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115

Definition: 115

115

Adjective

1. Being five more than one hundred ten.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: 115

Synonyms: cxv (adj), one hundred fifteen (adj). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: 115

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century

Decades: 90s - 100s - 110s - 120s - 130s - 140s - 150s - 160s - 170s - 180s - 190s - 200s

Years: 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120

Events:

Births:

Deaths:

Source: the above text is adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "115."

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Crosswords: 115

English words defined with "115": flyweight. (references)
Specialty definitions using "115": BuphagosCadmium Radioisotopesextra-special improved plowGenes, Retinoblastoma, get.comTachycardia, Sinoatrial Nodal Reentry. (references)

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Modern Usage: 115

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Rahasya Police 115 (1968)

Reportages nÂș 115 (1945)

Tail Taggers 115 (1994)

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

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Commercial Usage: 115

DomainTitle

Books

  • Frivilligt socialt arbejde og kommuner og amter i samspil : om [paragraf] 115 i Lov om social service (reference)

  • Cylindric Algebras (Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics, Vol 115) (reference)

  • Mycotoxins, Endemic Nephropathy and Urinary Tract Tumours (Iarc Scientific Publications, No. 115) (reference)

  • 115 Preguntas y Tips Avanzados sobre Windows 98 (FAQ style): Users Responde, en Espanol / Spanish (reference)

  • Proceedings of the British Academy: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows, I (Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol 115) (reference)

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High Tech

  • RJ45 B.o.b. Aries 8port 115.2 Kbps Async (reference)

  • Chase Research Iolan+8Rack with 48V Terminal Svr with 48V 8 RJ45 Ser Ports 115.2K Baud (reference)

  • Iolan+16 Rack Mountable Server 16 RJ45 Ser Ports 115.2k Baud 10bt (reference)

  • Iolan+16 Rack/422 Terminal Svr 16 RJ45 Rs422 Ports 115.2k Baud 10b (reference)

  • Tzcl4 3/4in Cleaning Cassette for All Tz Except 200 1100 1200 115 (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • Delta 50-850 115 Volt, 1-1/2 Horsepower, 1200 CFM Dust Collector (reference)

  • JET DC-650 / 708621 115 Volt, 1 HP, 650 CFM, Dust Collector (reference)

  • Delta 36-850 115 Volt ,1/4 Horsepower, 4-Speed,3-Roller Stock Feeder (Single-Phase) (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

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Photo Album: 115

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A giant squid observed off Teneriffe in November 1861. Perhaps the inspiration for Jules Vernes' "20,000 Leagues under the Sea." In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, Fig. 108. P. 115. Library Call Number 525.8 B77. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 17. - The dredging and sounding arrangements on board the CHALLENGER. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 65. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 14. - The Baillie Sounding Machine. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 61. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 15. - The Valve Sounding Lead (in section). In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 62. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 16. - The Dredge. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 63. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 18. - The Deepsea Trawl. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 69. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

H. M. S. CHALLENGER. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 72. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 1. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Plate XXIII - The CHALLENGER at St. Paul's Rocks. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 96. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 2. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Plate XXIX - The island of Tristan d'Cunha. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 138. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 2. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Penguins at home. In: "The Voyage of the CHALLENGER - The Atlantic" Vol I, by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, 1878. P. 171. Library Call Number Q 115.C59 1878. v. 2. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: 115

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

IFC invested into 10 projects worth of USD 115,2. IFC invested USD 52,7 million. (references)

In 1999, American products accounted for 44 percent of total imports, or USD 115 million. (references)

In 1996, imports of inorganic pigments reached 115,000 tons, with a total value of $102 million. (references)

Civil Liberties

Panama

The violence resulted in dozens of injuries, including 115 by gunshots and between 250 and 300 arrests. (references)

Mali

There are as many as 15 private radio stations in Bamako, and there are approximately 115 additional stations throughout the country. (references)

Iran

A newspaper reported in June 1999 that the Article Ten Commission, a government body responsible for reviewing applications for the establishment of political parties, guilds, societies, and nongovernmental organizations (NGO's), released figures indicating that as of April 1999, "85 political, 115 specialized, and 26 religious minority organizations and associations" were active in the country. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

Of the 115 people killed, 11 were Supreme Court justices. (references)

Oman

P.O. Box 202, Postal Code No. 115, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. (references)

Jamaica

Debt service accounts for JDOLS 115.7 billion or 62.1 percent of the government budget. (references)

Human Rights

Belgium

Approximately 115 prisoners, nearing the end of their sentences, lived at home under electronic surveillance at year's end. (references)

Cyprus

In December the leaders of both communities met to discuss the missing and agreed to redouble efforts to resolve the issue in cooperation with the CMP. Since June 1999 the Government of Cyprus has been conducting exhumations of gravesites in the south that may contain the remains of persons missing since 1974. By year's end, 115 Greek Cypriots had been identified through DNA testing. (references)

Venezuela

PROVEA attributes responsibility for the reported incidents as follows: state police forces, 277; the armed forces, including the National Guard, 115; Caracas Metropolitan Police, 50; other municipal police forces, 98; the Technical Juridical Police, 26; and the DISIP intelligence service, 11. In 1999 human rights NGO's presented a report to the U.N. Committee Against Torture in which they documented 120 torture cases since 1987 that they have reported to the Government but that still have not been investigated fully; there is no indication of Government follow-up to this report. (references)

Indigenous People

Colombia

According to the National Organization of Colombia's Indigenous (ONIC), 93 percent of indigenous people live in rural areas; and approximately 115,000 indigenous people are without land. (references)

Political Economy

Benin

Benin has about 115 political parties. (references)

Korea

As of mid-July 2001, the ruling Millennium Democratic Party had 115 seats in the 273-person National Assembly. (references)

Trade

Colombia

It will have a capital of only 13,000 million pesos (about $5.6 million), will register stocks from 115 firms, and operate through 40 brokers. (references)

Colombia

Other players in the financial system include: 7 pension and investment funds, 12,900 cooperatives of which 12 are financial cooperatives, 115 mutual funds, and 4 credit card network. (references)

Travel

Oman

The international mailing address is: U.S. Embassy, Commercial Office, P.O. Box 202, P.C. 115, Madinat Al-Sultan Qaboos, Sultanate of Oman; for courier services insisting on a street address, use: Embassy Street, Al-Khuwair North. (references)

Women

Germany

For example, there are 435 "women's houses", including 115 in the eastern states (excluding Berlin), where victims of violence and their children can seek shelter, counseling, and legal and police protection. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: 115

"115" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "115" is used about 252 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
Cardinal Number100%25218,696

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: 115

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

115 bourbon street

32

cfc 115

4

element 115

13

nps 115

4

fas 115

12

115 california proposition

4

115 jensen smp

9

115 peavey tko

3

pioneer dvd rom dvd 115

9

115 smp

3

115 evinrude

9

olympus stylus zoom 115 qd

2

115 bed volt warmer

6

cobra frs 115

2

1.1 115 beta build hdd temperature

6

115 js samick

2

115 peavey tnt

5

115 proposition

2

115 driver jensen smp

5

115 jensen mp3 player smp

2

115 cable connecting dc dk

5

115 engineer local operating

2

115 driver smp

4

115 ficht

2
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Alternative Orthography: 115


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

31 31 35

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

00110001 00110001 00110101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#49 &#49 &#53

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0031 0031 0035

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

191923

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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