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Definition: 57 |
57Adjective1. Being seven more than fifty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s - 1510s - 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s
Years: 1512 1513 1514 1515 1516 - 1517 - 1518 1519 1520 1521 1522
Events
- January 22 - Battle of Ridanieh. The Turkish forces of Selim I defeat the main Mameluk army in Egypt under Touman Bey.
- February 3 - Capture of Cairo by the Turks
- First contact of organized western merchants with China.
- August 15 - Portuguese merchant Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials through a interpreter at Pearl River estuary and landed at Hong Kong.
- October 31 - Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church.
- Conquest of Riazan by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy
- Selim I, Sultan of Turkey conquers Palestine.
Births
- Emperor Ogimachi of Japan
Deaths
- March 26 - Heinrich Isaac, composer
- Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine artist
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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s
Years: 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 - 1757 - 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 Events
Ongoing events
- March 14 - On-board the ''HMS Monarch, Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Osman III (1754-1757) to Mustafa III (1757-1774)
- Pantheon built in Paris
Births
- Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
Deaths
- January 11 - Alexander Hamilton, first US Secretary of Treasury
- February 20 - John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, philanthropist and patron of the arts and sciences (+ 1834)
- June 18 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader
- October 9 - King Charles X of France
- November 18 - William Blake (1757-1827) English poet
Monarchs/Presidents
- March 14 - John Byng, British Admiral
- July 23 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer
Themes
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
- Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
- Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
- Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762)
- Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)
- Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (reigned from 1751 to 1771)
- 1757 in literature
- 1757 in music
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Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century
Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years: 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 - 1857 - 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862
Events
- January 9 - Earthquake at Fort Tejon, California with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 .
- February 16 - The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, DC becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf.
- March 3 - France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
- March 6 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
- March 23 - Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City)
- May 10 - Indian Mutiny: In India, the sepoys revolt against the British Army.
- May 11 - Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
- December 31 - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, Ontario as the capital of Canada
- The Supreme Court of the United States decides the Dred Scott case, driving the country further towards the American Civil War
- The Mormons abandon Las Vegas
- Founding of Hollywood
- Restoration of the Mexican republic (see Mexico/History)
- James Buchanan succeeds Franklin Pierce as President of the United States of America
- Discovery of La Tene culture artefacts in Switzerland by Hansli Kopp.
- Philip Henry Gosse writes Omphalos text elaborating a Creationist school of thought
- University of Bombay established
Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy
- 1857 in literature:
- Leon Scott invents the phonoautograph.
Births
- February 22 - Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts / the Scouting youth movement (†1941)
- February 22 - Heinrich Hertz, physicist
- March 8 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo, composer (†1919)
- April 5 - Alexander of Battenberg, first prince of Bulgaria
- July 23 - Carl Meinhof (†1944) German linguist
- July 30 - Thorstein Veblen, economist (†1929)
- September 13 - Milton S. Hershey, founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company
- November 26 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist
- November 28 - Alfonso XII of Spain, later one of the Kings of Spain
- December 3 - Joseph Conrad, Polish/British novelist (Heart of Darkness)
- Joseph Tabrar, one of the most famous songwriters of British Music Hall
Deaths
- September 3 - John McLoughlin, Hudson's Bay Company Factor
- Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician
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Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 - 1957 - 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
See also:
- 1957 in film
- 1957 in literature
- 1957 in music
- 1957 in science
- 1957 in sports
- 1957 in television
Events
- January 2 - San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge.
- January 3 - Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- January 4 - After 69 years the last issue of Collier's magazine is published.
- January 10 - Harold Macmillan becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom.
- January 13 - Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee
- January 16 - The Cavern Club opens in Liverpool
- January 22 - Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (they invaded Egypt on October 29, 1956)
- January 22 - The New York City "Mad Bomber," George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
- March 6 - United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and Togoland become the independent Republic of Ghana.
- March 8 - Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal
- March 13 - The FBI arrests Jimmy Hoffa and charges him with bribery.
- March 25 - Treaty of Rome (patto di Roma) establishes the European Economic Community (EEC); see EU
- April 5 - First elected government of Kerala. CPI won the elections and E. M. S. Namboodiripad became the first chief minister of united Kerala.
