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API

"API" is a common misspelling or typo for: ape, aped, apex, aping, apish, apt, pain, pair, pay.


Specialty Definition: API

DomainDefinition

Computing

API Application Program Interface. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Census

(Asian and Pacific Islander) A census race designation. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: API

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

API

EnglishArab Planning InstituteN/A

API

FrenchIndice de pollution de l'air (IPA)Public Administration

API

ItalianGradi APIMetallurgy

API

SpanishAgente de la propiedad inmobiliariaReal Estate

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: API

Specialty definitions using "API": Abstract Window Toolkit, ADL, air position indicator, Application Program Interface, AS/400, AS400Calendar API, Calendar Application Programming Interface, Common Program Interfacedegrees API, Desktop Management InterfaceGeneric Security Service Application Programming InterfaceHierarchical Data Format, HTTP server, Hungry ViewKitinstallable file systemJava Message Service, JavaServer Pages, Joint Test Action GroupNETBIOSODMA, Open Data-link Interface, Open Document Management API, OpenStepPowerOpen EnvironmentRecession ConstantScheduling API, Scheduling Application Programming Interface, Speech Application Programming Interface, Standard Instrument Control LibraryTLAs, Transport Layer InterfaceVendor Independent MessagingWindows CE, Windows Open Service Architecture, Windows sockets. (references)
Non-English Usage: "API" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Icelandic (ape, monkey), Indonesian (blaze, fire, flame, spirit), Italian (bees), Latin (Apis = sacred bull worshiped in Egypt, attach, bee, bind, connect, fasten, join, swarm regarded as a portent), Malay (fire), Provencal (celery).

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Modern Usage: API

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Ang Daigdig ng mga api (1965)

La Aventura de Api (1964)

Kecil-Kecil cili api (1996)

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

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Commercial Usage: API

DomainTitle

References

  • API Group PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Complete Maya Programming: An Extensive Guide to MEL and the C++ API (reference)

  • Dan Appleman's Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win32 API (reference)

  • Java 3D API Jump-Start (reference)

  • JDBC(TM) API Tutorial and Reference: Universal Data Access for the Java(TM) 2 Platform (2nd Edition) (reference)

  • JNDI API Tutorial and Reference: Building Directory-Enabled Java(TM) Applications (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

High Tech

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: API

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The company also applies both API and Texaco standards to purchased goods and services. (references)

Those standards usually follow API and other well-known guidelines of U.S. oil companies. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: API

"API" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 90.24% of the time. "API" is used about 41 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)90.24%3756,631
Noun (singular)7.32%3202,518
Adjective (general or positive)2.44%1339,140
                    Total100.00%41N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: API

CountryName
United Kingdom

API Group PLC

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: API

Expressions using "API": calendar API degrees API open Document Management API scheduling API. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "API": xmp-api.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: API

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

api

1,151

api delevan

15

window api

106

api tree stands

14

3000 api

76

api tank

14

java api

65

api google

14

c++ api

62

api viewer

14

api treestands

62

pom d api

14

api c curriculum cv kernel lead resume rsum vitae win32

53

api spy

14

api pt.com

45

api definition

13

win32 api

42

api 610

13

api standard

34

api de window

13

api score

31

api mapping

12

api code

29

api cocoon

11

api outdoors

26

api card smart

11

vb api

23

api generator vb6

11

visual basic api

22

api flanges

11

api 653

22

api foil

11

api gravity

21

api inspection job

10

api kereta

18

api programming

10

as 400 api

17

api inventory service

10

api 650

16

california api

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: API

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

Chinese 

  

應"程式介面 (application programming interface). (various references)

   

Danish

  

American Petroleum Institute's stoerrelsesnumre for boretaarne refererer til antallet af aabninger eller fag mellem oeverste og nederste tvaerstivere (the API size number of the derrick refers to the number of panels or bays between the uppermost and lowest girts). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

API-eenheden (degrees API), het API-nummer van de boortoren geeft het aantal panelen of vakken aan tussen de bovenste en deonderste spant (the API size number of the derrick refers to the number of panels or bays between the uppermost and lowest girts). (various references)

   

French

  

le numéro A.P.I.d'une tour ou d'un mât de forage représente le nombre de panneaux que compte la structure entre les traverses horizontales les plus hautes et les basses (the API size number of the derrick refers to the number of panels or bays between the uppermost and lowest girts), densité API (API gravity), degrés API (degrees API). (various references)

   

German

  

API-Grad (degrees API), die API-Grössenangabe des Bohrturmes bezieht sich auf die Anzahl der Felder oder Fächer zwischen dem obersten und dem untersten Gurt (the API size number of the derrick refers to the number of panels or bays between the uppermost and lowest girts). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ο αριθμός Α.Ρ.Ι.ενός πύργου ή ενός ιστού γεωτρήσεως αντι τον αριθμό των πλαισίων,που αριθμεί η κατασκευή μεταξύ των οριζοντίων ανώτερων και (the API size number of the derrick refers to the number of panels or bays between the uppermost and lowest girts). (various references)

   

Italian

  

il numero della misura API della torre si riferisce al numero di pannelli o campate della struttura fra le travi orizzontali più in alto e quelle più in basso (the API size number of the derrick refers to the number of panels or bays between the uppermost and lowest girts), gradi API (degrees API). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

apiay

   

Spanish

  

el numero de tamaño A.P.I.de la torre de perforacion se refiere al numero de paneles o campos que hay entre los travesaños que ocupan las posiciones de maxima y minima altura (the API size number of the derrick refers to the number of panels or bays between the uppermost and lowest girts). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: API

