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Definition: 52 |
52Adjective1. Being two more than fifty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| R 52 | Danish | Miljøfarlige | European Union, Chemistry |
| R 52 | English | Dangerous for the environment | European Union, Chemistry |
| R 52 | German | Umweltgefährlich | European Union, Chemistry |
| R 52 | Greek | επικίνδυνο για το περιβάλλον | European Union, Chemistry |
| R 52 | Italian | Pericoloso per l'ambiente | European Union, Chemistry |
| R 52 | Portuguese | Perigoso para o ambiente | European Union, Chemistry |
| R 52 | Spanish | Peligroso para el medio ambiente | European Union, Chemistry |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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Decades: 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s - 50s - 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s
Years: 47 48 49 50 51 - 52 - 53 54 55 56 57 Events
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "52."
Synonyms: 52Synonyms: fifty-two (adj), lii (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: 52 |
| English words defined with "52": Bode's law ♦ deck, deck of cards ♦ long whist ♦ pack of cards ♦ short whist ♦ whist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "52": aligned-grid tube, aligned-grid valve ♦ Best Available Control Technology, BIA ♦ Doeg, DS1C ♦ eclipse year ♦ Full-time, year-round workers ♦ Hare-stone, high speed serial interface ♦ Iron Radioisotopes ♦ Meraioth, microcentury, Modula-2 , Modula-2*, Modula-3, Modula-3* ♦ Poor Tassel ♦ Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin ♦ Vimentin, vulcan powder ♦ WIGI. (references) |
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Screenplays | 52 of them! (The Manchurian Candidate; writing credit: George Axelrod) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Imágenes del deporte Nº 52 (1973) Misión 52 (1962) Polska kronika filmowa nr 52 A-B (1959) 52 Wochen sind ein Jahr (1955) Olympia 52 (1952) | |
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 | Passing through Peltier Channel. 64 52 S Latitude 63 32 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | "The Towing Steamer Koonya as Seen from the Nimrod in a heavy sea." In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 52. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | The U. S. halibut vessel Queen, home port out of Seattle. Typical of smaller wooden-hull vessels about 50 feet long. At 57 52 North Latitude 136 49 W Longitude. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Bathymetric map of the Gulf of Alaska by Harold Murray of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. The seamounts are named for C&GS hydrographers. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by Harold W. Murray of the C&GS. Published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1941, Vol 52, pp. 333-362. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Dead Reckoning Lines in the Gulf of Alaska. Showing the systematic planning of tracklines year by year from 1925 to 1939 by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by Harold W. Murray of the C&GS. Published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1941, Vol 52, pp. 333-362. Offprint call number: 526.98 M98. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 52. Floats used by the Oceanographic Society of the Gulf of Gascogne in 1901 and deployed by the ship BRESIL. This work was done under instructions by Prince Albert I of Monaco. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 52 (continued). Instructions to finders of the floats used by the Oceano graphic Society of the Gulf of Gascogne. These instructions were used by the packet boat CHILE in 1905. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 53. Richter mounting with helical reversing mechanism. This mounting is very similar to that in Figure 52 but was used in great depths. It was used by Franz Doflein off the coast of Japan in 1904. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | A V-2 Rocket Launch. This particular rocket was launched to study the upper atmosphere and carried instrumentation to study the velocity of sound and to measure the temperature at high altitudes. In: "Weatherwise", Volume I, no. 3 , June 1948. P. 52. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | The beginnings of Hurricane Betsy as photographed from TIROS X. Latitude 13 N, Longitude 52 W. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-sponsored State surveillance projects report annual rates of TBI of 100 per 100,000 persons with 52,000 annual deaths. (references) | |
If further research confirms the study's findings, use of magnesium sulfate may prevent 25 percent of the cases of CP in the approximately 52,000 low birthweight babies born each year in the United States. (references) | ||
You are 52 years old and have not had a period in a year. That's good. You are still having some hot flashes, but generally they are not too bad. You wake up early too often, and that makes you tired during the day. What worries you is this your mother is 77. She just fell and broke her hip. Her doctor says she has osteoporosis. (references) | ||
Business | EURO II buses are presently running on 52 routes in Bangkok. (references) | |
In 1995, inflation reached 52 percent and Mexican GNP fell 6.9 percent. (references) | ||
IFC invested into 10 projects worth of USD 115,2. IFC invested USD 52,7 million. (references) | ||
Children | Yemen | In rural areas, 52 percent of children attend school; the rate in urban areas is 81 percent. (references) |
Cameroon | According to a 1995 study by a U.N. agency, the adult literacy rate was 75 percent for men but only 52 percent for women. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Jordan | The Jordanian Society for Citizens' Rights (JSCR) reported 52 complaints from persons or families claiming that the Government denied their right to citizenship. (references) |
Economic History | The Bahamas | The other 52 schools are privately operated. (references) |
Mauritius | About 52 percent of the population is Hindu and 16 percent Muslim. (references) | |
Benin | Education: Literacy--Total population 37.5%; men 52.2%, women 23.6%. (references) | |