- June 21 - John Diefenbaker becomes Canada's thirteenth prime minister.
- July - International Geophysical Year begins
- July 16 - United States Marine Major John Glenn flies a F8U supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record.
- July 29 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
- September 4 - American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis - Orville Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent black students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock.
- September 4 - Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
- October 4 - launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
- October 9 - Neil H. McElroy was sworn in as the 6th Secretary of Defense of United States.
- October 10 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.
- November 1 - Michigan's Mackinac Bridge opened.
- November 3 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter space - a dog named Laika (she was kept alive for several days in space with a sophisticated life-support system).
- November 7 - Cold War: In the United States, the Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
- November 16 - Serial killer Edward Gein murders Bernice Worden of Plainfield, Wisconsin (this was his last murder).
- December 6 - First US attempt to launch a satellite fails, blowing up on the launchpad
- Project Orion begins, a U.S. program to build a spacecraft powered by nuclear explosions.
- Civil Rights Commission established under the Civil Rights Act
Year in topic
- 1957 in film
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- Peyton Place
- 1957 in literature
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- 1957 in music
- Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel name themselves Tom and Jerry and begin their recording career, signing with Sid Prosen of Big Records. Their first single, "Hey, Schoolgirl," backed with "Dancin' Wild," hit #49 on the Billboard pop charts.
- 1957 in sports
- July 6 - Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships becoming thethe first black athlete to do so.
- 1957 in television
- Jack Paar becomes the permanent host for NBC's Tonight Show
Births
- January 6 - Nancy Lopez, golfer
- January 7 - Katie Couric, television host
- January 15 - Mario Van Peebles, actor, director
- January 15 - Julian Sands, actor
- January 22 - Mike Bossy, ice hockey player
- January 23 - Earl Falconer, bassist
- January 23 - Princess Caroline of Monaco
- February 6 - Kathy Najimy, actress, comedian
- February 6 - Robert Townsend, comedian, actor, director, producer
- February 8 - Cindy Wilson, singer, of The B-52s
- February 16 - LeVar Burton, actor
- February 16 - James Ingram, singer
- February 18 - Vanna White, game show presenter
- February 19 - Falco, singer (+ 1998)
- March 10 - Osama bin Laden, terrorist
- March 12 - Steve Harris, musician. See Iron Maiden.
- March 20 - Spike Lee, film director, actor
- March 29 - Christopher Lambert, actor
- March 30 - Paul Reiser, actor
- April 4 - Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
- April 29 - Daniel Day-Lewis, actor
- May 7 - Sinjin Smith, volleyball player
- May 10 - Sid Vicious, bassist of The Sex Pistols (+ 1979)
- May 27 - Siouxsie Sioux, lead singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees
- June 11 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma, jazz musician
- June 19 - Anna Lindh, Swedish politician and minister of foreign affairs (+2003)
- August 24 - Stephen Fry, English comedian, author, and actor
- September 1 - Gloria Estefan, singer
- September 12 - Rachel Ward, actress
- December 9 - Donny Osmond, singer
- December 20 - Billy Bragg, singer
- December 30 - Matt Lauer, NBC newscaster
Deaths
- January 14 - Humphrey Bogart, actor
- February 8 - John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician
- February 9 - Miklos Horthy, Hungarian admiral and longtime Regent
- February 10 - Laura Ingalls Wilder, author
- February 18 - Henry Norris Russell, astronomer
- March 11 - Admiral Richard E. Byrd, explorer
- March 16 - Constantin Brancusi, sculptor
- March 17 - Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
- March 25 - Max Ophüls, director, writer
- May 2 - Joseph McCarthy, US senator
- May 9 - Ezio Pinza, opera singer
- May 14 - Marie Vassilieff, artist
- May 16 - Eliot Ness, federal agent
- August 7 -Oliver Hardy, American actor
- August 19 - David Bomberg, painter
- September 1 - Dennis Brain, French horn player
- September 20 - Jean Sibelius, composer
- September 21 - Haakon VII of Norway
- October 25 - Edward Plunkett, Baron Dunsany, Irish author.
