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ECT

Definitions: ECT

ECT

Noun

1. The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.

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

Date "ECT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: ECT

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

ECT

DutchElektroconvulsietherapieN/A

ECT

EnglishElectrochemical treeingN/A

ECT

FinnishEksplisiittinen soitonsiirtoPost & Telecom

ECT

FrenchTransfert d'appel explicitePost & Telecom

ECT

GermanEmissions-Computer-TomographieElectrical Engineering, Medicine

ECT

ItalianTrasferimento esplicito chiamataPost & Telecom

ECT

PortugueseTĂșnel de EvansPhysics, Transportation

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

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Synonyms: ECT

Synonyms: electroconvulsive therapy (n), electroshock (n), electroshock therapy (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: ECT

English words defined with "ECT": Face mold, Fagend, False papers. (references)

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Commercial Usage: ECT

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Sappho of Green Springs Ect.. (The Works of Bret Harte - Volume 25) (reference)

  • Analysis of the American Law Institute's Corporate Governance Proj Ect (reference)

  • Edmund Campion: Scholar, Ect. (reference)

  • Ervaringen met ECT : een inventarisatie van oordelen en ervaringen met elektroconvulsietherapie (ECT) (reference)

  • Literature Review on Electroconvulsive Therapy Ect, 1980-1995 (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: ECT

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Numerous ECT studies have been conducted with animal models. (references)

In the early days of ECT, mortality was a significant problem. (references)

ECT has not been useful in chronically ill schizophrenic patients. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: ECT

"ECT" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 47.06% of the time. "ECT" is used about 34 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)47.06%1687,710
Noun (singular)35.29%12101,599
Noun (common)11.76%4175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)5.88%2245,945
                    Total100.00%34N/A

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ECT

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

ect

219

mail box ect

188

kitchen ect

69

collection ect

40

ect software

16

ect treatment

14

ect therapy

13

collectible ect

8

ect sensor

6

ect s

6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ECT

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

Pig Latin

  

ectay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: ECT

Derivations

Words beginning with "ECT": ectases, ectasis, ectatic, ecthyma, ecthymata, ectoderm, ectodermal, ectoderms, ectomere, ectomeres, ectomorph, ectomorphic, ectomorphs, ectoparasite, ectoparasites, ectoparasitic, ectopia, ectopias, ectopic, ectopically, ectoplasm, ectoplasmic, ectoplasms, ectosarc, ectosarcs, ectotherm, ectothermic, ectotherms, ectotrophic, ectozoa, ectozoan, ectozoans, ectozoon, ectypal, ectype, ectypes. (additional references)

Words ending with "ECT": abject, acrolect, advect, affect, aftereffect, architect, aspect, bisect, cathect, circumspect, codirect, coeffect, coerect, collect, complect, confect, connect, convect, correct, counterproject, defect, deflect, deject, deselect, detect, dialect, direct, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, disject, disrespect, dissect, effect, eject, elect, erect, expect, exsect, genuflect, grapholect, hypercorrect, idiolect, imperfect, incorrect, indirect, infect, inflect, inject, insect, inspect, intellect, interconnect, interject, intersect, introject, introspect, megaproject, microinject, misconnect, misdirect, neglect, nonarchitect, nonelect, noninsect, nonsubject, object, obtect, overcorrect, overdirect, overprotect, pandect, perfect, pluperfect, porrect, praefect, praelect, preelect, preerect, prefect, prelect, preselect, project, prosect, prospect, protect, recollect, reconnect, redefect, redirect, reeject, reelect, reerect, refect, reflect, reinfect, reinject, reinspect, reject, reobject, resect, respect, resurrect, retrospect, sect, select, semierect, subdialect, suberect, subject, subproject, subsect, superinfect, suspect, traject, transect, transfect, trisect, unperfect, vivisect. (additional references)

