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Definition: Invar |
InvarNoun1. (trademark) an alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instruments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Mining | An alloy of nickel and iron, containing about 36% nickel, and having an extremely low coefficient of thermal expansion. It is used in the construction of surveying instruments, such as pendulums, level rods,first-order leveling instruments, and tapes. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Invar |
| Specialty definitions using "Invar": band chain ♦ strain bar. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Invar" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (invariability), Serbo-Croatian (invar), Swedish (invar). |
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 | Traverse work on Florida's West Coast Traverse crew off of HYDROGRAPHER Circular reel contains invar measuring tape. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Measuring base with Invar tape Tape underway Base line and astro party of C. V. Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Off to measure a base with Invar tape Party of C. G. Quillian. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Base line measurement with Invar tape Off Launch ELSIE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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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. |
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invar | 50 |
invar 36 | 11 |
invar shadow mask | 4 |
invar rod | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Invar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | инвар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 英"合金. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | invar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | invar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | invar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | invar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Invar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ινβάρ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | invaray invar (invariability), inestimável colaboração. (various references) инвар. (various references) invar. (various references) invar. (various references) invar. (various references) nikelli çelik, az şişen nikelli çelik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "Invar": invariabilities, invariability, invariable, invariables, invariably, invariance, invariances, invariant, invariants, invars. (additional references) | |
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"Invar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anva, Anvar, anvar-i, anvir, Cinva, Fionavar, inar, incar, inear, inevi, ingar, Inva, inval, invars, inve, inver, invo, Isvar, ivar, niva, nivir, nivr, nivvor, Nizar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ravin. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-n-r-v" | |
-1 letter: airn, rain, rani, vain, vair, vina. | |
-2 letters: ain, air, ani, ran, ria, rin, van, var, via. | |
-3 letters: ai, an, ar, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-n-r-v" | |
+1 letter: invars, naiver, ravine, raving, ravins, vainer. | |
+2 letters: braving, carving, corvina, craving, graving, invader, nirvana, ovarian, ravelin, ravined, ravines, ravings, reaving, savarin, variant, varmint, varnish, varying, vermian, vervain, vibrant, vinegar, vitrain. | |
+3 letters: arriving, averring, aversion, averting, bravoing, carnival, carvings, cavicorn, corvinas, cravings, enravish, favoring, graviton, grievant, havering, interval, invaders, navicert, nirvanas, nirvanic, nonrival, nonviral, omnivora, overlain, parvolin, pulvinar, ravaging, raveling, ravelins, ravening, ravingly, ravining, reinvade, repaving, rivaling, savarins, savoring, starving, unvaried, valerian, vanisher, vanitory, vaporing, variance, variants, varmints, varnishy, veratrin, veronica, vervains, vibrance, vibrancy, vibrants, vicenary, vinegars, vinegary, vineyard, vinifera, vintager, virginal, viridian, vitrains, wavering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 76 61 72 |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ...- .- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01110110 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n v a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0076 0061 0072 |
| 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)4380886784 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | датски език, датски, 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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