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HX

"HX" is a common misspelling or typo for: ax, he, hex, ox.


Specialty Definition: HX

DomainDefinition

Mining

Letter name specifying the dimensions of core, core barrels, and casing in the H-size and X-series wireline diamond drilling system having a core diameter of 76.2 mm and a hole diameter of 99.2 mm. The HX designation for coring bits has been replaced by the HW designation. Syn:HW. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: HX

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

hx

DutchHypoxantineChemistry

HX

EnglishHypoxanthineChemistry

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

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Crosswords: HX

Specialty definitions using "HX": salts. (references)

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Usage Frequency: HX

"HX" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "HX" is used about 5 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)60%3202,518
Noun (singular)20%1339,140
Noun (common)20%1339,140
                    Total100.00%5N/A

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: HX

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hx

58

1996 doo hx sea

5

doo hx sea

48

6000 hx prioris

5

hx magazine

40

1998 civic honda hx

4

honda civic hx

23

michelin pilot hx

4

hx jvc z30

15

callaway hx golf ball

3

1997 civic honda hx

10

honda hx

3

jvc hx z3

10

maxon 49 hx

3

hx z30

10

hx golf ball

3

civic hx

10

1 hx yamaha

3

1995 doo hx sea

7

hx organ yamaha

3

clarion hx d10

7

civic honda hx review

3

callaway hx

7

hx jycl.com

3

hx z10

6

40 hx turbo

2

97 civic honda hx

5

96 doo hx sea

2

hx z3

5

callaway hx tour

2

doo hx part sea

5

1999 civic honda hx

2

callaway hx red

5

hx imagepoint

2

hx jvc z10

5

2000 civic honda hx

2

hx d10

5

4 hx

2

jvc hx z1

5

hx window.com

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: HX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "h-x"
 

+1 letter: hex.

 

+2 letters: hoax.

 

+3 letters: hapax, helix, hexad, hexed, hexer, hexes, hexyl, hyrax, phlox, sixth.

 

+4 letters: ethoxy, exarch, exhale, exhort, exhume, hallux, hatbox, hexade, hexads, hexane, hexers, hexing, hexone, hexose, hexyls, hoaxed, hoaxer, hoaxes, hotbox, phenix, sixths, sphinx, thorax.

 

+5 letters: anthrax, asphyxy, boxfish, boxhaul, cachexy, cashbox, chamoix, ethoxyl, exarchs, exarchy, exhaled, exhales, exhaust, exhibit, exhorts, exhumed, exhumer, exhumes, foxfish, foxhole, foxhunt, hapaxes, helixes, hellbox, hexades, hexadic, hexagon, hexanes, hexapla, hexapod, hexerei, hexones, hexosan, hexoses, hoaxers, hoaxing, homosex, hydroxy, hypoxia, hypoxic, hyraxes, methoxy, minxish, narthex, oxheart, oxyphil, panchax, pemphix, phalanx, pharynx, phenoxy, phloxes, phoenix, pixyish, saxhorn, sixthly, xanthan, xanthic, xanthin, xerarch, xiphoid.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HX


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

48 58

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 01011000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#88

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0058

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

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

4258

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage Frequency
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Abbreviations
6. Acronyms
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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