Human Rights | Jamaica | In 1999 police rounded up 52 men from the Grant's Pen area of Kingston after civil unrest erupted there. (references) |
Egypt | The 52 defendants were part of a group of 55 men (3 of whom were released without charge) arrested in May. (references) | |
Guatemala | These figures are significantly higher than in 2000, when 52 lynchings resulted in 32 deaths and 83 injuries. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Botswana | The estimated 52,000 to 55,000 Basarwa persons represent approximately 3 percent of the country's total population. (references) |
Brazil | The President appoints the head of FUNAI; it is organized into 52 regions with directors appointed directly by the FUNAI president. (references) | |
Political Economy | Uganda | Foreign economic assistance provides approximately 52 percent of government revenues. (references) |
Political Rights | Vanuatu | A total of 216 candidates contested 52 seats. (references) |
Honduras | Maduro received approximately 52.2 percent of the vote, and Pineda Ponce approximately 44.3 percent. (references) | |
Vanuatu | The 52 member Parliament elects the Prime Minister as the Head of Government and the President, who is the Head of State. (references) | |
Trade | Senegal | Adding these various taxes to the new highest level import tariff yields a maximum combined tax rate of 52 percent. (references) |
Costa Rica | The current maximum tariff is 52 percent on most goods, excluding selected agricultural commodities of substantial local interest which are protected, or "safeguarded," with significantly higher tariffs. (references) | |
Portugal | A deposit guarantee fund is in place and the Fund's resources stood at PTE 52 billion (USD 350 million) at the end of 1995. In June 1995, deposit guarantees were extended to include deposits taken by Portuguese banks in other EU countries. (references) | |
Travel | Armenia | Eurostan Uyut, 39/12 Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan, tel: (374-1) 56 38 09, 65 57 52. (references) |
Women | Taiwan | From January to July, the hot line received 52,000 calls. (references) |
Netherlands | During the year, 52 percent of women participated in the labor market. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guinea | Approximately 52,000 are government workers and are automatically members of the government union. (references) |
Kenya | The law limits the normal workweek to 52 hours, although nighttime employees may be employed for up to 60 hours per week. (references) | |
Seychelles | The legal maximum workweek varied from 45 to 52 hours, depending on the economic sector, while government employees worked fewer hours. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "52" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "52" is used about 1,041 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 |
| Cardinal Number | 100% | 1,041 | 7,145 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "52": atomic number 52. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "52": B-52. | |
Containing "52": DX-52-1. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "52"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | den foerste af de i artikel 52 omhandlede pristilnaermelser (the first move towards price alignment referred to in Article 52). (various references) | |
Dutch | de eerste van de in artikel 52 bedoelde prijsaanpassingen (the first move towards price alignment referred to in Article 52). (various references) | |
French | R59 (R 52), R53 (R 52), R52 (R 52), R 59 (R 52), R 53 (R 52), R 52 (R 52), N (R 52), le premier des rapprochements de prix visés l'article 52 (the first move towards price alignment referred to in Article 52), dangereux pour l'environnement (R 52). (various references) | |
German | umweltgefährlich (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R52 (dangerous for the environment, harmful to aquatic organisms, R 52, R 53, R 59, R52), R 59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 52 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), N (n, untrans), die erste Preisannaeherung nach Artikel 52 (the first move towards price alignment referred to in Article 52). (various references) | |
Greek | R59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R52 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 52 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), N (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), η πρώτη προσέγγιση τιμών η οποία αναφέρεται στο άρθρο 52 (the first move towards price alignment referred to in Article 52), επικίνδυνο για το περιβάλλον (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59). (various references) | |
Italian | R59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R52 (dangerous for the environment, harmful to aquatic organisms, R 52, R 53, R 59, R52), R 59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 52 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), pericoloso per l'ambiente (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), N (untrans), il primo dei riavicinamenti di prezzi di cui all'artico lo 52 (the first move towards price alignment referred to in Article 52). (various references) | |
Portuguese | R59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R52 (dangerous for the environment, harmful to aquatic organisms, R 52, R 53, R 59, R52), R 59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 52 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), perigoso para o ambiente (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), N (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), a primeira das aproximações de preços referidas no artigo 52º (the first move towards price alignment referred to in Article 52). (various references) | |
Spanish | R59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R52 (dangerous for the environment, harmful to aquatic organisms, R 52, R 53, R 59, R52), R 59 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 53 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), R 52 (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), peligroso para el medio ambiente (dangerous for the environment, R 52, R 53, R 59), N (taffeta, untrans). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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