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Cr

Definition: Cr

Cr

Noun

1. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing.

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

Date "Cr" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references)


Specialty Definition: Cr

DomainDefinition

Computing

CR Carriage Return cr The country code for Costa Rica. (1999-01-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Cr

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

CR

DanishRepublikken Costa RicaGeography

CR

DutchRepubliek Costa RicaGeography

CR

EnglishCathode RaysN/A

CR

FrenchChaussée roulanteN/A

CR

GermanRepublik Costa RicaGeography, Law

CR

GreekΚόστα ΡίκαGeography

CR

ItalianRepubblica di Costa RicaN/A

CR

PortugueseRetornoComputing, Meteorology & Standards

CR

SpanishRetorno del carroComputing, Meteorology & Standards

CR

SwedishRepubliken Costa RicaN/A

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

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Synonyms: Cr

Synonyms: atomic number 24 (n), chromium (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cr

English words defined with "Cr": Bookkeeping by double entry. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Cr": Chromium Radioisotopes, corrosion resisting cast steel, CRLFmetamicReceptors, Chemokine. (references)
Etymologies containing "Cr": Topographer. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Cr" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Portuguese (carriage return, Committee of Regions, Costa Rica, polychlorobutadiene, Republic of Costa Rica).

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Commercial Usage: Cr

DomainTitle

Books

  • Honda Cr Motocross Bikes 1986-2001: Owners Workshop Manual (Haynes Owners Workshop Manual Series) (reference)

  • How to Bodyguard Yourself: A Personal Protection Guide for Women: The Practical Guide for Deterring Rapists, Stalkers, Serial Killers, Hit Men, Terrorists and Other Assorted cr (reference)

  • In the Crib: The Sound of Cr (Wonder Books, Phonics Readers) (reference)

  • On the Road Again; The Best Years of Our Lives; Cr (reference)

  • Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy: Authoritative Texts of the Country Wife, the Man of Mode, the Rover, the Way of the World, the Conscious Lovers, the School for Scandal: Contexts, cr (Norton Critical Edition) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Alaska Farm Reporter C-w Alaska Agricultural Statistics & Cr (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

High Tech

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

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Photo Album: Cr

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Our studies indicate that for every military casualty we get (from the bombing), we cause 50 civilian casualties -- Sen. Mike Gravel, CR [Congressional Record?], 10-5-71. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cr

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

There is no plan to privatize MERO CR in the near future. (references)

Among other large U.S. ISPs are IBM CR and Compaq Computer. (references)

On August 25, 1999, Czech on Line ISP became the first in the CR to offer free Internet connection. (references)

Trade

Philippines

The DENR allows the importation of wood materials (including logs and lumber, plywood and veneer, poles and piles) by a holder of Timber License Agreement (TLA), Industrial Forest Management Agreement (IFMA), Wood Processing Plant Permit (WPPP) or Certificate of Registration (CR) as furniture manufacturer, agent, contractor, or dealer of logs and lumber; provided that the holder shall have his TLA, IFMA, WPPP or CR registered with the Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) and subsequently stamped by the Office of the Regional Executive Director/DENR as a valid Authority to Import. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Cr

"Cr" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 61.46% of the time. "Cr" is used about 288 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)61.46%17723,322
Noun (singular)15.97%4650,285
Noun (common)15.63%4550,900
Unclassified Items6.25%1882,615
Lexical Verb (base form)0.69%2245,945
                    Total100.00%288N/A

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

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Usage in Company Names: Cr

CountryName
Czech Republic

Philip Morris CR

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Cr

Expressions using "Cr": control character CR Eskalith CR Sinemet CR. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Cr": Cr-edta, cr-labelled, cr-red, cr-spinel.

Ending with "Cr": pro-cr.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cr

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

paxil cr

736

cr 250

27

cr

523

cr 80

25

honda cr v

195

48x5te cr mitsumi

24

cr effects paxil side

104

cr lawrence

23

cr england

88

mitsumi cr 4804te

23

bard cr

73

new honda cr v

22

cr v

56

22 consumerreports.org cr

22

cr v3

56

cr 500

22

honda cr 125

53

cr v accessory

22

honda cr 250

47

cr v3 battery

22

cr laurence

46

cr v3 lithium battery

20

buy a honda cr v

39

honda cr v for sale

20

honda cr 500

39

cr v for sale

19

cr 125

37

2004 honda cr v

19

cr gibson

37

new cr v

19

cr seal

36

used cr v

19

honda cr

35

bargain honda cr v

19

honda cr v accessory

31

buy cr v

19

honda cr 80

30

bargain cr v

19

cr hart racing

28

cr paxcil

18
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cr

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

Danish

  

som det fremgaar af et snit ved 17 % Cr i det ternaere jern-chromkulstofdiagram,befinder staalet sig over ca.1000 grader C i tofaseomraadet:ferrit og austenit (above approximately 1ooO c, according to the section through the iron-chromium-carbon ternary equilibrium diagram at 17% Cr the steel lies in the two phase region, ferrite and austenite), sejhaerdet Cr-Ni-Mo-staal med relativ lav overgangstemperatur (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

volgens een doorsnijding bij 17 % Cr in het ternaire toestandsdiagram ijzer-chroom-koolstof bevindt het staal zich boven ca.1000 deg.C in een twee-fasengebied van ferriet en austeniet (above approximately 1ooO c, according to the section through the iron-chromium-carbon ternary equilibrium diagram at 17% Cr the steel lies in the two phase region, ferrite and austenite), veredeld cr. ni. mo-staal met een betrekkelijk lage overgangstemperatuur (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature), RC-tijd (CR time, RC time, time constant), RC-produkt (CR time, RC time, time constant). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

nuorrutettu kromi-nikkeli-molybdeeniteräs (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature). (various references)

