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Definition: A-bomb |
A-bombNoun1. A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element (uranium 235 or plutonium 239)). 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 |
A-bomb | English | Atomic bomb | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Military & Defense |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: A-bomb |
| English words defined with "A-bomb": technical. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Operation A-Bomb (1952) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "A-bomb" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "A-bomb" is used about 8 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) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "A-bomb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 炸弹 (bomb). (various references) | |
German | Atombombe (atom bomb, atomic bomb, nuke). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 原子爆弾 (Atomic bomb). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | '"しばく " (Atomic bomb). (various references) | |
Korean | 폭탄 (bomb). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | a-bombay.(various references) | |
Russian | атомная бомба (a bomb, abomb, a-bomb 2, atom bomb, atomic bomb). (various references) | |
Swedish | atombomb (a bomb, atom bomb). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bom nguyên tử. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-m-o" | |
-1 letter: ambo, bomb. | |
-2 letters: abo, bam, boa, bob, moa, mob. | |
-3 letters: ab, am, ba, bo, ma, mo, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-m-o" | |
+1 letter: bamboo, bombax. | |
+2 letters: bambino, bamboos, bombard, bombast, bumboat, cabomba. | |
+3 letters: bambinos, bombards, bombasts, bombload, bumboats, cabombas, mailbomb, nabobism. | |
+4 letters: bamboozle, beachcomb, bombarded, bombardon, bombastic, bombazine, bombinate, bombloads, broomball, mailbombs, nabobisms. | |
+5 letters: abominable, abominably, bamboozled, bamboozles, beachcombs, bombardier, bombarding, bombardons, bombazines, bombinated, bombinates, broomballs, combinable, embossable, improbable, improbably, mailbombed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 2D 62 6F 6D 62 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 00101101 01100010 01101111 01101101 01100010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A - b o m b |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 002D 0062 006F 006D 0062 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)351568817968 |
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