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ASTM

Date "ASTM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1884. (references)


Specialty Definition: ASTM

DomainDefinition

Energy

Abbreviation for the American Society for Testing and Materials, which is responsible for the issue of many standard methods used in the energy industry. (references)

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

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Crosswords: ASTM

Specialty definitions using "ASTM": Aviation gasolineflame spread indexpyrometric cone equivalentreflux ratio. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ASTM

DomainTitle

Books

  • Measured Air Leakage of Buildings: A Symposium Sponsored by Astm Committee E-6 on Performance of Building Constructions Philadelphia, Pa, 2-3 Ap 198 (reference)

  • Allowable Stress Design Specification for Structural Joints Using ASTM A325 or A490 Bolts (reference)

  • 1995 Annual Book of Astm Standards: Section 00 Index: Volume 00.01 Subject Index; Alphanumeric List (Subject Index; Alphanumeric List. Issn 0192-299 (reference)

  • Annual Book of Astm Standards 1999: Subject Index; Alphanumeric List (Annual Book of A S T M Standards. Volume 00.01, 1999) (reference)

  • Subject Index: Alphanumeric List (Annual Book of Astm Standards 2002) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Astm Directory Of Scientific & Technical Consultants And Expert Witnesses (reference)

  • Astm Standards - All Sections - Microform (reference)

  • Astm Standards International (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: ASTM

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Imported equipment for this industry subsector does not have to conform to any specific domestic standard, although the most familiar to the local industry are IEEE Standards, ASTM, and NEMA. Major Venezuelan companies such as CADAFE, EDELCA and Electricidad de Caracas appear to be current on international standards when contracting goods and services. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: ASTM

"ASTM" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ASTM" is used about 2 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
Adjective (general or positive)100%2245,945

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

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Expression: ASTM

Expression using "ASTM": ASTM comparative method of designating grain size. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ASTM

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

astm

1,571

astm a276

7

astm standard

169

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7

astm specification

39

astm a193

7

astm stainless steel wire

30

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7

astm normas

24

astm b117

7

astm a36

22

astm a240

7

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17

a992 astm

7

astm yahoo

14

2713 astm d

7

astm specs

13

4236 astm d

6

astm a53

12

astm a108

6

astm international

11

a228 astm

6

asphalt astm bitumen cast

10

193 astm

6

astm a500

9

astm a325

6

astm e 84

8

astm d257

6

astm e84

8

astm c33

6

astm d2000

8

astm a536

6

astm d445

8

astm steel

5

astm b633

7

astm a106

5

119 astm e

7

astm a366

5

astm a 36

7

a120 astm

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ASTM

Language Translations for "ASTM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ASTM-sammenligningsmetode til kornstoerrelsesbetegnelse 1-8 (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ASTM-vergelijkingsmethode voor korrelgrootte (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ASTM:n vertailumenetelmä raekoon määrittämiseksi (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

   

French

  

méthode comparative ASTM de désignation des dimensions des grains (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

   

German

  

ASTM-Vergleichsmethode für die Korngröβenbezeichnung (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συγκριτική μέθοδος της ASTM καθορισμού του μεγέθους των κόκκων (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

astmay

   

Portuguese

  

método comparativo ASTM de designação das dimensões dos grãos (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

método comparativo ASTM para la designación del tamaño de grano (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

beteckning av partikelstorlek ASTM (ASTM comparative method of designating grain size). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: ASTM

Derivations

Words containing "ASTM": blastment, blastments, toastmaster, toastmasters, toastmistress, toastmistresses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ASTM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: mast, mats, tams.

Words within the letters "a-m-s-t"

-1 letter: mas, mat, sat, tam, tas.

-2 letters: am, as, at, ma, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-m-s-t"
 

+1 letter: atmas, atoms, maist, malts, marts, masts, mates, maths, matts, mauts, mayst, meats, moats, satem, smalt, smart, stamp, steam, stoma, tames, tamis, tamps, teams, trams.

 

+2 letters: admits, almost, ambits, aments, amidst, armets, asthma, atmans, autism, datums, demast, gamest, gamuts, jetsam, kismat, lamest, magots, maists, manats, mantas, mantes, mantis, mascot, masted, master, mastic, mastix, maters, mateys, matins, matres, matsah, mattes, matzas, matzos, mayest, meatus, metals, misact, misate, miseat, muscat, mutase, ramets, samite, samlet, smalti, smalto, smalts, smarts, smarty, somata, stamen, stamps, steams, steamy, stemma, stigma, stomal, stomas, stream, stroma, struma, tamals, tamers, tamest, tharms, tomans, tramps.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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