   

French

  

comme le montre une section 17% Cr dans le diagramme ternaire fer-Chrome-carbone, au dessus de 1OOOÖC, l' acier se trouve dans le domaine deux phases ferrite et austénite (according to the section through the iron-chromium-carbon ternary equilibrium diagram at 17% Cr the steel lies in the two phase region), traitement l'acide chromique (Cr-acid treatment), acier amélioré au cr- ni- mo avec une température de transition relativement basse (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature). (various references)

   

German

  

Return (return). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύμφωνα με μια τομή 17% Cr του τριφασικού διαγράμματος Fe-Cr-C και για θερμοκρασία 1000° C περίπου,ο χάλυβας τοποθετείται στην διφασική περιοχή φερ (according to the section through the iron-chromium-carbon ternary equilibrium diagram at 17% Cr the steel lies in the two phase region), χάλυβας βελτιωμένος με Cν-Νι-Μο που έχει συγκριτικά χαμηλή θερμοκρασία μετατροπής (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature). (various references)

   

Italian

  

secondo la sezione del diagramma ternario Fe-Cr-C in corrispondenza a 17 % Cr, al disopra dei 1000 C l'acciaio si trova nella regione bifasica ferrite-austenite (above approximately 1ooO c, according to the section through the iron-chromium-carbon ternary equilibrium diagram at 17% Cr the steel lies in the two phase region, ferrite and austenite), acciaio da bonifica al cr ni mo con temperatura di transizione relativamente bassa (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

コロンブスの卵 (Columbus Day, Columbus' egg, computer graphics, conc., concentrated, concert, concert hall, concert master, concertante, concise, conclave, concord, Concorde, concourse, concrete, concrete block, concrete jungle, concrete mixer, concrete pile, concurrent, conga, conglomerate, conglomerate merchant, Congo, congratulations, congress, congress gaiters, conscious, conservation, conservative, conservator, conservatory, consultant, consultant engineer, consulting, consulting sales, consumer, Consumer Interpole, consumering, consumerism, consumers' relation, consumers' research, consumption, contest). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

コンシューマーズリサーチ (consumers' research). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

cray

   

Spanish

  

como muestra una sección al 17% Cr en el diagrama ternario hierro-cromo-carbono, por encima de los 1000 grados C el acero se encuentra en el campo bifásico ferrita y austenita (above approximately 1ooO c, according to the section through the iron-chromium-carbon ternary equilibrium diagram at 17% Cr the steel lies in the two phase region, ferrite and austenite), acero de cr-ni-mo bonificado con una temperatura de transición relativamente baja (cr ni mo hardened and quenched steel having a comparatively low transition temperature). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Cr

Derivations

Words beginning with "Cr": craal, craaled, craaling, craals, crab, crabbed, crabbedness, crabbednesses, crabber, crabbers, crabbier, crabbiest, crabbily, crabbing, crabby, crabgrass, crabgrasses, crabmeat, crabmeats, crabs, crabstick, crabsticks, crabwise, crack, crackajack, crackajacks, crackback, crackbacks, crackbrain, crackbrained, crackbrains, crackdown, crackdowns, cracked, cracker, crackerjack, crackerjacks, crackers, cracking, crackings, crackle, crackled, crackles, crackleware, cracklewares, cracklier, crackliest, crackling, cracklings, crackly, cracknel. (additional references)

Words containing "Cr": accredit, accreditable, accreditation, accreditations, accredited, accrediting, accredits, accrete, accreted, accretes, accreting, accretion, accretionary, accretions, accretive, accruable, accrual, accruals, accrue, accrued, accruement, accruements, accrues, accruing, acrasia, acrasias, acrasin, acrasins, acre, acreage, acreages, acred, acres, acrid, acrider, acridest, acridine, acridines, acridities, acridity, acridly, acridness, acridnesses, acriflavine, acriflavines, acrimonies, acrimonious, acrimoniously, acrimoniousness, acrimoniousnesses, acrimony. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Cr

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "c-r"
 

+1 letter: arc, car, cor, cry, cur, orc, rec, roc.

 

+2 letters: acre, arch, arco, arcs, carb, card, care, cark, carl, carn, carp, carr, cars, cart, cere, cero, char, cire, coir, cord, core, corf, cork, corm, corn, cors, cory, crab, crag, cram, crap, craw, crew, crib, cris, croc, crop, crow, crud, crus, crux, curb, curd, cure, curf, curl, curn, curr, curs, curt, czar, ecru, marc, narc, orca, orcs, race, rack, racy, reck, recs, rice, rich, rick, rock, rocs, ruck, scar, scry, torc, uric.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Company Usage
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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