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Definitions: Acrobatics |
AcrobaticsNoun1. The gymnastic moves of an acrobat. 2. The performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acrobatics" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: AcrobaticsSynonyms: aerobatics (n), stunt flying (n), stunting (n), tumbling (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Acrobatics is one of the performing arts.
Acrobatics can include:
Gymnastics is a sport that shares many aspects with acrobatics.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Acrobatics."
Crosswords: Acrobatics |
| English words defined with "acrobatics": sky-diving. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Equestrian Acrobatics (1937) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Woman dancing in two scenes, performing acrobatics in third.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | More than half of the national team pilots has chosen to fly it for the Toulouse 2000 World Acrobatics Championships. (references) | |
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| "Acrobatics" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 69.05% of the time. "Acrobatics" is used about 42 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) | 69.05% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (singular) | 28.57% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "acrobatics": aerial acrobatics. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
acrobatics | 139 |
acrobatics sports | 51 |
acrobatics chinese | 13 |
acrobatics woman | 8 |
acrobatics circus | 6 |
acrobatics picture | 4 |
acrobatics antic comical intertwined | 4 |
acrobatics antic balance comical intertwined | 3 |
acrobatics sport | 3 |
acrobatics nude | 3 |
acrobatics duo picture | 3 |
acrobatics aerial tumbling | 2 |
acrobatics discussion sports | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "acrobatics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | akrobaci (tumbling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حيل بارعة, البهلوانية (trampoline, tumbling), ألعاب بهلوانية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | акробатични номера, акробатика (tumbling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 雜技 , 把戲 (cheap trick, game, jugglery), 杂技 (Acrobatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | akrobacie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kunstflyvning (acrobatic flight, aerial acrobatics, aerobatics, stunt flying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | acrobatiek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | akrobatado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acrobaties. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Akrobatik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακροβασίαι, ακροβασία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לולי ות, ל"טוטים (legerdemain), אקרובטיק". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | akrobatika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | fimleikar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acrobazie, acrobazia (aerobatics, stunt), equilibrismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 軽業 (risky undertaking), 曲芸 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょく'い, かるわざ (risky undertaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acrobaticsay acrobacias, acrobacia (aerobatics, stunt), acrobáticos. (various references) acrobaticã, acrobaţii aeriene, acrobaţie. (various references) акробатика (tumbling). (various references) akrobatska veština, akrobatika, akrobacija (stunt). (various references) acrobacia (acrobacy, aerobatics). (various references) akrobatik. (various references) akrobasi, cambazlık. (various references) акробатика. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Acrobatics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arobatic, Sarcobatus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acrobatics" (pronounced a'kruba"tiks) |
| 8 | -r u b a" t i k s | aerobatics. |
| 6 | -b a" t i k s | batiks. |
| 5 | -a" t i k s | attics, automatics, charismatics, fanatics, informatics, mathematics, numismatics, systematics. |
| 4 | -t i k s | acoustics, aeronautics, aesthetics, analytics, anesthetics, antibiotics, antics, asthmatics, astronautics, athletics, ballistics, characteristics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, exotics, genetics, geopolitics, gymnastics, hypnotics, kinetics, linguistics, logistics, Magnetics, mystics, narcotics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, phonetics, plastics, prosthetics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, statistics, synthetics, tactics, therapeutics, thermoplastics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acrylics, aerobics, aerodynamics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, anorexics, apparatchiks, appendix, astrophysics, atmospherics, avionics, basics, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cynics, demographics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, fabrics, forensics, generics, geometrics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hysterics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, limericks, lyrics, macroeconomics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, Nucleonics, obstetrics, onyx, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, polemics, prefix, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, stoics, suffix, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-c-i-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: acrobatic. | |
-2 letters: acrobats, acrostic, airboats, ascorbic, cariocas. | |
-3 letters: abators, abrosia, acrobat, acrotic, airboat, arctics, boccias, boracic, carioca, caritas, ostraca, rabatos, strobic. | |
-4 letters: abatis, abator, aborts, accost, actors, aorist, aortas, aortic, arabic, arctic, arista, aristo, biotas, bistro, boarts, boccia, boccis, bracts, cacaos, carats, carbos, carobs, casita, castor, coacts, coatis, cobias, cobras, corsac, costar, crista, isobar, orbits, rabato, rabats, racist, ratios, riatas, satori, scarab, scoria, scotia, scrota, sorbic, tabors, tarocs, tarsia, tiaras, triacs. | |
-5 letters: abaci, abort, abris, acari, actor, airts, aorta, arias, ascot, astir, atria, bacca, baits, baric, basic, biota, boars, boart, boast, boats, bocci, boras, boric, borts, botas, bract, brats, brios, brits, cacao, cacas, cacti, carat, carbo, carbs, carob, carts, circa, cisco, coact, coast, coati, coats, cobia, cobra, cocas, coirs, coria, costa, crabs, cribs, croci, crocs, iotas, obias, obits, orbit, orcas, ostia, rabat, rabic, raias, ratio, ratos, riata, riots, roast, rotas, rotis, sabir, sabot, sabra, sacra, scart, sitar, stair, stoai, stoic, stria, tabor, tacos, taroc, taros, tarsi, tiara, tiros, toras, torcs, toric, torsi, triac, trios, trois. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-c-i-o-r-s-t" | |
+4 letters: bacteriostatic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 72 6F 62 61 74 69 63 73 |
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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)01000001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01100010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c r o b a t i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0072 006F 0062 0061 0074 0069 0063 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)35698481686786756985 |
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