, incurs, linacs, lunars, uncial, uncurl, uracil, uranic, urials, urinal. | |
-4 letters: airns, anils, arcus, arils, aulic, auric, auris, cains, cairn, carls, carns, cauls, clans, curia, curls, curns, incur, incus, laics, lairs, laris, liars, linac, liras, luaus, lunar, lunas, nails, narcs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-n-r-s-u-u" | |
+1 letter: funiculars. | |
+2 letters: luxuriances. | |
+3 letters: lucubrations, unchivalrous, ungraciously, unscriptural. | |
+4 letters: elucubrations, glucuronidase, intramuscular, neurosurgical, uncustomarily. | |
+5 letters: acculturations, avuncularities, glucuronidases, miraculousness, rambunctiously, supermasculine, ultramasculine, unchivalrously. | |
| 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)55 4E 49 43 55 52 53 41 4C |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, 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)01010101 01001110 01001001 01000011 01010101 01010010 01010011 01000001 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N I C U R S A L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0049 0043 0055 0052 0053 0041 004C |
| 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)554843375552533546 |
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