- November 24 - Diego Rivera, painter
- November 30 - Beniamino Gigli, tenor
- Joyce Cary, author
- Malcolm Lowry, author
- Albert Woolson, last surviving Union veteran of the American Civil War
Incumbents
Religious leaders
- Archbishop of Canterbury - Geoffrey Francis Fisher
- Coptic Pope - see vacant
- Dalai Lama - Tenzin Gyatso
- Patriarch of Constantinople - Athenagoras
- Patriarch of Moscow - Patriarch Alexius I
- Pope - Pope Pius XII
- President of the LDS Church - David O. McKay
National Leaders
- Canada
- Governor General - Vincent Massey
- Prime Minister - Louis St. Laurent until June 21 then John George Diefenbaker
- Minister of Finance - Walter Edward Harris, then Donald Methuen Fleming
- People's Republic of China - Mao Zedong
- Egypt - Gamal Abdel Nasser
- France
- President - René Coty
- Prime Minister - Guy Mollet, then Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, then Félix Gaillard
- India - Jawaharlal Nehru
- Israel - David Ben-Gurion
- Japan
- Emperor - Hirohito
- Prime Minister - Nobusuke Kishi until February 24 then Hayato Ikeda
- Soviet Union - Nikita Khrushchev
- United Kingdom
- Queen - Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister - Sir Anthony Eden until January 10 then Harold Macmillan
- United States - Dwight Eisenhower
- West Germany - Konrad Adenauer
Awards/Prizes
Winner of Eurovision Song Contest 1957: Corry Brokken with Net Als Toen
Nobel Prizes:
- Physics - Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee
- Chemistry- Lord Alexander R Todd
- Medicine - Daniel Bovet
- Literature - Albert Camus
- Peace - Lester Bowles Pearson
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Centuries: 1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd centuryDecades: 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s - 50s - 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s
Years: 52 53 54 55 56 - 57 - 58 59 60 61 62 Events
Births
- Oldest evidence of Japanese writing (see Hanko)
- Envoys from Cilicia come to Rome to accuse their late governor, Cossutianus Captio, of extortion; the Roman Senate is supported in the case by Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus.
- Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman consul.
- Paul of Tarsus writes his Epistle to the Colossians (probable date).
- Accession of Chinese emperor Han Mingdi,
Deaths
- Chinese emperor Han Guangwudi of Han Dynasty
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Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st centuryDecades: 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC - 50s BC - 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC 0s BC
Years: 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59 BC 58 BC 57 BC 56 BC 55 BC 54 BC 53 BC 52 BC Events
Births
- Ajodhya was restored by King Vikramaditya.
- Second year of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars: Battle of the Axona Caesar defeats the forces of the Belgae under King Galba of Suessiones.
- Caesar defeats the Nervii in the Battle of the Sabis.
Deaths
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Moselle is a French département, named after the Moselle River.
