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Buchanan

Definition: Buchanan

Buchanan

Noun

1. 15th President of the United States (1791-1868).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Buchanan" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Buchanan

DomainDefinitions

Biographical Satire

BUCHANAN, J. C., manufacturer of the Scotchman's delight and weakness. He showed the world the excellence of two colors, and caused many a man to lose the keyhole. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.

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Specialty Definition: Buchanan

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Buchanan is the name of some places in the United States of America:

There is also:

These are not to be confused with Buckhannon, West Virginia.

Buchanan is also a large coastal town of about 150,000 people in Grand Bassa County, Liberia.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Buchanan."

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Synonyms: Buchanan

Synonyms: James Buchanan (n), President Buchanan (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Buchanan

English words defined with "Buchanan": James Buchanan, James Buchanan BradyPresident Buchanan. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Buchanan": BUCHANANFast Fourier Transform, Fleshly School. (references)

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Modern Usage: Buchanan

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Buchanan & Press (2002)

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995)

Buchanan High (1984)

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Commercial Usage: Buchanan

DomainTitle

Books

  • Confederate Admiral: The Life and Wars of Franklin Buchanan (Library of Naval Biography) (reference)

  • Moral Science and Moral Order: The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan (Collected Works James m Buchanan, Vol 17 (Paper)) (reference)

  • The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy (Collected Works of James m Buchanan, Vol 3) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Poulenc - Dialogues of the Carmelites / Bonynge, Sutherland, Buchanan, Begg, Opera Australia (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Image Slideshow: Buchanan

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Buchanan

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Figure 16. Combination water sampling bottle and sounder designed by John Y. Buchanan after his return from the Challenger expedition in 1877. This instrument worked better than preceding models for water sampling and was used regularly by Prince Albert I of Monaco. The first tests took place on board the PRINCESS ALICE in 1894 off Morocco in 2782 meters water depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 17. Challenger model of the Buchanan bottle, devised by the chemist of the expedition, John Buchanan, to sample intermediary layer waters. Left: descending. Middle: closing. Right: ascending. This type of bottle was used during the course of the voyage, from 1872 to 1876. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 12. Buchanan piezometers (PRINCESS ALICE models) - These newer models were used on the PRINCESS ALICE II by their designer, John Y. Buchanan in 1902. The first test of these instruments was on July 31st, 1902 in 2589 meters at Lat . 37 31 00N, Long. 24 54 15 W. Subsequently readings were made as deep as 5943 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 42. Buchanan hydrometer made at the request of John Y. Buchanan during the CHALLENGER Expedition. These were instruments with variable weight and volume. Two of these instruments were improved and modified by Victor Chabaud and used during the Belgium Antarctic Expedition from the BELGICA from 1897 to 1899. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 42 (continued.) Various Buchanan hydrometers with associated apparatus in their instrument cases. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 57. Dittmar device for extracting gases from sea water. This device was described by the British professor William Dittmar of Anderson's College in Glasgow. He used it to analyze sea water sampled during the CHALLENGER expedition. It complemented the use of the Jacobsen apparatus used by John Y. Buchanan during the CHALLENGER expedition. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 26. Effects of pressure on different types of hollow tubes as studied by John Young Buchanan, both during his experiences on the CHALLENGER expedition and with Prince Albert I of Monaco on the PRINCESS ALICE II in 1902. Buchanan published his study of hyperpressure effects in 1903. The brass tube, copper sphere, and debris from a Portier and Richard bottle were all studied in 1902. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 43. Buchanan hypsometer - this instrument is meant to determine altitude by relating the temperature of the boiling point of water to altitude. As altitude increases, the boiling point decreases. The instrument shown uses a method developed by Regnault and was used by John Young Buchanan in 1899. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

J. Y. Buchanan of the Challenger Expedition, in the laboratory of the ship while at Kiel. Plate IV, print 18. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

A Buchanan tube sounder with its weights ready for deployment. Plate VIII, print 4. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

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Historic Usage: Buchanan

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

This therefore is the privilege of the people in general, above what any private person hath; that particular men are allowed by our adversaries themselves (Buchanan only excepted) to have no other remedy but patience; but the body of the people may with respect resist intolerable tyranny; for when it is but moderate, they ought to endure it. (Second Treatise of Government)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Buchanan

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Women

Liberia

Several NGO's in Monrovia and Buchanan continued programs to treat abused women and girls and increase awareness of their rights. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Buchanan

