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Definitions: Haldane |
HaldaneNoun1. Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964). 2. Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936). 3. Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937). 4. Scottish statesman and brother of Elizabeth and John Haldane (1856-1928). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Haldane" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1879. (references) |
Synonyms: HaldaneSynonyms: Elizabeth Haldane (n), Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (n), First Viscount Haldane of Cloan (n), J. B. S. Haldane (n), John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (n), John Haldane (n), John Scott Haldane (n), Richard Burdon Haldane (n), Richard Haldane (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Haldane |
| English words defined with "Haldane": Elizabeth Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane ♦ First Viscount Haldane of Cloan ♦ J. B. S. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, John Haldane, John Scott Haldane ♦ Richard Burdon Haldane, Richard Haldane. (references) |
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Health | Marrie, T.J., Van Buren, J., Faulkner, R.S., Haldane, E.V., Williams, J.C., and Kwan, C. (1984). Seroepidemiology of Q fever in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. (references) | |
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| "Haldane" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.32% of the time. "Haldane" is used about 95 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 86.32% | 82 | 36,594 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 13.68% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 95 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Haldane" 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 |
| Haldane | Last name | 200 | 40,560 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Bernard Haldane Associates, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "Haldane": Elizabeth Haldane ♦ Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane ♦ first Viscount Haldane of Cloan ♦ J. B. S. Haldane ♦ John Burdon Sanderson Haldane ♦ John Haldane ♦ John Scott Haldane ♦ Richard Burdon Haldane ♦ Richard Haldane. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Haldane": Haldane-priestley, haldane-priestly. | |
Ending with "Haldane": chinnery-haldane. | |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bernard haldane | 282 |
haldane | 156 |
associate haldane | 63 |
bernard fee haldane | 40 |
bernard complaint haldane | 40 |
haldane jason | 11 |
assoc bernard haldane | 7 |
haldane oparin | 3 |
effect haldane | 3 |
benard haldane | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Haldane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Haldanes iltterapi (Haldane oxygen therapy). (various references) | |
French | thérapie de Haldane (Haldane oxygen therapy). (various references) | |
German | Haldane Sauerstofftherapie (Haldane oxygen therapy). (various references) | |
Greek | οξυγονοθεραπεία του Haldane (Haldane oxygen therapy). (various references) | |
Italian | ossigeno terapia di Haldane (Haldane oxygen therapy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aldanehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | oxigenoterapia de Haldane (Haldane oxygen therapy). (various references) | |
Spanish | oxigenoterapia de Haldane (Haldane oxygen therapy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-h-l-n" | |
-1 letter: handle. | |
-2 letters: aahed, ahead, aland, alane, eland, hadal, haled, laden, naled. | |
-3 letters: alae, alan, anal, dahl, dale, deal, dean, dhal, elan, hade, haed, haen, hale, hand, head, heal, held, lade, land, lane, lead, lean, lend, nada. | |
-4 letters: aah, aal, aha, ala, ale, ana, and, ane, dah, dal, del, den, edh, eld, end, had, hae, hen, lad, lea, led, nae, nah. | |
-5 letters: aa, ad, ae, ah, al, an, de, ed, eh, el, en, ha, he, la, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-h-l-n" | |
+1 letter: headland, nailhead. | |
+2 letters: enchilada, handlebar, headlands, heartland, heathland, manhandle, nailheads, panhandle. | |
+3 letters: adhesional, avalanched, enchiladas, fatherland, handleable, handlebars, heartlands, heathlands, lanthanide, manhandled, manhandles, panhandled, panhandler, panhandles. | |
+4 letters: annihilated, antheridial, blackhander, cleanhanded, diencephala, fatherlands, halogenated, hollandaise, hydralazine, lanthanides, neanderthal, panhandlers, pentahedral, unabashedly, unashamedly. | |
+5 letters: backhandedly, blackhanders, endotracheal, hallucinated, harlequinade, hollandaises, hydralazines, neanderthals. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 6C 64 61 6E 65 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .-.. -.. .- -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01101100 01100100 01100001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a l d a n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 006C 0064 0061 006E 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42677870678071 |
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