Words containing "ECT": abjection, abjections, abjectly, abjectness, abjectnesses, acatalectic, acatalectics, acrolects, adjectival, adjectivally, adjective, adjectively, adjectives, adrenalectomies, adrenalectomized, adrenalectomy, advected, advecting, advection, advections, advective, advects, affectabilities, affectability, affectable, affectation, affectations, affected, affectedly, affectedness, affectednesses, affecter, affecters, affecting, affectingly, affection, affectional, affectionally, affectionate, affectionately, affectioned, affectionless, affections, affective, affectively, affectivities, affectivity, affectless, affectlessness, affectlessnesses, affects, aftereffects, amylopectin, amylopectins, analecta, analects, anorectic, anorectics, antielectron, antielectrons, antireflection, antireflective, antirejection, antivivisection, antivivisectionist, antivivisectionists, apoplectic, apoplectically, appendectomies, appendectomy, appendicectomies, appendicectomy, architectonic, architectonically, architectonics, architects, architectural, architecturally, architecture, architectures, aspects, aspectual, atelectases, atelectasis, autoinfection, autoinfections, bespectacled, bidialectal, bidialectalism, bidialectalisms, bidirectional, bidirectionally, bijection, bijections, bijective, bioelectric, bioelectrical, bioelectricities, bioelectricity, bisected, bisecting, bisection, bisectional, bisectionally, bisections, bisector, bisectors, bisects, bronchiectases, bronchiectasis, cachectic, catalectic, catalectics, cathected, cathectic, cathecting, cathects, cholecystectomies, cholecystectomized, cholecystectomy, circumspection, circumspections, circumspectly, clitorectomies, clitorectomy, clitoridectomies, clitoridectomy, codirected, codirecting, codirection, codirections, codirector, codirectors, codirects, coeffects, coerected, coerecting, coerects, collectable, collectables, collectanea, collected, collectedly, collectedness, collectednesses, collectible, collectibles, collecting, collection, collections, collective, collectively, collectives, collectivise, collectivised, collectivises, collectivising, collectivism, collectivisms, collectivist, collectivistic, collectivistically, collectivists, collectivities, collectivity, collectivization, collectivizations, collectivize, collectivized, collectivizes, collectivizing, collector, collectors, collectorship, collectorships, collects, colorectal, complected, complecting, complects, confected, confecting, confection, confectionaries, confectionary, confectioner, confectioneries, confectioners, confectionery, confections, confects, conjectural, conjecturally, conjecture, conjectured, conjecturer, conjecturers, conjectures, conjecturing, connectable, connected, connectedly, connectedness, connectednesses, connecter, connecters, connectible, connecting, connection, connectional, connections, connective, connectively, connectives, connectivities, connectivity, connector, connectors, connects, conspectus, conspectuses, convected, convecting, convection, convectional, convections, convective, convector, convectors, convects, correctable, corrected, correcter, correctest, correcting, correction, correctional, corrections, correctitude, correctitudes, corrective, correctively, correctives, correctly, correctness, correctnesses, corrector, correctors, corrects, counterprojects, cryoprotectant, cryoprotectants, cryoprotective, defected, defecting, defection, defections, defective, defectively, defectiveness, defectivenesses, defectives, defector, defectors, defects, deflectable, deflected, deflecting, deflection, deflections, deflective, deflector, deflectors, deflects, dejecta, dejected, dejectedly, dejectedness, dejectednesses, dejecting, dejection, dejections, dejects, delectabilities, delectability, delectable, delectables, delectably, delectation, delectations, deselected, deselecting, deselects, detectabilities, detectability, detectable, detected, detecter, detecters, detecting, detection, detections, detective, detectivelike, detectives, detector, detectors, detects, dialectal, dialectally, dialectic, dialectical, dialectically, dialectician, dialecticians, dialectics, dialectological, dialectologically, dialectologies, dialectologist, dialectologists, dialectology, dialects, dielectric, dielectrics, directed, directedness, directednesses, directer, directest, directing, direction, directional, directionalities, directionality, directionless, directionlessness, directionlessnesses, directions, directive, directives, directivities, directivity, directly, directness, directnesses, director, directorate, directorates, directorial, directories, directors, directorship, directorships, directory, directress, directresses, directrice, directrices, directrix, directrixes, directs, disaffected, disaffecting, disaffection, disaffections, disaffects, disconnected, disconnectedly, disconnectedness, disconnectednesses, disconnecting, disconnection, disconnections, disconnects, disinfectant, disinfectants, disinfected, disinfecting, disinfection, disinfections, disinfects, disjected, disjecting, disjects, disrespectabilities, disrespectability, disrespectable, disrespected, disrespectful, disrespectfully, disrespectfulness, disrespectfulnesses, disrespecting, disrespects, dissected, dissecting, dissection, dissections, dissector, dissectors. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: ECT

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-t"

-1 letter: et.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-t"
 

+1 letter: cate, celt, cent, cete, cite, cote, cute, etch, etic, sect, tace.