Moselle Region Lorraine Number 57 Préfecture Metz Sous-préfectures Boulay Moselle, Château Salins, Forbach, Sarrebourg, Sarreguemines, Thionville Area
- Total
- % water
xx,xxx km²
xx%Population
- Total (Year)
- Density
xxx,xxx
xxx/km²
History
Geography
Economy
Demographics
Culture
Miscellaneous topics
External link
- Conseil Général website
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Synonyms: 57Synonyms: fifty-seven (adj), lvii (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: 57 |
| English words defined with "57": drop ♦ fall, free fall ♦ lanthanide, lanthanide series, lanthanoid, lanthanon ♦ rad, radian, rare earth, rare-earth element. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "57": Altaschith ♦ calcium toner, Census Information Center, clock relay ♦ High Speed Circuit Switched Data, Holman Airleg ♦ Immunoglobulins, mu-Chain, Iron Isotopes, Ishbosheth ♦ Matrix Math eXtensions, Metals, Rare Earth, Mossbauer effect ♦ navigational stars, NCB boring tower ♦ Seven Churches of Asia ♦ time switch, transition elements. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Of you alone, 57,58, walking around, wearing a nightgown, your hair in a bun, maybe you're a librarian, heating up a can of soup for one, and worrying about the cobwebs that are growing in your womb (Beautiful Girls; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg) | |
Lyrics | Back in 57 I was just a little boy (Bop Til You Drop; performing artist: The Nylons) | |
Movie/TV Titles | 57 (1973) Imágenes del deporte Nº 57 (1973) Reportage 57 (1959) Studio 57 (1954) Eye Witness No. 57 (1953) | |
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![]() | Canaveral National Seashore is located along Florida's Central East Coast. The park is situated on a barrier island. The park is 24 miles long and is 57,000 acres of ocean, beach, dune, lagoon, and pine flatlands habitat. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | A whaler's cemetery on Deception Island. 62 57 S Latitude 60 38 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
![]() | Harley Nygren warming his hands on a seaside fumarole on Deception Island. 62 57 S Latitude 60 38 W Longitude. 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. |
![]() | Equator crossing ceremony on H. M. S. BEAGLE on October 11, 1832. In: Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle ...." by Robert Fitzroy, 1839. Vol. II, p. 57. Library Call Number F2936 .F56 1839. Credit: Treasures of the Library. | ![]() | In: "Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ....." by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 57. Scene Fueraire a Nouka-Hiva. Baie Anna Maria. Library Call Number Q115 .D9 1842. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
![]() | Plate XVI. 57. Xenodermichthys nodulosus, Gunther. Gunther, Challenger Report , Vol. XXII. 58. Aleposomus socialis, (Vaillant), Goode and Bean. From Vailla nt, "Exped. Scient. du Travailleur et du Talisman." Microstoma rotundatum, (Ris so), Gunther. From Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire Natur. des Poissons de la France." Harpodon macrochir, Gunther. Gunther, Challenger Report, Vol. 22. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Pl. LXXI. 253. Paraliparis Copei, Goode and Bean. At N. Lat. 39.2, W. Lon. 72.2, in 520 fathoms. 254. Gymnolycodes Edwardsi, Vaillant. From Vaillant, "Exped. Scient. du Travailleur et du Talisman." 255. Artediellus uncinatus, (Reinhardt), Jordan. At N. Lat. 44.5, W. Lon. 57.2, in 114 fathoms. 256. Triglops Pingelii, Reinhardt. Collected 8 miles off Chebucto in 52 fathoms. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship GILBERT at the International Paper Co. pier. The GILBERT was named for C&GS Captain John J. Gilbert who served 57 years with the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Physalia physalis - Portuguese Man of War. In: "From the Surface to the Bottom of the Sea" by H. Bouree, 1912, p. 57. Library Call Number 525.8 B77. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Heinz 57 - 01" by Jason Krieger Commentary: "Another shot of a heinz ketcup bottle in a restaurant." |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The mandate given by Article 57 of the Treaty of Berlin of July 13, 1878, to Austria-Hungary, and transferred by her to Hungary to carry out works at the Iron Gates, is abrogated. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A study in 10 centers in which 57 patients with CLL were followed for 1 year of observation has been completed. (references) | |
Business | In 1999, imports represented 57 percent of total market demand. (references) | |
U.S. firms lead the import market with 57 percent of the market for cruiser-type boats. (references) | ||
The Lithuanian Radio and Television Center uses 57 television and 76 radio transmitters. (references) | ||
Children | Togo | Literacy rates are 57 percent for adult men and 31 percent for adult women. (references) |
Ethiopia | Nationwide the total enrollment of children who are of school age is 57.4 percent. (references) | |
Colombia | Among the 213 were 29 babies less than 2 years of age, and 57 of these children still were in captivity as of August. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | In December the Minister of Awqaf announced that the Government controls 57,000 mosques and 13,000 mosques located in private buildings. (references) |
Vietnam | The Government allows access to the Internet; however, it owns and controls the country's only Internet access provider, Vietnam Data Communications (VDC). VDC is also the largest of the five Internet service providers (ISP's) with 57 percent of all subscribers. (references) | |
Belarus | Although most of the major political parties and unions that applied were allowed to reregister, the Assembly of Belarusian Prodemocratic NGO's reported that only 1,268, or 57 percent of the NGO's in existence when the reregistration law went into effect were reregistered by the summer of 2000. A total of 202 NGO's were rejected by the Ministry of Justice for reregistration on various grounds, and 31 were still in the process of reregistering at year's end. (references) | |
