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Definition: ARRIS |
ARRISNoun1. The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. |
Date "ARRIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
"ARRIS" is a common misspelling or typo for: aria, arid, arise, arras, arrest, arsis, iris. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | A)the more or less pronounced edge formed by the angular contact of two surfaces, whether plane(e. g. in square-edged timber, or in crystals)or curved(e. g. some types of cutter); b)by extension, the arris angle. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ARRIS |
| English words defined with "ARRIS": Eaves board ♦ Pitch-faced. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ARRIS": eased arris, eased edge. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ARRIS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (arris). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Arris marti (1959) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "ARRIS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "ARRIS" is used about 3 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) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ARRIS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Arris | Last name | 130 | 65,948 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Arris Group Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "ARRIS": arris edge groin ♦ arris fillet ♦ arris gutter ♦ eased arris. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ARRIS": arris-totle. | |
| 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 |
arris | 58 |
arris group | 14 |
arris telewire | 5 |
arris interactive | 4 |
arris group inc | 4 |
arris cable modem | 3 |
arris international | 3 |
arris pharmaceutical | 3 |
mrs arris goes to paris | 2 |
arris download | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ARRIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | këmbë i ngushtë, brinjë (hillside, rib, ribbing, side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الحافة الحادة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ръб (board, border, brim, brink, crease, edge, flange, fold, fringe, hem, keel, ledge, limb, list, margin, rand, rib, ridge, rim, shoulder, side), ребро (fin, hip, horn, rib), остър ъгъл (acute angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kant (border, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, rand, rim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kruinlijn (crest, top). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | särmä (edge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | arris, arête d'usinage, arête (arete). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kante (angle, border, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, ledge, rim, selvage), Kaikante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρηπίδα, ακμή επεξεργασίας. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tetõgerinc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spigolo (angle, corner, edge, mountain ridge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dreeyn geyre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arrisay aresta (arista, awn, edge, gable, groin, rib). (various references) ребро (corner, edge, heel, margin, rib), гребень (cam, comb, crest, crown, flange, hackle, peak, pectination, ridge, ruff, tongue), острый угол (acute angle). (various references) obod (brim, edge, flange, ledge, rim, shoulder, visor), oštra ivica. (various references) arista (Arista, awn, beard, edge, edger). (various references) kant (border, brim, brink, crust, edge, edging, fringe, heel, hem, ledge, lip, list, lug, margin, margine, part, rand, rim, rind, side, verge). (various references) ก้น (arse, ass, bazoo, boodie, boody, bottom, bum, buns, butt, caboose, duff, gazoo, keester, keyster, khyber pass, kiester, kyber pass, labonza, rusty-dusty). (various references) ребро (rib), гострий кут, пружок (rand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ARRIS": arrises. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ARRIS": gharris. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ARRIS": barrister, barristers, garrison, garrisoned, garrisoning, garrisons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ARRIS" (pronounced a"rus) |
| 3 | -r u s | actress, ambassadress, ambidextrous, Brontosaurus, buttress, chorus, Cirrus, citrus, congress, Cypress, Cyprus, cytomegalovirus, desirous, dextrous, disastrous, embarrass, estrous, estrus, ferrous, fibrous, fortress, hantavirus, headmistress, heiress, hubris, huntress, hydrous, idolatrous, Iris, ludicrous, lustrous, Madras, maquiladoras, mattress, mistress, monstrous, Morris, nitrous, nonferrous, ogress, polyandrous, porous, puris, retrovirus, seamstress, sorus, stegosaurus, temptress, terrace, thesaurus, Tyrannosaurus, virus, waitress, walrus, wondrous. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sirra. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-r-r-s" | |
-1 letter: airs, rias, sari. | |
-2 letters: air, ais, ars, ras, ria, sir, sri. | |
-3 letters: ai, ar, as, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: airers, briars, friars, raiser, sierra, sirdar, sirrah, sirras, uraris. | |
+2 letters: arrises, arrives, artsier, aspirer, barrios, brasier, briards, carries, corsair, curaris, gharris, harries, kerrias, marries, ouraris, parries, praiser, raiders, railers, raisers, rapiers, raspier, repairs, reraise, ricracs, ripraps, ritards, rosaria, sarkier, scarier, sierran, sierras, sirdars, sirrahs, tarries, tarsier, variers. | |
+3 letters: admirers, airbrush, airburst, aircrews, airdrops, airfares, airparks, airports, airscrew, airstrip, appriser, arbiters, arborist, armigers, armoires, armories, arraigns, arrivals, arrivers, arteries, artistry, aspirers, barriers, bizarres, braiders, brashier, brasiers, brassier, braziers, carriers, carrions, corridas, corsairs, creasier, disarmer, disarray, drainers, drearies, earrings, erratics, farriers, firearms, friaries, garrison, gharries, grainers, grandsir, grassier, graziers, greasier, harriers, insnarer, mariners, marrieds, marriers, marshier, miradors, miscarry, murrains, pareiras, partiers, perisarc, prairies, praisers, quarries, railcars, ralliers, rarebits, rarefies, rarifies, rarities, rasorial, ravisher, realiser, refrains, reprisal, reraised, reraises, restrain, retrains, retrials, ribgrass, rivieras, roarings, rosarian, rosaries, rosarium, rotaries, ruralise, ruralism, ruralist, sacraria, sartorii, savorier, scarrier, scarring, serranid, smarmier, smearier, snarkier, snarlier, sparerib, sparkier, sparrier, sparring, starrier, starring, strainer, straiter, strawier, sugarier, tarriers, tarriest, tarsiers, terrains, trailers, trainers, traitors, trashier, trigrams, upraiser, varistor, warriors, wooraris. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 52 52 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 01010010 01010010 01001001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A R R I S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0052 0052 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)3552524353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Names: Company Usage | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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