 

+2 letters: aceta, acted, acute, cadet, caret, carte, caste, cater, cates, celts, cento, cents, centu, cesta, cesti, cetes, cheat, chert, chest, cheth, chute, cited, citer, cites, civet, cleat, cleft, clept, comet, comte, conte, coset, coted, cotes, covet, crate, crept, crest, cruet, culet, curet, cuter, cutes, cutey, cutie, eclat, edict, educt, eject, elect, enact, epact, erect, eruct, escot, ethic, evict, exact, facet, fetch, ketch, letch, octet, react, recta, recti, recto, recut, retch, scent, scute, sects, taces, tacet, tache, teach, techy, tecta, telic, tench, terce, teuch, theca, trace, trice, truce, twice, vetch, wecht.

 

+3 letters: abject, accent, accept, acetal, acetic, acetin, acetum, acetyl, active, acuate, acuter, acutes, advect, affect, ascent, aspect, atelic, avocet, becket, bisect, bucket, cablet, cachet, cadent, cadets, callet, camlet, canted, canter, cantle, caplet, capote, carate, carets, carnet, carpet, carted, cartel, carter, cartes, casket, caster, castes, castle, catena, caters, catted, cattie, cattle, caveat, cement, cenote, centai, cental, centas, center, centos, centra, centre, centum, cerate, cerite, cermet, certes, cestas, cestoi, cestos, cestus, cetane, chaeta, chalet, chaste, cheats, cherts, cherty, chests, chesty, chetah, cheths, chuted, chutes, citers, cither, citied, cities, citole, civets, claret, cleats, clefts, client, closet, clothe, coated, coatee, coater, coedit, coempt, cogent, collet, colter, comate, cometh, comets, comtes, contes, cooter, cootie, copter, coquet, cornet, corset, cortex, corvet, cosets, cosset, costae, costed, coster, coteau, cottae, cotter, cotype, couter, covert, covets, coyest, coyote, crated, crater, crates, create, credit, crests, cretic, cretin, cruets, cruset, cuesta, culets, cullet, curate, curets, curite, curter, curvet, cutely, cutest, cutesy, cuteys, cuties, cutler, cutlet, cutter, cuttle, cygnet, decant, deceit, decent, decoct, deduct, defect, deject, delict, deltic, depict, detach, detect, detick, direct, docent, docket, ducted, dulcet, ecarte, eclats, ectype, edicts, educts, effect, ejecta, ejects, elects, elicit, emetic, enacts, enatic, encyst, entice, epacts, erects, erotic, eructs, escort, escots, etched, etcher, etches, ethics, ethnic, evicts, exacta, exacts, except, excite, exotic, expect, exsect, facete, facets, faucet, fetich, fletch, gestic, hectic, hector, hepcat, iciest, incept, incest, incite, infect, inject, insect, itched, itches, jacket, kvetch, lancet, lectin, lector, lentic, locate, locket, lucent, luetic, metric, nectar, nicest, nicety, nocent, noetic, notice, object, obtect, ocelot, octane, octave, octets, oocyte, packet, pecten, pectic, pectin, peptic, picket, placet, pocket, poetic, preact, precut, rachet, racket, reacts, recant, recast, recent, recept, recite, rectal, rector, rectos, rectum, rectus, recuts, redact, refect, reject, relict, reluct, resect, retack, rochet, rocket, rotche, sachet, scathe, scents, scoter, scutes, scythe, secant, secret, sector, select, septic, sketch, socket, stacte, stance, stelic, stench, steric, taches, tacked, tacker, tacket, tackey, tackle, talced, tanrec, teacup, teched, techie, tectal, tectum, tenace, tenrec, terbic, tercel, terces, tercet, tetchy, thecae, thecal, thence, thetic, thrice, ticked, ticker, ticket, tickle, tierce, tocher, toecap, touche, traced, tracer, traces, trance, trench, triced, trices, troche, truced, truces, tucked, tucker, tucket, tusche, uncute, uretic, vacate, vector, wechts, wicket, wretch, yclept.

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

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Alternative Orthography: ECT


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

45 43 54

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)

01000101 01000011 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#67 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0043 0054

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

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

393754

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INDEX

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


  

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