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Greek Cross

Definition: Greek Cross

Greek Cross

Noun

1. A cross with each of the four arms the same length.

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


Specialty Definitions: Greek Cross

DomainDefinitions

Fine Arts

This even-armed cross is frequently termed the --, to distinguish it from the Latin cross, in which the lower member is always longer than the other three. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Greek Cross Same shape as St. George's cross (+). The Latin cross has the upright one-third longer than the cross-beam ().
St George's Cross is seen on our banners, where the crosses of St. Andrew and St. Patrick are combined with it. (See Union Jack.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: Greek Cross

English words defined with "Greek cross": Geneva crossSaint George's cross, St. Anthony's crosstau cross. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Greek cross": crux commissa, crux gammatafylfot crossI.H.SSt. George's Cross, St.Anthony's crossWrath. (references)
Etymologies containing "Greek cross": StaurotideVERONICA. (references)

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Photo Album: Greek Cross

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Unidentified complex of buildings, main building in form of a Greek cross flanked by two smaller buildings. Sketch site plan; Jeweled pendant also in form of Greek cross. Sketch. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Greek Cross

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

greek cross

35
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Modern Translations: Greek Cross

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

French

  

croix grecque. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

görög kereszt. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eekgray osscray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Greek Cross

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-k-o-r-r-s-s"

-2 letters: rescores.

-3 letters: corkers, crosser, geckoes, grocers, grosser, recorks, recross, regress, rescore, rockers, scorers.

-4 letters: corers, corker, corses, creeks, crores, crosse, egress, eroses, eskers, geckos, gorses, grocer, ockers, ogress, recess, recork, rerose, rocker, rogers, scorer, scores, screes, serges.

-5 letters: ceres, ceros, cokes, corer, cores, corks, corse, coses, creek, cress, crore, cross, egers, erose, erses, esker.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-g-k-o-r-r-s-s"
 

+5 letters: stockbrokerages.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Greek Cross


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

47 72 65 65 6B      43 72 6F 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101011 00100000 01000011 01110010 01101111 01110011 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#114 &#101 &#101 &#107 &#32 &#67 &#114 &#111 &#115 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0072 0065 0065 006B      0043 0072 006F 0073 0073

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

418471717723784818585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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