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Definitions: BI- |
BI-1. In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably. 2. In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | BI // Common written abbreviation for Breidbart Index. Source: Jargon File. |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| "BI-" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BI-" is used about 4 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BI-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bi-, dy- (di-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ثنائي (bilateral, binary, dual, duet, duo, duple, pair, twofold, twosome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | изискващ две, идващ на всеки две, дву-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 双 (Double, doubles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bi-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bi-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bi-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kettõs (binary, double, dual, duplex, geminate, twin, twofold, twosome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bi-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | daa- (prefix bi-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | i-bay bi-. (various references) в двух направлениях, происходящий дважды в. (various references) dvo-. (various references) bi-. (various references) bi- (ancillary, dubbel-, incidental, secondary, subsidiary). (various references) iki kere (twice), iki (ambi-, amphi-, brace, couple, dual, duo-, dyad, twain, two, two-), çift (ambi-, amphi-, binary, brace, conjugate, couple, dipl-, diplo, double, dual, duet, duple, duplicate, dyad, even, geminate, pair, twin, yoke). (various references) дво-. (various references) dau- (two). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cuspidem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words ending with "i-": Tri-. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bi. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i" | |
+1 letter: bib, bid, big, bin, bio, bis, bit, biz, dib, fib, gib, jib, lib, mib, nib, obi, rib, sib. | |
+2 letters: abri, bail, bait, bani, bias, bibb, bibs, bice, bide, bids, bier, biff, bigs, bike, bile, bilk, bill, bima, bind, bine, bins, bint, bios, bird, birk, birl, birr, bise, bisk, bite, bits, bitt, bize, blin, blip, boil, brie, brig, brim, brin, brio, bris, brit, crib, dibs, drib, fibs, gibe, gibs, glib, iamb, ibex, ibis, inby, isba, jibb, jibe, jibs, kibe, libs, limb, mibs, nibs, obia, obis, obit, ribs, sibb, sibs, snib, vibe. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 49 2D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01001001 00101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B I - |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0049 002D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)364315 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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