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Definition: CASS |
CASSTransitive verb1. To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away. |
"CASS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "shining upon the people". |
Date "CASS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references) |
Etymology: Cass \Cass\, transitive verb. [French expression casser, Late Latin expression cassare, from the Latin expression cassus empty, hollow, and perhaps influenced by Latin quassare to shake, shatter, intensive verb of quatere to shake. Compare to Cashier, transitive verb, Quash, Cask.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | International Astronomical Union Abbreviation for Cassiopeia. See constellation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Bartow County is a county located in the U.S. State of Georgia. As of 2000, the population is 76,019. The county seat is Cartersville6.This county is part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.
It was created from the Cherokee lands of the Cherokee County territory in 1832 on December 3rd, and called Cass County until renamed in 1861 on December 6th. The original county seat was at Cassville.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,218 km² (470 mi²). 1,190 km² (459 mi²) of it is land and 28 km² (11 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.27% water.
Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 76,019 people, 27,176 households, and 21,034 families residing in the county. The population density is 64/km² (166/mi²). There are 28,751 housing units at an average density of 24/km² (63/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 87.79% White, 8.68% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.62% from other races, and 1.10% from two or more races. 3.32% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 27,176 households out of which 38.20% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.90% are married couples living together, 11.10% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.60% are non-families. 18.70% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.70% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.76 and the average family size is 3.14.
In the county the population is spread out with 27.90% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 33.00% from 25 to 44, 21.40% from 45 to 64, and 9.40% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 97.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.90 males.
The median income for a household in the county is $43,660, and the median income for a family is $49,198. Males have a median income of $35,136 versus $24,906 for females. The per capita income for the county is $18,989. 8.60% of the population and 6.60% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 9.60% are under the age of 18 and 12.20% are 65 or older.
Cities and towns
- Adairsville
- Cartersville
- Emerson
- Euharlee
- Kingston
- Taylorsville
- White
- Cassville
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bartow County, Georgia."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cass County is a county located in the U.S. State of Iowa. As of 2000, the population is 14,684. Its county seat is Atlantic, Iowa6.Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,463 km² (565 mi²). 1,462 km² (564 mi²) of it is land and 2 km² (1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.12% water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 14,684 people, 6,120 households, and 4,094 families residing in the county. The population density is 10/km² (26/mi²). There are 6,590 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (12/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 98.84% White, 0.21% Black or African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.34% from two or more races. 0.69% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 6,120 households out of which 29.30% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.60% are married couples living together, 7.20% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.10% are non-families. 29.80% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.90% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.32 and the average family size is 2.87. In the county the population is spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 24.80% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 20.80% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 42 years. For every 100 females there are 94.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.20 males. The median income for a household in the county is $32,922, and the median income for a family is $40,564. Males have a median income of $29,736 versus $20,108 for females. The per capita income for the county is $17,067. 11.10% of the population and 7.20% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 14.40% are under the age of 18 and 10.10% are 65 or older.Cities and towns
*Anita
*Atlantic
*Cumberland
*Griswold
*Lewis
*Marne
*Massena
*WiotaSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cass County, Iowa."
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CASS | English | Conference of Swiss Scientific Academies | N/A |
CASS | French | Conférence des académies scientifiques suisses | Education, General |
CASS | German | Konferenz der schweizerischen wissenschaftlichen Akademien | Education, General |
CASS | Italian | Conferenza delle Accademie scientifiche svizzere | Education, General |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CASS |
| Etymologies containing "CASS": Cassation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CASS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (barrel, bottom, cannon, crop of whip, foot, hilt, leg, mouth of river, outlet, peg, shaft, stalk, stem of pipe). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Mama Cass deceased, ham sandwich (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; writing credit: Mike Myers.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cass el azab (1952) | |
