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"ALARA" is a common misspelling or typo for: alarm, alary, alert, allure, altar, aware, labara, lira. |
| Domain | Definition |
Energy | Acronym for "As Low As Reasonably Achievable," means making every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to ionizing radiation as far below the dose limits as practical, consistent with the purpose for which the licensed activity is undertaken, taking into account the state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to benefits to the public health and safety, and other societal and socioeconomic considerations, and in relation to utilization of nuclear energy and licensed materials in the public interest (see 10 CFR 20.1003). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
ALARA | Dutch | Zo laag als redelijkerwijs mogelijk | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Environment |
ALARA | English | As Low As Reasonably Achievable | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Environment |
| ALARA level | English | As Low As Reasonably Achievable | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Environment |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| "ALARA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "ALARA" is used about 3 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) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alara | 43 |
alara farm | 3 |
alara cool springs | 3 |
alara hotel park | 2 |
alara ltd.com | 2 |
alara cheche | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ALARA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | ALARA (ALARA level, ALARA value, As Low As Reasonably Achievable), zo laag als redelijkerwijs mogelijk (ALARA level, ALARA value, As Low As Reasonably Achievable). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | alaraay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-l-r" | |
-1 letter: alar. | |
-2 letters: aal, ala, lar. | |
-3 letters: aa, al, ar, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-l-r" | |
+1 letter: argala, labara. | |
+2 letters: alcazar, argalas, arrayal, calamar, caracal, malaria, marsala, palabra, talaria. | |
+3 letters: adularia, alcazars, algaroba, aquarial, archaeal, arrayals, astragal, calamari, calamars, calamary, calcaria, caldaria, calvaria, caracals, carpalia, malarial, malarian, malarias, malaroma, marsalas, palabras, parabola, parallax, planaria, radialia, rataplan, salariat, tarlatan, warragal. | |
+4 letters: abradable, actuarial, adularias, alabaster, alfilaria, algarobas, algarroba, ambulacra, appraisal, artisanal, astragals, avascular, awardable, cadastral, calamaris, calvarias, camarilla, carambola, catarrhal, chaparral, charlatan, lacunaria, laminaria, malaromas, marmalade, palaestra, parabolas, paradisal, paralegal, planarian, planarias, rataplans, salariats, salaryman, salvarsan, solfatara, tarantula, tarlatans, warragals. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Abbreviations 7. Acronyms 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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