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Definition: APASTRON |
APASTRONNoun1. That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary. |
Etymology: Apastron \Ap*as"tron\, noun. [Greek expression from star.]. (Websters 1913) |
"APASTRON" is a common misspelling or typo for: pastor, patron, piston, plastron. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | That point of the orbit of one member of a binary star system at which the stars are farthest apart. That point at which they are closes together is called periastron . (references) |
Geography | Point in the orbit of a satellite or planet which is at a maximum distance from the centre of mass of the primary body. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | The point of greatest separation of two stars, as in a binary star orbit. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "APASTRON" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "APASTRON" is used about 2 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 (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "APASTRON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | apofocus (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), apoastron (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), apoapside (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | apofocus (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), apoastron (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), apoapsis (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | apside supérieure (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), apoastre (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), apoapside (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Apoapside (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | άνω αψίδα (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), απόαστρο (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), αποάστριο (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), αποαψίδα (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | apside superiore (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), apoastro (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apastronay apoastro (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus). (various references) apoastro (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), apoápside (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus), ápside superior (apoapsis, apoastron, apofocus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "APASTRON" (pronounced 'Ap*as"tron'): Coelectron, matron, Natron, Periastron, Plastron, Waltron, Xiphiplastron. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: partans, partons, patrons, spartan, tarpans, tarpons, trapans. | |
-2 letters: aortas, aprons, pantos, parson, partan, parton, pastor, patron, ratans, sapota, satrap, sonata, tarpan, tarpon, trapan, tronas. | |
-3 letters: anoas, antas, antra, aorta, apart, aport, apron, arson, ataps, panto, pants, paras, parts, pasta, porns, ports, praos, prats, proas, prost, rants, ratan, ratos, roans, roast, rotas, santo, sapor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-n-o-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: tragopans. | |
+2 letters: anastrophe, anatropous, aspiration, paramounts, parathions, patronages, separation, transpolar, unpastoral. | |
+3 letters: absorptance, anastrophes, apparitions, aspirations, ceratopsian, naturopaths, nonpartisan, pantographs, postcranial, praetorians, reparations, separations. | |
+4 letters: absorptances, anticipators, approbations, aspirational, ceratopsians, depravations, emancipators, endoparasite, evaporations, exasperation, impartations, manipulators, nonparasitic, nonpartisans, pantisocracy, paronomastic, pastoralness, pomegranates, portmanteaus, postprandial, preparations, profanations, proletarians, propagandist, propagations, spermatozoan, transposable, trepanations. | |
+5 letters: anisometropia, antiphonaries, antipredators, appreciations, azathioprines, coplanarities, deuteranopias, endoparasites, endoparasitic, exasperations, expatriations, haruspication, inspirational, intrapersonal, magnetographs, malabsorption, mastigophoran, naturopathies, pantisocratic, paralyzations, paramountcies, parathormones, plantocracies, polarizations, postcranially, postinaugural, postlapsarian, proclamations, procrastinate, propagandists, prostaglandin, repatriations, replantations, separationist, spermatogonia, spermatozoans, supernational, supranational, suprarational, transpersonal, transpiration, transportable, vaporizations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 50 41 53 54 52 4F 4E |
| 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 01010000 01000001 01010011 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A P A S T R O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0050 0041 0053 0054 0052 004F 004E |
| 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)3550355354524948 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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