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Date "DUPONT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Crosswords: DUPONT |
| Specialty definitions using "DUPONT": D.P. reagents. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Secuestro y muerte de Mr. Dupont (1974) The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) Dupont barbès (1952) | |
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![]() | Particle impactor to study atmospheric particulate matter; Aiken condensation nuclei counter, and Dupont humidity sensor. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Engraving by W. Ridgway after a drawing by C. Parsons, published by Virtue & Co., New York. It depicts Federal warships, under Flag Officer Samuel F. DuPont, USN, bombarding Fort Beauregard (at left) and Fort Walker (at right). Troop transports are standing by in the distance. U.S. Navy ships present and identified include (from left): Mohican, Susquehanna, Augusta, Wabash (Flagship), Unadilla, Pawnee, Bienville, Ottawa, Curlew and Seneca. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | At Boston, Massachusetts, 3 May 1917, while being converted for World War I Navy service. The torpedo boats Blakely (Torpedo Boat # 27) and DuPont (Torpedo Boat # 7) are at right. Acquired by the Navy on 28 April 1917 and placed in commission on 28 June 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-524), this yacht was renamed SP-524 in 1918. She was transferred to the War Department on 9 March 1920. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Dauneport, the Dupont estate, Wilmington, Del. Garages. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | A tunnel of verdure; N.E. on New Hampshire Ave., from Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Facade of William H. Taft house, 5 Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | This display arranged by the labor-management committee of the E.I. DuPont DeNemours plant in Waynesboro, Virginia, brings home the message of conservation by classifying worn-out parts and supplies according to their potential uses. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Turpentine worker. DuPont, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mrs. Eugene I. DuPont, residence in Greenville, Delaware. Sunroom to fireplace. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Barrecarrosse, alias Monsieur Dupont. |
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Health | Dupont HL, Mathewson JJ. Escherichia coli diarrhea. (references) | |
Business | Dupont set up a plant in China in 1992 to produce pesticides for rice production. (references) | |
For example, Dupont has a joint venture to produce engineering plastics in Shenzhen. (references) | ||
In contrast, Dupont bulletproof vests cover 40 percent of the market, competing with locally made and imported products. (references) | ||
Economic History | Luxembourg | Goodyear, DuPont and Guardian are among the largest employers of labor in the country. (references) |
Luxembourg | Large American firms such as Goodyear, Guardian and DuPont continually invest in subsidiaries and other endeavors in Luxembourg. (references) | |
Syria | Other foreign investors include Mitsubishi, Samsung, Mobil, Nestle, Dupont, Gray-Mackenzie, and Prince Walid bin Talal of Saudi Arabia (Four Seasons hotel chain). (references) | |
Political Economy | Luxembourg | Nearly 60 U.S. companies currently operate in Luxembourg, including major industrial entities such as Goodyear, Dupont, and Guardian Glass. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references) |
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| "DUPONT" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "DUPONT" is used about 88 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 (proper) | 100% | 88 | 35,154 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "DUPONT" 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 |
| Dupont | Last name | 4,000 | 3,211 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| France | La Brosse et Dupont (LBD) SA | USA | Dupont Photomasks Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. DuPont, WA (city, FIPS 18965) |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dupont | 2,014 | dupont washington | 39 |
dupont registry | 870 | dupont s.t | 37 |
dupont paint | 236 | dupont canada | 36 |
dupont lighter | 102 | community credit dupont union | 33 |
dupont hotel | 94 | dupont pharmaceutical | 29 |
club country dupont | 92 | dupont registry.com | 28 |
dupont automotive paint | 81 | dupont chemical | 28 |
dupont circle | 67 | dupont fort park | 28 |
dupont auto paint | 64 | dupont tyvek | 28 |
credit dupont union | 62 | dupont plastic | 26 |
dupont carpet | 60 | dupont pen | 23 |
st dupont | 56 | dupont imron | 22 |
dupont corian | 56 | dupont flooring | 21 |
michelle dupont | 54 | dupont fiber | 21 |
dupont company | 47 | dupont interior textile | 21 |
child dupont hospital | 47 | dupont car paint | 20 |
dupont hospital | 45 | dupont corporation | 20 |
dupont product | 41 | dupont zodiac | 20 |
dupont stainmaster carpet | 41 | dupont automotive finish | 18 |
dupont stainmaster | 39 | dupont fusabond | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "DUPONT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Dupont's atropin-proeve (Dupont atropine test). (various references) | |
French | épreuve de Dupont (Dupont atropine test). (various references) | |
German | Dupont Probe (Dupont atropine test). (various references) | |
Greek | δοκιμασία ατροπίνης του Dupont (Dupont atropine test). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | upontday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | teste de atropina de Dupont (Dupont atropine test). (various references) | |
Spanish | prueba de la atropina de Dupont (Dupont atropine test). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Chersophilus duponti. (various references) |
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"DUPONT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dipinti, Dubon, duponti, Dupontia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-n-o-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: donut, pound, punto, puton. | |
-2 letters: dunt, pond, pout, punt, undo, unto, updo, upon. | |
-3 letters: don, dot, dun, duo, dup, nod, not, nut, opt, oud, out, pod, pot, pud, pun, put, tod, ton, top, tun, tup, udo, upo. | |
-4 letters: do, no, nu, od, on, op, to, un, up, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-n-o-p-t-u" | |
+1 letter: putdown. | |
+2 letters: outspend, putdowns, unposted, unpotted. | |
+3 letters: downspout, outspends, underplot, unspotted, unstopped. | |
+4 letters: deputation, disruption, downspouts, importuned, outpainted, outplanned, outpointed, outpreened, outpunched, outspanned, production, profundity, protruding, stupendous, tenpounder, underplots, unpolluted, unprompted, unreported. | |
+5 letters: cuspidation, deputations, deuteranope, disputation, disruptions, duplication, impoundment, incorrupted, openmouthed, outdropping, outplodding, outspeeding, outspending, outsprinted, productions, profoundest, repudiation, tenpounders, typefounder, unadoptable, uncaptioned, uncompleted, underreport, unexploited, unprotected, unstoppered, unsupported. | |
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