LanguageDateSourceIsaiah Chapter 7, Verse 18
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai estai en th hmera ekeinh suriei kurioV muiaiV o kurieuei merouV potamou aiguptou kai th melissh h estin en cwra assuriwn
Latin405VulgateEt erit in die illa sibilabit Dominus muscae quae est in extremo fluminum Aegypti et api quae est in terra Assur
Middle English1395WyclifAnd it shal be, in that day the Lord shal whistle to the fleye, that is in the vtmostes of the flodus of Egipt; and to the bee, that is in the lond of Assur;
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd it will be in that day that the Lord will make a piping sound for the fly which is in the end of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: API

LanguageIsaiah Chapter 7, Verse 18
CebuanoUg nahitabo niadtong adlawa nga sitsitan ni Jehova ang langaw nga anaa sa kinatumyang dapit sa mga suba sa Egipto, ug ang putyokan nga anaa sa yuta sa Asiria.
CroatianU dan onaj zazviždat æe Jahve muhama na ušæu egipatskih rijeka i pèelama u zemlji asirskoj
DanishPå hin Dag skal HERREN fløjte ad Fluerne ved Udløbet af Ægyptens Strømme og ad Bierne i Assyrien;
DutchWant het zal te dien dage geschieden, dat de HEERE zal toesissen de vliegen, die aan het einde der rivieren van Egypte zijn, en de bijen die in het land van Assur zijn.
FinnishJa sinä päivänä Herra viheltää kärpäset Egyptin virtain suulta ja mehiläiset Assurin maasta,
FrenchEn ce jour-l , l`Éternel sifflera les mouches Qui sont l`extrémité des canaux de l`Égypte, Et les abeilles qui sont au pays d`Assyrie;
GermanDenn zu der Zeit wird der HERR zischen der Fliege am Ende der Wasser in Ägypten und der Biene im Lande Assur,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariPada masa itu TUHAN akan memanggil orang Mesir dan orang Asyur, lalu kedua bangsa itu datang seperti kawanan lalat dan lebah yang mengerumuni lembah-lembah terjal dan celah-celah batu karang. Mereka akan menutupi setiap semak berduri dan setiap tempat berumput.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena pada hari itu juga akan jadi, bahwa diterbangkan Tuhan ke mari dan segala lalat yang di tepi sungai Mesir dan segala lebah yang di tanah Asyur;
ItalianAvverr in quel giorno: il Signore far un fischio alle mosche che sono all'estremit dei canali di Egitto e alle api che si trovano in Assiria.
MaoriNa i taua ra ka whiowhio a Ihowa ki te ngaro i te wahi whakamutunga mai o nga awa o Ihipa, ki te pi ano hoki i te whenua o Ahiria.
NorwegianPå den tid skal Herren pipe til fluen lengst borte ved Egyptens strømmer og til bien i Assurs land;
PortugueseNaquele dia assobiará o Senhor s moscas que há no extremo dos rios do Egito, e s abelhas que estão na terra da Assíria.   
RumanianKn ziua aceea, Domnul va wuiera muwtelor, dela capqtul rkurilor Egiptului, wi albinelor din yara Asiriei;
SpanishAcontecerá en aquel día que Jehovah silbará a la mosca que está en el extremo de los ríos de Egipto y a la abeja que está en la tierra de Asiria.
SwedishTy på den tiden skall HERREN locka på flugorna längst borta vid Egyptens strömmar och på bisvärmarna i Assyriens land;

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

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Derivations: API

Derivations

Words beginning with "API": apian, apiarian, apiarians, apiaries, apiarist, apiarists, apiary, apical, apically, apicals, apices, apiculate, apiculi, apicultural, apiculture, apicultures, apiculturist, apiculturists, apiculus, apiece, apimania, apimanias, aping, apiologies, apiology, apish, apishly, apishness, apishnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "API": okapi, priapi. (additional references)

Words containing "API": abapical, anticapitalism, anticapitalisms, anticapitalist, anticapitalists, aromatherapies, aromatherapist, aromatherapists, bedraping, beleaping, bibliotherapies, capias, capiases, capillaries, capillarities, capillarity, capillary, capita, capital, capitalise, capitalised, capitalises, capitalising, capitalism, capitalisms, capitalist, capitalistic, capitalistically, capitalists, capitalization, capitalizations, capitalize, capitalized, capitalizes, capitalizing, capitally, capitals, capitate, capitation, capitations, capitol, capitols, capitula, capitular, capitularies, capitulary, capitulate, capitulated, capitulates, capitulating, capitulation. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: API

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: pia.

Words within the letters "a-i-p"

-1 letter: ai, pa, pi.

 Words containing the letters "a-i-p"
 

+1 letter: lipa, nipa, padi, paid, paik, pail, pain, pair, pial, pian, pias, pica, pika, pima, pina, pita.

 

+2 letters: aphid, aphis, apian, aping, apish, apsis, aspic, aspis, atrip, campi, carpi, inapt, lapin, lapis, limpa, milpa, nipas, okapi, padis, padri, paiks, pails, pains, paint, pairs, paisa, paise, palpi, panic, pappi, pardi, paris, patin, patio, pavid, pavin, pavis, phial, piano, pians, pibal, pical, picas, pieta, pikas, pilaf, pilar, pilau, pilaw, pilea, pimas, pinas, pinna, pinta, pipal, pitas, pizza, plaid, plain, plait, plica, podia, prima, psoai, rapid, sapid, sepia, spahi, spail, spait, spica, tapir, tapis, vapid.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Bible Trace
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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