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Definition: Compton |
ComptonNoun1. United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Compton" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Synonyms: ComptonSynonyms: Arthur Compton (n), Arthur Holly Compton (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Compton |
| Specialty definitions using "Compton": CGRO, Compton effect, Compton electron, Compton recoil effect, Compton recoil electron ♦ Races. (references) |
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Lyrics | In tha City of Compton (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC) In the city of Compton, city of Compton (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC) Compton, Long Beach, Inglewood! (The Next Episode; performing artist: Dr. Dre) I ain't straight outta compton I'm straight out the trailer (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK) | |
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 | Members of the first National Advisory Cancer Council at the groundbreaking ceremonies at the NCI's building 6 in June, 1938. (Left to right) Francis Wood, C.C Little, James Ewing, Arthur Compton, James Conant, Thomas Parran, and Ludwig Hektoen. This new building, erected on land donated by Mrs. Luke J. Wilson was the fourth to be constructed in the complex that is now the National Institutes of Health. The structure was unique in that year of 1939, with its physical equipment and facilities designed solely for scientific research in a specialized field of science. Building 6 was to house the National Cancer Institute, the first of the nine specialized institutes that would comprise NIH. See also ar003810. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | James J. Walker, former Mayor of New York, and the former Betty Compton leaving the City Hall at Cannes, France, following their wedding. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Interior of the church at Compton Winyates [sic] / drawn & engraved by W.S. Wilkinson. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wife and children of Dennis Decosta, Portugese FSA (Farm Security Administration) client, owns twelve cows on a small farm in Little Compton, Rhode Island. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mrs. Compton and her four year old son, Billy, taking sticks of tobacco out of barn to the strip house. They are tenants, and the Negro owner lives in Mebane. This is part of a prosperous Negro settlement between Carr and Cedar Grove, Orange County, North. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Billy, son of Negro sharecropper Compton, taking off tobacco for grading and stripping in strip house. Near Carr, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Compton, Negro sharecropper, and his wife stripping and grading tobacco. He has a Negro landlord who lives in Mebane, part of a very prosperous Negro settlement. Near Carr, North Carolina. See general notes on subregion, September 28, 1939, number four. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Farmers and townspeople in center of town on Court day, Compton [i.e. Campton], Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on "Jockey St.", near the Court House, Compton [i.e. Campton], Wolfe County, Ky. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Compton, business at 1239 Broadway, New York City. Interior I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | St. Lucia | John Compton was premier of St. Lucia from 1964 until independence in February 1979 and remained prime minister until elections later that year. (references) |
St. Lucia | In 1996, Compton announced his resignation as prime minister in favor of his chosen successor Dr. Vaughan Lewis, former director general of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). (references) | |
St. Lucia | Seeking to increase his slim margin, Prime Minister Compton suspended parliament and called new elections on April 30. This unprecedented snap election, however, gave Compton the same results as before--the UWP retained nine seats and the SLP eight. (references) | |
Political Rights | Saint Lucia | The SLP capitalized on the failure of the opposition forces to unite in a national coalition due to a leadership struggle between Odlum, and Sir John Compton, founder of the UWP and a former Prime Minister. (references) |
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| "Compton" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Compton" is used about 213 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) | 100% | 213 | 20,749 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Compton" 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 |
| Compton | Last name | 13,000 | 902 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Canada | Compton Petroleum Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Compton, AR 2. Compton, CA (city, FIPS 15044) 3. Compton, IL (village, FIPS 15989) |
Expressions using "Compton": Arthur Compton ♦ Arthur Holly Compton ♦ East Compton ♦ Francis Henry Compton Crick ♦ Little Compton ♦ West Compton. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Compton": Compton-burnett, Compton-hall, Compton-smith. | |
Ending with "Compton": Abbott-compton, Garland-compton. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "Compton"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 坎顿. (various references) | ||||
Korean | 콤"턴. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | omptoncay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Compton" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bompito, Clopton, compcon, compon, Compson, Compston, Comptonia, Comten, Conton, Cromptons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-m-n-o-o-p-t" | |
-2 letters: compo, compt, conto, coopt. | |
-3 letters: comp, coon, coop, coot, mono, moon, moot, onto, poco, poon, toom, toon. | |
-4 letters: con, coo, cop, cot, moc, mon, moo, mop, mot, nom, noo, not, oot, opt, pom, pot, tom, ton, too, top. | |
-5 letters: mo, no, om, on, op, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-m-n-o-o-p-t" | |
+2 letters: component, monotypic, toponymic. | |
+3 letters: compaction, completion, components, comporting, composting, taphonomic. | |
+4 letters: bicomponent, compactions, compensator, competition, compilation, completions, complotting, comportment, compositing, composition, compunction, computation, consumption, mucoprotein, muttonchops, noncomputer, omnipotence, toponymical. | |
+5 letters: actinomorphy, companionate, compellation, compensation, compensators, compensatory, competitions, compilations, complexation, complication, componential, comportments, compositions, compunctions, compunctious, compurgation, computations, consumptions, contemplator, contemporary, contemporize, contemptuous, cosmopolitan, monophyletic, monopolistic, monosynaptic, mucoproteins, noncompliant, omnipotences, onomatopoeic, outcompeting, paronomastic, photodynamic, postromantic, proclamation, subcomponent. | |
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