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ASPARTIC

Definition: ASPARTIC

ASPARTIC

Adjective

1. Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: ASPARTIC

DomainDefinition

Health

The naturally occurring substance is L-aspartic acid. One of the acidic-amino-acids is obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: ASPARTIC

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField
AspATEnglishAspartic aminotransferaseMedicine

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

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Crosswords: ASPARTIC

English words defined with "ASPARTIC": aspartame. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ASPARTIC": Argininosuccinate Synthase, Aspartate Ammonia-Lyase, Aspartate Kinase, Aspartate-Ammonia Ligase, Aspartate-tRNA Ligase, Aspartic Endopeptidasesbeta-site-APP-clearing enzymeCaspases, Cathepsin E, ChymopapainExcitatory Amino AcidsHIV Protease, Homoserine DehydrogenaseOxaloacetic AcidsRNA, Transfer, Asp. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ASPARTIC

DomainTitle

Books

  • Aspartic proteinases and their inhibitors : proceedings of the FEBS advanced course no. 84/07, Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 20-24, 1984 (reference)

  • Proteolytic Enzymes: Aspartic and Metallo Peptidases (reference)

  • Structure and Function of the Aspartic Proteinases: Genetics, Structures, and Mechanisms (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 306) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: ASPARTIC

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Because of this work, beta secretase now has been identified as a member of a family of protein-clipping enzymes called aspartic proteases. (references)

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

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Expressions: ASPARTIC

Expressions using "ASPARTIC": aspartic acid Aspartic Endopeptidases. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ASPARTIC": arginine-glycine-aspartic, N-methyl-d-aspartic.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ASPARTIC

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

aspartic acid

21

l aspartic acid

7

acid aspartic production

3

aspartic

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ASPARTIC

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

Chinese 

  

天冬氨酸. (various references)

   

Danish

  

asparaginsyre (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

asparaginezuur (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aspartiinihappo (aspartic acid), asparagiinihappo (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid). (various references)

   

French

  

acide aspartique (aspartic acid), acide asparagique (aspartic acid), hémialdéhyde aspartique (aspartic semialdehyde). (various references)

   

German

  

Aspartinsäure (aspartic acid), Asparaginsaüresemialdehyd (aspartic semialdehyde), Asparaginsäure (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid), a-Amino-bernsteinsäure (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ασπαρτικό οξύ (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid). (various references)

   

Italian

  

acido aspartico (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid), semialdeide aspartica (aspartic semialdehyde). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アスパラギン酸 (aspartame, aspartic acid, asphalt, asphalt jungle, aspic, Aspirin, aspirin snow, Aspite). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アスパラギンさ" (aspartic acid). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

아스파르트. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asparticay

   

Portuguese

  

ácido aspartico (aspartic acid), ácido aspártico (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ácido aspártico (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

asparaginsyra (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid), aminobärnstensyra (aminosuccinic acid, aspartic acid). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "ASPARTIC"

Words rhyming with "ASPARTIC" (pronounced 'As*par"tic'): Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acephalocystic, Acetic, Acherontic, Acroteleutic, Adiaphoristic, Agrestic, Albinistic, Altruistic, Amnestic, Amphiblastic, Amyloplastic, Anacamptic, Anacathartic, Anachronistic, Anaclastic, Anaglyptic, Analectic, Analeptic, Anamnestic, Anapestic, Anaplastic, Anapodeictic, Anastaltic, Anatreptic, Animistic, Annalistic, Antapoplectic, Antarctic, Antephialtic, Antepileptic, Anthelmintic, Antiapoplectic, Anticlastic, Antiephialtic, Antiepileptic, Antigalastic, Antiorgastic, Antiperistaltic, Antiplastic, Antiscorbutic, Antispastic, Antonomastic, Antorgastic, Aoristic, Aortic, Aphlogistic, Aphotic. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ASPARTIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-p-r-s-t"

-1 letter: caritas, picaras.

-2 letters: arista, capias, capita, capris, carats, casita, crista, picara, racist, rapist, riatas, satrap, script, tapirs, tarsia, tiaras, triacs.

-3 letters: acari, airts, apart, arias, aspic, astir, ataps, atria, atrip, carat, carpi, carps, carts, craps, crisp, pacas, pacts, pairs, paisa, paras, paris, parts, pasta, picas, pitas, prats, raias, riata, sacra, scarp, scart, scrap.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-p-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: cantraips, parasitic.

 

+2 letters: capacitors, paralytics, patriarchs, patricians, pharmacist, practicals, pragmatics, rapacities.

 

+3 letters: altarpieces, applicators, appreciates, captivators, ceratopsian, comparatist, paediatrics, pancratiums, pancreatins, parachutist, parasitical, particulars, patriciates, patristical, pharmacists, piscatorial, postcranial.

 

+4 letters: anticipators, antipiracies, apothecaries, apparatchiks, appreciators, capitularies, cataphoresis, catastrophic, caterpillars, ceratopsians, comparatists, comparatives, decapitators, ectoparasite, emancipators, malpractices, nonparasitic, pacificators, pancreatitis, pantisocracy, parachutists, paraphrastic, parasiticide, paronomastic, participants, participates, particulates, patriarchies, plagiaristic, pragmaticism, pragmaticist, pragmatistic, prevaricates, separatistic, spectatorial, transpacific.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ASPARTIC


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 53 50 41 52 54 49 43

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    ...    .--.    .-    .-.    -    ..    -.-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01010011 01010000 01000001 01010010 01010100 01001001 01000011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#83 &#80 &#65 &#82 &#84 &#73 &#67

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0053 0050 0041 0052 0054 0049 0043

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3553503552544337

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Abbreviations
9. Acronyms
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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