Song Titles | Make Your Own Kind Of Music (performing artist: Mama Cass) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Heavy rains have produced runoff that broke through these terraces in Cass County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Gary Wolfe, a conservation technician with the Cass County Soil and Water Conservation District, looks at prairie flowers planted by a landowner interested in restoring prairie grasses and forbs. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | This sediment at the bottom of a long slope is the result of severe sheet and rill erosion on highly erodible soils in Cass County, Iowa after heavy rains. The field had no protection against soil erosion. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Grasses and a watershed dam combine to protect the land in the Troublesome Creek Watershed project in Cass County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Rip rap installed on a streambank in Cass County to protect the bridge. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | NRCS Hydrologist Laurel Foreman uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) and personal digital assistant (PDA) to record status of a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) filter strip planting in Cass County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | NRCS Engineer Jeffrey Godwin uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) and a personal digital assistant (PDA) to record status of an in-stream conservation structure built with emergency conservation program funds in Cass County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Redosier dogwood are among the shrub and tree plantings for wildife on a Cass County, Iowa farm. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | An NRCS District Conservationist and a Cass County, Iowa landowner discuss wildlife habitat plantings on the farm. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | A Cass County, Iowa landowner provides winter food and shelter for pheasants and other birds. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Casswheel" by Ginger Garvey Commentary: "Cass doing a cartwheel in the frontyard." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Presently, TCL, HiSense, Legend, and TianJin ZhongHuan Electronics Computer Corporation, Guangdong Zhongwang Corporation, Shanghai Yihao Company is planning to cooperate with CASS Company to manufacture these products. (references) | |
According to Mr. Xuhui Feng, assistant to the president of Chinese Academy of Sciences Software (CASS) International, research on embedded operation systems began six years ago, and this system can be used in the set-top box, cell-phone, and hand PC. The embedded operation system (Set-Top Box Solution) has become the important part on the set-top box production. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CASS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 83.64% of the time. "CASS" is used about 55 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 83.64% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.09% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.27% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CASS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cass | Last name | 3,000 | 3,884 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "CASS" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "shining upon the people". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "CASS." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Casey | Male, Female | English | Cass |
| Cass | Female | English | Cassandra |
| Cassandra | Female | English | N/A |
| Kasandra | Female | English | Cassandra |
| Kassandra | Female | English | Cassandra |
| Kassandra | Female | Greek Mythology | Cassandra |
| Cassandra | Female | Greek Mythology (Latinized) | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Cass Commercial Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "CASS": Cass City ♦ Cass County ♦ Cass Gilbert ♦ Cass Lake. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CASS": Cass-andra, cass-doff. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cass | 190 | cass county nebraska | 22 |
cass lake minnesota | 127 | cass county texas | 20 |
cass county | 90 | cass county north dakota | 18 |
mama cass | 79 | cass technical high school | 18 |
cass railroad | 72 | cass solution | 17 |
cass scenic railroad | 67 | cass information system | 17 |
cass lake | 55 | cass county indiana | 16 |
cass city mi | 44 | cass county fair | 16 |
cass hotel | 41 | cass software | 16 |
cass county missouri | 34 | cass certified | 15 |
cass county minnesota | 33 | cass michigan | 14 |
cass hotel chicago | 32 | cass dr ingram | 13 |
cass wv | 32 | carmen cass | 13 |
cass kelly | 28 | cass west virginia | 13 |
cass ole | 28 | claire cass | 13 |
cass county mn | 27 | cass lake resort | 13 |
cass tech | 26 | peggy cass | 12 |
cass county michigan | 25 | cass railroad senic | 12 |
cass elliot | 24 | irv cass | 11 |
cass certification | 22 | cass high school | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "CASS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | Conférence des académies scientifiques suisses, CASS. (various references) | |
German | CASS (Conference of Swiss Scientific Academies), Konferenz der schweizerischen wissenschaftlichen Akademien (Conference of Swiss Scientific Academies). (various references) | |
Italian | Conferenza delle Accademie scientifiche svizzere (Conference of Swiss Scientific Academies), CASS (Conference of Swiss Scientific Academies). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | asscay.(various references) | |
Russian | кэсс. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CASS": cassaba, cassabas, cassata, cassatas, cassava, cassavas, casserole, casseroles, cassette, cassettes, cassia, cassias, cassimere, cassimeres, cassino, cassinos, cassis, cassises, cassiterite, cassiterites, cassock, cassocks, cassoulet, cassoulets, cassowaries, cassowary. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "CASS": carcass. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CASS": antimacassar, antimacassars, audiocassette, audiocassettes, carcasses, fricassee, fricasseed, fricasseeing, fricassees, microcassette, microcassettes, videocassette, videocassettes. (additional references) | |
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"CASS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Acssi, Cassi, Cassou, Ciss, Cissa, Cissi, csas, Ncacss. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "ass": Ass, Brass, Crass, LASS, Strass. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sacs. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-s-s" | |
-1 letter: ass, sac. | |
-2 letters: as. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-s-s" | |
+1 letter: ascus, casas, cases, casks, casts, casus, class, crass, sacks, scabs, scads, scags, scams, scans, scars, scats. | |
+2 letters: access, across, ascots, asdics, aspics, basics, camass, cansos, caress, carses, cashes, cassia, cassis, castes, causes, ceases, cestas, chases, chasms, chasse, clasps, classy, clasts, coasts, crases, crasis, crissa, escars, fasces, saices, sauces, sauchs, scalds, scales, scalls, scalps, scamps, scants, scapes, scares, scarfs, scarps, scarts, scatts, scaups, scaurs, scenas, schavs, schwas, scrags, scrams, scraps, scubas, seracs, shacks, slacks, smacks, snacks, spaces, spicas, stacks, sumacs. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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