"Buchanan" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.51% of the time. "Buchanan" is used about 215 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
Noun (proper)86.51%18622,556
Adjective (general or positive)10.23%2274,468
Noun (singular)3.26%7133,076
                    Total100.00%215N/A

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Name Usage Frequency: Buchanan

The following table summarizes the usage of "Buchanan" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BuchananLast name26,000443
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Cities: Buchanan


1. Buchanan, GA (city, FIPS 11616)
Location: 33.80123 N, 85.18057 W
Population (1990): 1009 (386 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 30113
Country: USA


2. Buchanan, MI (city, FIPS 11400)
Location: 41.82790 N, 86.36681 W
Population (1990): 4992 (2117 housing units)
Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 49107
Country: USA


3. Buchanan, ND (city, FIPS 10060)
Location: 47.06296 N, 98.82920 W
Population (1990): 40 (15 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 58420
Country: USA


4. Buchanan, NY (village, FIPS 10341)
Location: 41.26322 N, 73.94485 W
Population (1990): 1970 (759 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 10511
Country: USA


5. Buchanan, TN
Zip Code(s): 38222
Country: USA


6. Buchanan, VA (town, FIPS 10744)
Location: 37.52071 N, 79.68939 W
Population (1990): 1222 (524 housing units)
Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Country: USA



7. Buchanan , Liberia
Location: 5.57 North, 10.02 West
Population (2000 estimate): 29880
Country: Liberia

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Expressions: Buchanan

Expressions using "Buchanan": Buchanan County Buchanan Dam James Buchanan James Buchanan Brady president Buchanan. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Buchanan": Buchanan-smith.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Buchanan

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

lake buchanan

180

buchanan county missouri

16

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165

buchanan county

16

pat buchanan

157

clan buchanan

15

james buchanan

107

buchanan dam tx

15

buchanan roy

89

lake buchanan tx

15

buchanan michigan

80

edna buchanan

14

buchanan ingersoll

76

buchanan county virginia

14

patrick j buchanan

49

ian buchanan

14

buchanan lake texas

46

buchanan tn

13

buchanan virginia

42

buchanan fort puerto rico

12

buchanan fort

39

block buchanan terminal

12

buchanan new york

34

edgar buchanan

12

jensen buchanan

32

john buchanan

12

buchanan high school

25

buchanan ft

12

patrick buchanan

23

buchanan spoke

12

buchanan georgia

21

associate buchanan

11

buchanan press

20

buchanan flanner

11

lake buchanan real estate

17

uss buchanan

11

ray buchanan

17

buchanan resort

11

buchanan dam

16

buchanan cabin lake

10
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Modern Translations: Buchanan

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

Danish

  

Buchanan-dyrkningsmedium (Buchanan nutrient bouillon). (various references)

   

French

  

milieu de culture de Buchanan (Buchanan nutrient bouillon). (various references)

   

German

  

Buchanan Rinderblutserum (Buchanan nutrient bouillon), Buchanan Naehrboden (Buchanan nutrient bouillon). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θρεπτικό υλικό Buchanan (Buchanan nutrient bouillon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uchananbay

   

Portuguese

  

meio de cultura de Buchanan (Buchanan nutrient bouillon). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

Both-chanan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

caldo nutritivo de Buchanan (Buchanan nutrient bouillon). (various references)

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Misspellings: Buchanan

Misspellings

"Buchanan" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bakhtaran, Bochenek, Bohana, Bohannan, Bohannen, Buchanani, Buchmann, bukharan, Bukhizam, Bukidnon, Butchwana, Cuchinan, Duchane, Gurcharan, Ruchupan. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Buchanan

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-h-n-n-u"

-3 letters: bunch, canna, nucha, unban.

-4 letters: anna, bach, bunn, chub, habu, naan, nana.

-5 letters: aah, aba, aha, ana, baa, bah, ban, bun, cab, can, cub, hub, hun, nab, nah, nan, nub, nun.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-h-n-n-u"
 

+4 letters: unchangeable, unchangeably.

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Alternative Orthography: Buchanan


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

42 75 63 68 61 6E 61 6E

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)

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

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

01000010 01110101 01100011 01101000 01100001 01101110 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#117 &#99 &#104 &#97 &#110 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0075 0063 0068 0061 006E 0061 006E

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

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

3687697467806780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Cities
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Derivations
17. Anagrams
18. Orthography
19. Bibliography


  

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