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Definition: Air-conditioning |
Air-conditioningNoun1. A system that keeps air cool and dry. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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General | System that controls or reduces the temperature and humidity of the air in a room. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: Air-conditioningSynonym: air-conditioner (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | Did you have the air-conditioning checked? (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Launching meteorological balloons on the stern of the METEOR; gun practice; working on a rolling deck; air-conditioning for the crew (sleeping on deck in hammocks.) Plate 19. Library Call Number C/La S755.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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Health | Legionellosis is not passed from person to person, and there is no evidence of persons becoming infected from auto air conditioners or household window air-conditioning units. (references) | |
However, the bacteria reproduce to high numbers in warm, stagnant water (90-105 F), such as that found in certain plumbing systems and hot water tanks, cooling towers and evaporative condensers of large air-conditioning systems, and whirlpool spas. Cases of legionellosis have been identified throughout the United States and in several foreign countries. (references) | ||
Business | The demand is for cars, buses with air-conditioning and specific hospitality arrangements. (references) | |
Of this, air-conditioning is the biggest energy-consumer using 59% of electricity consumption. (references) | ||
Most private housing, on the other hand, comes furnished with centralized air-conditioning systems. (references) | ||
Economic History | Uae | These new projects will generate a higher demand for central air-conditioning systems. (references) |
Senegal | Refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment has good growth potential, specifically industrial refrigeration. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | Air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment, including compressors, remains one of the most growth-oriented markets in Saudi Arabia. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Arab Emirates | The Government has phased in air-conditioning in 80 per cent of the prisons; completion is scheduled for summer 2003. Prisoners with medical conditions are placed in air-conditioned rooms during the summer months. (references) |
Political Economy | DENMARK | The U.S. air-conditioning and refrigeration industry has complained about the Danish policy, saying that it doesn't focus on emissions management, nor does it consider the energy efficiency of their products. (references) |
Trade | Taiwan | However, certain industrial products (such as air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment) are required to undergo testing to verify energy efficiency and capacity before clearing customs. (references) |
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| "Air-conditioning" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.70% of the time. "Air-conditioning" is used about 79 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) | 55.7% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 44.3% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Total | 100.00% | 79 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "air-conditioning"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 空调. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aircondition, luftbehandlingsanlaeg, klimatisering (climatisation), klimaanlæg. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | air-conditioning (air conditioning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ilmastointi (conditioning), ilmastoida. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | air conditionné, traitement d'air, conditionnement de l'air, conditionnement d'air (air conditioning, air handling), climatisation (air conditioning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Luftkonditionierung, Luftaufbereitung (air handling, air treatment), Klimatisierung (air conditioning, air handling, climatisation, conditioning), Klimaanlage (air condition, air conditioner, air conditioning, air handling, air-conditioning system, climatisation, conditioner), Bewetterung (air conditioning, ventilation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλιματισμός αέρος, κλιματισμός (air conditioning, climatisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légkondicionáló rendszer (air-conditioning system), légkondicionáló csõvezeték (air-conditioning duct), légkondicionáló berendezés (air-conditioning plant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aria condizionata (air conditioning, air handling, climatisation), condizionamento dell'aria (climatisation), climatizzazione (air conditioning, climatisation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 冷房 (cooling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | れいぼうそうち (air-cooling apparatus), れいぼう (ceremonial hat, cooling, good reputation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | air-conditioningay ar condicionado (air conditioner), climatização (climatisation). (various references) кондиционирование воздуха (air conditioning), кондиционирование (conditioning). (various references) aire acondicionado (air conditioning, climatisation), climatización (air conditioning, climatisation, conditioning). (various references) luftkonditionering (air conditioner, air conditioning). (various references) sự điều ho không khí, sự điều ho độ nhiệt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-g-i-i-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-r-t" | |
-3 letters: conditioning, coordinating. | |
-4 letters: indignation, origination. | |
-5 letters: carotinoid, cartooning, containing, coronating, indicating, indication, iodinating, iodination, nonorganic, nonrioting, ordination. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 69 72 2D 63 6F 6E 64 69 74 69 6F 6E 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101001 01110010 00101101 01100011 01101111 01101110 01100100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A i r - c o n d i t i o n i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0069 0072 002D 0063 006F 006E 0064 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35758415698180707586758180758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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