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HAZMAT

Definition: HAZMAT

HAZMAT

Noun

1. An abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs; "NO HAZMATS IN TUNNEL".

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



Specialty Definitions: HAZMAT

DomainDefinitions

Agriculture

Hazardous materials. (references)

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

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Crosswords: HAZMAT

Specialty definitions using "HAZMAT": Personal Protective Equipment. (references)

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Commercial Usage: HAZMAT

DomainTitle

Books

  • 2002 Hazmat and Toxic Chemical Safety Superset: Official Government Reference Guides (NIOSH, EPA, CDC) with Hazardous Materials Medical and Technical Data for Emergency First Responders (Two CD-ROM Set) (reference)

  • 2002 Toxic Chemical Profiles: Official Government Reference Documents with Essential Data on over 250 Toxic Substances and Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) (reference)

  • Hazmat (reference)

  • HazMat Air Monitoring & Detection Devices (reference)

  • Hazmat Awareness Training Program (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Hazmat Solutions: Loading & Segregation (reference)

  • Hazmat Solutions: Shipping Papers (reference)

  • HazMat Transportation: What Drivers Need To Know (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Consumer Goods

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

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Image Slideshow: HAZMAT

Computer Images:
HAZMAT

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Photo Album: HAZMAT

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

HAZMAT PLSS Pack.Credit: NASA.

Workers dressed in full hazmat gear conduct research to determine the level of contaminants or PCB levels.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Transfer of HAZMAT to rail car in Maine.Credit: USDA.

Transfer of HAZMAT to rail car in Maine.Credit: USDA.

Mining waste dump at Courier Gulch - hazmat command postShoshone Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District.Credit: Tim Fuller.

  

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

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Spoken Usage: HAZMAT

SpeakerPhrase(s)

John Miller

Yeah, I went through the federal government's training course for first responders to turn them into hazmat technicians to focus on chemical and biological warfare, which actually turned out to be interesting timing.

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

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Expression: HAZMAT

Expression using "HAZMAT": HAZMAT incident response. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HAZMAT

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

hazmat

438

hazmat training

131

hazmat test

37

hazmat suit

29

hazmat picture

20

hazmat placard

19

hazmat shipping

16

hazmat job

14

hazmat label

13

dot hazmat

12

hazmat transportation

11

hazmat equipment

10

hazmat storage

9

cdl hazmat

9

hazmat sign

9

hazmat certification

9

hazmat team

9

hazmat regulation

8

hazmat practice test

8

hazmat symbol

8
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Modern Translations: HAZMAT

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

French

  

intervention en cas d'incident mettant en cause des marchandises dangereuses (hazardous material incident response, HAZMAT incident response). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

azmathay

   

Russian 

  

опасный вещество. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HAZMAT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: matzah.

Words within the letters "a-a-h-m-t-z"

-1 letter: hamza, matza.

-2 letters: amah, atma, math.

-3 letters: aah, aha, ama, ham, hat, mat, tam.

-4 letters: aa, ah, am, at, ha, hm, ma, ta.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-h-m-t-z"
 

+1 letter: matzahs.

 

+3 letters: azimuthal, rhizomata.

 

+4 letters: altazimuth.

 

+5 letters: achromatize, altazimuths, azimuthally, mathematize.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HAZMAT


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

48 41 5A 4D 41 54

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

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)

01001000 01000001 01011010 01001101 01000001 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#65 &#90 &#77 &#65 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0041 005A 004D 0041 0054

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

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

423560473554

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Spoken
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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