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Definition: AIR CROSSING |
AIR CROSSING1. A passage for air in a mine. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A bridge where a return airway passes over (overcast) or under (undercast) an intake airway. It is generally constructed with concrete blocks, structural steel, and/or sheet metal, and is made airtight to prevent intermixing of the two air currents. The mining law requires an air crossing to be so constructed as not to be liable to be damaged in the event of an explosion. Syn:air bridge; bridge; overcrossing; overgate.See also:overcast; undercast. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: AIR CROSSING |
| English words defined with "AIR CROSSING": transpolar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AIR CROSSING": flapper-topped air crossing ♦ natural air crossing ♦ signal inspector, SIGNAL MAINTAINER, signal repairer ♦ Transboundary Pollutants. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "AIR CROSSING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | cruce de ventilación (air bridge, bridge, crossing, overcast), cruce (air bridge, cross, cross breeding, cross over, cross roads, crossbreeding, crossing, crossover, duct, grade-separated crossroads, grade-separated junction, interchange, intersection, junction, multilevel junction, traverse, two level fork junction). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-i-n-o-r-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: garrisons. | |
-3 letters: assignor, carrions, corsairs, crossing, garrison, incisors, narcissi, narcosis, organics, raisings, roarings, sacrings, scarring, signiors, signoras, soarings. | |
-4 letters: airings, arising, caisson, carrion, casings, casinos, cassino, corsair, cosigns, garcons, garrons, gascons, grisons, incisor, incross, organic, origans, origins, racings, raising, raisins, rancors, risings, roaring, sacring, sarongs, scaring, scoring, signior, signora, signori, signors, soaring, sorings. | |
-5 letters: acorns, across, agonic, airing, anisic, arcing, argons, ariosi, arsino, arsons, assign, cairns, cansos, cargos, caring, casing, casini, casino, cigars, coigns, congas, congii, corgis, coring, cosign, crasis, crisis, crissa, garcon, garron, gascon, girons, gnarrs, gnosis, gossan, grains, grison, groans, groins, icings, incogs, ionics, ironic, narcos, norias, oaring, onagri, orangs, orcins, organs, orgiac, origan, origin, racing, racons, raisin, rancor, raring, rasing, ricing, ricins, rigors, rising, rosing, rosins, sarins, sarong, scions, scoria, scorns, scrags, signor, siring, sirras, sonars, sonics, soring. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-i-n-o-r-r-s-s" | |
+3 letters: microorganisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 49 52 43 52 4F 53 53 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001001 01010010 00100000 01000011 01010010 01001111 01010011 01010011 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A I R   C R O S S I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0049 0052 0043 0052 004F 0053 0053 0049 004E 0047 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35435223752495353434841 |
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