Economic History | Italy | Population: 57.7 million. (references) |
Kiribati | Health: Life expectancy--male 57 yrs., female 63 yrs. (references) | |
Latvia | Annual precipitation averages 57 centimeters (23 in.). (references) | |
Human Rights | Venezuela | This was a decrease from 57 percent in 1999. Forced exile is illegal and is not practiced. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | In October 2000, 57 bodies, mostly of Muslims, were discovered in the Abidjan district of Yopougon. (references) | |
Mexico | Of the 102 persons originally detained in connection with Acteal, 82 remained in detention, and 57 had been convicted and sentenced. (references) | |
Political Economy | ITALY | More than 70 percent of Italy's population of 57 million use mobile phones. (references) |
Costa Rica | The PUSC won 27 of 57 Legislative Assembly seats, the National Liberation Party (PLN) won 23 seats, and various minority parties won the remaining seven seats. (references) | |
BANGLADESH | The fiscal year 2002 national budget released in July 2001 projected total resources of just under $8 billion, using the current 57 taka to one dollar exchange rate. (references) | |
Political Rights | Zimbabwe | The MDC captured 57 out of the 120 popularly elected seats. (references) |
Costa Rica | None of the 57 members of the Legislative Assembly identifies himself as indigenous. (references) | |
Costa Rica | In the 1998 elections, President Rodriguez's PUSC party won a plurality in the Legislative Assembly, winning 27 of 57 seats. (references) | |
Trade | Chile | Tobacco products-cigarettes, cigars and processed tobacco-are affected by additional 60.4%, 51% and 57.9% taxes, respectively. (references) |
Peru | The banking system is highly concentrated after a stream of takeovers, mergers and liquidations since 1998. As of mid-2001, the three largest banks had about 57.5% of loans and about 70% of deposits. (references) | |
Travel | Armenia | Eurostan Uyut, 39/12 Mashtots Avenue, Yerevan, tel: (374-1) 56 38 09, 65 57 52. (references) |
Women | Syria | Women constitute approximately 7 percent of judges, 10 percent of lawyers, 57 percent of teachers below university level, and 20 percent of university professors. (references) |
Worker Rights | Luxembourg | Of the working population, 57 percent belong to a trade union. (references) |
Seychelles | In the public sector, which employs 57 percent of the labor force, the Government sets mandatory wage scales for employees. (references) | |
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| "57" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "57" is used about 755 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% | 755 | 9,055 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "57": atomic number 57. Additional references. | |
| 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 "57"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | rubinpigment BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), litholrubin BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), E180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), carmin 6B (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), C1 pigment red 57 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
Dutch | rubis pigment (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), robijnpigment (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), litholrubine BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), karmijn 6B (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), E180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), CI pigment red 57 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
Finnish | litolirubiini BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), E 180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
French | pigment rubis (CI pigment red 57), pigment rouge CI 57 (CI pigment red 57), litholrubine BK (CI pigment red 57), E180 (CI pigment red 57), carmin 6B (CI pigment red 57). (various references) | |
German | Rubinpigment BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), Rubinpigment (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), Litholrubin BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), E180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), CI pigment red 57 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
Greek | Ε180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), λιθορουμπίνη ΒΚ (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
Italian | pigmento rubino (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), litolrubina BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), E180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), CI pigmento rosso 57 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), carminio 6B (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
Portuguese | vermelho FD&C 7 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), pigmento vermelho CI 5 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), pigmento rubi (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), pigmento de rubina (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), litol-rubina BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), E180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), carmina 6B (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
Spanish | rubinpigment (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), litolrubina (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), E180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), CI pigment red 57 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), carmine 6B (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
Swedish | litolrubin BK (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment), E 180 (carmine 6B, CI pigment red 57, E180, lithol-rubin BK, rubinpigment). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Bibliography |
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