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Definition: GLIDDEN |
GLIDDEN1. P. p. of Glide. |
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Glidden is a city located in Carroll County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,253.Geography
Glidden is located at 42°3'30" North, 94°43'42" West (42.058263, -94.728359)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,253 people, 481 households, and 303 families residing in the city. The population density is 474.3/km² (1,231.6/mi²). There are 517 housing units at an average density of 195.7/km² (508.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.20% White, 0.08% African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.32% from two or more races. 0.24% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 481 households out of which 30.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% are married couples living together, 6.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% are non-families. 32.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 17.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.34 and the average family size is 3.00. In the city the population is spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 16.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 87.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.6 males. The median income for a household in the city is $35,333, and the median income for a family is $48,026. Males have a median income of $30,152 versus $21,914 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,437. 5.7% of the population and 3.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 4.9% are under the age of 18 and 1.9% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Glidden, Iowa."
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Typewriter manufactured by Sholes and Glidden;2/15/1921;{36.000/2}. |  | Str. Yonkers passing wreck of Jno. N. Glidden, in St. Clair ship canal. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Wreck of of Jno. N. Glidden, St. Clair ship canal. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wreck of the Jno. N. Glidden, St. Clair ship canal. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Burson & Marstellar at Fishman's, New Preston, Connecticut. Glidden I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mount Washington Hotel & Glidden tourists. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Glidden Tour Parade at Belle Isle. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Germain G. Glidden | The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much. |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "GLIDDEN" 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 |
| Glidden | Last name | 2,000 | 6,266 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Glidden, IA (city, FIPS 31395) 2. Glidden, WI |
| 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. |
Misspellings | |
"GLIDDEN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gildon, Gliddon, Iglesden, Lidden. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "GLIDDEN" (pronounced 'Glid"den'): Eden, Forboden, Gladen, linden, Manhaden, menhaden, midden, Selden, unburden, Unsadden, Woden. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-g-i-l-n" | |
-1 letter: dindle, dinged, dingle, engild, gilded, glided. | |
-2 letters: deign, dined, dinge, gelid, glide, idled, ingle, lined, nided. | |
-3 letters: deil, deli, deni, died, diel, dine, ding, geld, gied, gien, gild, gled, glen, idle, lend, lied, lien, line, ling, nide. | |
-4 letters: del, den, did, die, dig, din, eld, end, eng, ged, gel, gen, gid, gie, gin, led. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-g-i-l-n" | |
+1 letter: deluding, engilded, indulged, meddling, peddling, reddling, sledding. | |
+2 letters: deleading, engirdled, laddering, sleddings, treddling. | |
+3 letters: befuddling, begladding, bemuddling, defilading, deridingly, designedly, gladdening, resaddling. | |
+4 letters: bobsledding, deadeningly, deadlifting, deadlocking, degradingly, demandingly, dendrologic, disgruntled, dislodgment, dogsledding, godchildren, maddeningly, skedaddling. | |
+5 letters: bobsleddings, degringolade, demodulating, dendrologies, dendrologist, diagonalized, disentangled, dislodgement, dislodgments, highhandedly, overindulged. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4C 49 44 44 45 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .-.. .. -.. -.. . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001100 01001001 01000100 01000100 01000101 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G L I D D E N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004C 0049 0044 0044 0045 004E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41464338383948 |
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