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Definition: AIS |
AISPlural1. Of Ai |
| Domain | Definitions |
Census | (Administrative Information System) A previous Census Bureau automated system that provided administrative information and performed administrative work. Ran on MAPPER software and UNISYS hardware. (references) |
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| 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 |
ais | Dutch | Aanvullend invoerrecht op suiker | European Union, Finance |
AIS | English | Automated Immune System | N/A |
AIS | French | Anémie infectieuse du saumon | N/A |
AIS | German | Luftfahrtinformationsdienst | Transportation |
AIS | Greek | αυτόματο σύστημα αναχαίτισης κλήσεων | Electrical Engineering |
AIS | Italian | Servizio di informazioni aeronautiche | Transportation |
AIS | Spanish | Asociación internacional de sociología | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: AIS |
| Specialty definitions using "AIS": Abbreviated Injury Scale. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AIS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Chamorro (ice), Irish (back; again), Scottish (back, backwards : rach air t'ais, go). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Belgium | Upon request, AIS members will answer questions regarding a variety of issues either in person or via letter/fax. (references) |
Belgium | Drawing upon experts from the financial, accounting, real estate, legal, and business world, the AIS can be used by American companies considering opening an operation in Belgium. (references) | |
Belgium | U.S. companies considering an investment in Belgium, including opening a sales office or distribution center, should contact the AmCham, Sheila Chabeau, (Tel: +32/2 513-67-70 or Fax: +32/2 513-35-90) to request use of the AIS. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "AIS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 72.00% of the time. "AIS" is used about 25 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) | 72% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 28% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "AIS": AIS-90. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "AIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | livmoderhals-adenokarcinom (adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix, AIS of the cervix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | in situ adenocarcinoom van de cervix uteri (adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix, AIS of the cervix), in situ adenocarcinoom van de baarmoederhals (adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix, AIS of the cervix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kohdunkaulan adenokarsinooma in situ (adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix, AIS of the cervix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | adénocarcinome in situ du col utérin (AIS of the cervix), région du corps AIS (AIS body region), code de lésions AIS90 (AIS90 injury code, AIS-90 injury code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | αδενοκαρκίνωμα in situ του τραχήλου της μήτρας (adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix, AIS of the cervix), αδενοκαρκίνωμα ενδοεπιθηλιακό του τραχήλου της μήτρας (adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix, AIS of the cervix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | adenocarcinoma del collo uterino (adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix, AIS of the cervix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 会計情 システ (accounting information system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かいけいじょうほうシステ (accounting information system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aisay till (cause to return : tilleadh air ais, turning back). (various references) adenocarcinoma in situ de cérvix (adenocarcinoma in situ of the cervix, AIS of the cervix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AIS": aisle, aisled, aisles, aisleway, aisleways. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "AIS": assagais, assais, assegais, banzais, bonsais, caravanserais, charpais, chigetais, dais, franglais, lanais, meticais, nilgais, nilghais, nylghais, palais, petsais, quais, quillais, samurais, serais, shanghais, terais, unais, virelais, zaikais. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AIS": algebraist, algebraists, appraisal, appraisals, appraise, appraised, appraisee, appraisees, appraisement, appraisements, appraiser, appraisers, appraises, appraising, appraisingly, appraisive, archaise, archaised, archaises, archaising, archaism, archaisms, archaist, archaistic, archaists, bouillabaisse, bouillabaisses, braise, braised, braises, braising, caisson, caissons, chaise, chaises, complaisance, complaisances, complaisant, complaisantly, dadaism, dadaisms, dadaist, dadaistic, dadaists, daises, daishiki, daishikis, daisied, daisies, daisy, dispraise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AIS" (pronounced ī"z) |
| 2 | ī" z | advise, applies, apprise, arise, ayes, baptize, belies, bise, buys, chastise, complies, comprise, cries, decries, decriminalize, defies, demise, denies, despise, devise, dies, disguise, dries, dyes, emprise, eyes, flies, fries, goodbyes, guise, guys, highs, implies, incise, lies, oversize, pies, plies, pries, prize, relies, replies, reprise, revise, rise, sensationalize, shies, sighs, size, skies, spies, supplies, surmise, surprise, thighs, ties, tries, underlies, unwise, vies, whys, wise. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-s" | |
-1 letter: ai, as, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-s" | |
+1 letter: aids, ails, aims, ains, airs, aits, amis, anis, asci, axis, bias, dais, isba, pias, rias, sadi, said, sail, sain, saki, sari, sati, sial, sima, visa. | |
+2 letters: abris, acids, adios, adits, aegis, agios, agism, agist, aides, airns, airts, aisle, alias, alifs, alist, amias, amids, amies, amins, amirs, amiss, anils, anise, antis, aphis, apish, apsis, arias, arils, arise, arris, arsis, asdic, aside, askoi, aspic, aspis, assai, astir, auris, aviso, axils, ayins, bails, baits, basic, basil, basin, basis, bassi, bimas, cadis, caids, cains, chias, daisy, dashi, dials, ditas, divas, fails, fairs, fiars, fiats, gadis, gains, gaits, gigas, glias, hafis, haiks, hails, hairs, hajis, iambs, ideas, ikats, imams, iotas, isbas, ixias, izars, jails, kadis, kaifs, kails, kains, kakis, kinas, kivas, laics, lairs, lapis, laris, liars, limas, liras, litas, maids, mails, maims, mains, mairs, maist, mavis, maxis, miasm, micas, minas, nabis, naifs, nails, naris, nazis, nipas, oasis, obias, ohias, ossia, ostia, padis, paiks, pails, pains, pairs, paisa, paise, paris, pavis, pians, picas, pikas, pimas, pinas, pitas, psoai, qaids, quais, quasi, ragis, raias, raids, rails, rains, raise, rakis, ranis, rials, sabin, sabir, sadis, sahib, saice, saids, saiga, sails, sains, saint, saith, sakis, salic, salmi, sapid, sarin, saris, sasin, satin, satis, savin, sayid, sepia, serai, shiva, sials, sigma, silva, simar, simas, sirra, sisal, sitar, sizar, slain, snail, spahi, spail, spait, spica, staid, staig, stain, stair, stoai, stria, swail, swain, swami, tails, tains, tamis, tapis, tarsi, taxis, tsadi, unais, vails, vairs, vials, vigas, vinas, visas, vista, vivas, wadis, waifs, wails, wains, wairs, waist, waits, wisha, yagis. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 49 53 |
| 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)01000001 01001001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A I S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0049 0053 |
| 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)354353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 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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