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Air Mail

Definition: Air Mail

Air Mail

Noun

1. Mail that is sent by air transport.

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

 

Antonym: surface mail (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Air Mail

English words defined with "air mail": aerogram, aerogramme, air letter, airmail letter. (references)
Specialty definitions using "air mail": AIRPLANE PILOT, COMMERCIALcommercial pilotdeparture clerklead ticket-sales agent, LUBRICATION SERVICER, lubrication technicianoperations agentPriority Air Freightsenior passenger agent, senior ticket-sales agent, service coordinator, SUPERVISOR, TICKET SALESTRANSPORTATION AGENT. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Air Mail" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Tagalog (airmail).

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Modern Usage: Air Mail

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Air Mail Pilot (1928)

The Air Mail (1925)

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

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Commercial Usage: Air Mail

DomainTitle

Books

  • Aerial mail service : a chronology of the early United States government air mail, March-December, 1918 (reference)

  • Air Mail Operations During World War II (reference)

  • Correio aéreo : a history of the development of air mail service in Brazil (reference)

  • Linda's Air Mail Letter (reference)

  • Saga of the Air Mail (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: Air Mail

Computer Images:
Air Mail

More images...

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Photo Album: Air Mail

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Design for insignia to be worn by air mail pilots.Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Air Mail

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

If you are sending a small order to a Japanese retailer, you can use regular air mail, a courier service like FedEx, UPS or DHL. They will deliver the order to your Japanese clients. (references)

Travel

Ireland

Prompt acknowledgement of correspondence by fax, e-mail, or air mail is recommended. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Air Mail

Expression using "air mail": via air mail. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Air Mail

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

air mail

32

air mail stamp

7

air mail registered

4

air mail us

4

air mail envelope

3

air mail royal swift

2

air mail usps

2

air mail verizon

2

air mail tracking

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

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Modern Translations: Air Mail

Language Translations for "air mail"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

postë ajrore. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

въздушна поща. (various references)

   

Czech

  

letecká pošta. (various references)

   

French

  

poste aérienne (airmail). (various references)

   

German

  

Luftpost (A.M., aerogram, airmail, air-mail), LP (A.M., linear optimization, linear programming, Lipoprotein, Logistics Main Division). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"ואר אויר. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

légiposta (airmail, par avion). (various references)

   

Italian

  

posta aerea (airmail). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

航空便 , エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air curtain, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"うくうび", エアメール . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airay ailmay

   

Romanian

  

poştã aerianã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

авиапочта (airmail). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

luftpost, flygpost (airmail). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

uçak postasıyla göndermek, uçak postası. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

авіапошта. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thư gửi bằng máy bay (air post), bưu phẩm gửi bằng máy bay (air post). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Air Mail

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: airmail.

Words within the letters "a-a-i-i-l-m-r"

-2 letters: aalii, alarm, laari, lamia, malar, maria, milia.

-3 letters: alar, alma, amia, amir, aria, aril, ilia, lair, lama, lari, liar, lima, lira, liri, maar, mail, mair, marl, miri, raia, rail, rami, rial.

-4 letters: aal, ail, aim, air, ala, ama, ami, arm, lam, lar, mar, mil, mir, ram, ria, rim.

-5 letters: aa, ai, al, am, ar.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-i-l-m-r"
 

+1 letter: airmails, familiar, miliaria.

 

+2 letters: airmailed, animalier, familiars, impartial, laminaria, laminarin, luminaria, miliarial, miliarias, militaria, primatial, racialism.

 

+3 letters: airmailing, animaliers, familiarly, immaterial, laminarian, laminarias, laminarins, luminarias, marginalia, matricidal, miracidial, plagiarism, racialisms, radicalism, unfamiliar.

 

+4 letters: admiralties, albuminuria, amoralities, antimalaria, antirealism, assimilator, biomaterial, bipyramidal, biracialism, cavalierism, diametrical, familiarise, familiarity, familiarize, imaginarily, impartially, impractical, lacrimation, laminarians, liquidambar, madrigalian, madrigalist, magisterial, manorialism, marginality, marginalize, materialise, materialism, materialist, materiality, materialize, matrilineal, matrimonial, maxillaries, memorabilia, migrational, millenarian, milliradian, multiracial, patrimonial, plagiarisms, pyramidical, radicalisms, rationalism.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Air Mail


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

41 69 72      4D 61 69 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101001 01110010 00100000 01001101 01100001 01101001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#105 &#114 &#32 &#77 &#97 &#105 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0069 0072      004D 0061 0069 006C

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

357584247677578

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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