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Kuhn

Definition: Kuhn

Kuhn

Noun

1. Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967).

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

Date "Kuhn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references)


Synonym: Kuhn

Synonym: Richard Kuhn (n). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: Kuhn intubation narcosis (medicine), Kuhn orotracheal tube.

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Crosswords: Kuhn

English words defined with "Kuhn": Richard Kuhn. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Kuhn": TCK smut. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Kuhn

DomainTitle

Books

  • Music in Harvard Libraries: A Catalogue of Early Printed Music and Books on Music in the Houghton Library and the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library (reference)

  • Music Manuscripts at Harvard: A Catalogue of Music Manuscripts from the 14th to the 20th Centuries in the Houghton Library and the Eda Kuhn Loeb musi (reference)

  • MuseNews Interviews with Composers and Conductors Daniel Barenboim, Luciano Berio, John Corigliano, Peter Eotvos , Gianluigi Gelmetti, Daniel Harding, Christopher Hogwood, Gustav Kuhn, Magnus Lindberg, Sir Simon Rattle, Kaija Saariaho, Esa-Pekka Salonen, (reference)

  • Victorian Woodturnings and Woodwork: The 1893 Blumer and Kuhn Catalog of Premium Millwork (reference)

  • After Popper, Kuhn and Feyerabend (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • Kuhn Rikon LaPatisserie Cookie Press and Decorating Set (reference)

  • Kuhn Rikon 4-Piece Duromatic Duo Pressure Cooker Set (reference)

  • Kuhn Rikon 5-Liter Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker (reference)

  • Kuhn Rikon Safety Lid Lifter Can Opener (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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

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Image Slideshow: Kuhn

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Kuhn

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Figure 39. Knudsen thermometer constructed by the firm of Siebert and Kuhn. Little is known about this instrument. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Dr. J. Doellinger. / J. Kuhn. Rosmäsler. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Doctor Fleschrier(?) / gedr. S.B. Kuhn. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Kuhn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Red Kuhn. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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

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Familiar Quotations: Kuhn

AuthorQuotation

Maggie Kuhn

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
The worst indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Kuhn

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The project was led by Daniel Kuhn, MSW, and Anna Ortigara, MS, RN, with technical support provided by David Lindeman, PhD. The overall goal of this project was to train staff of retirement communities, assisted living facilities, senior housing developments, and case coordination agencies in the local area in order to identify and meet the needs of elderly residents with AD and related dementias. (references)

Business

Centradis combines its purchasing office and sales network to represent such companies as Berthoud and Kuhn. Another major wholesaler in France is Promodis, which often combines forces with Centradis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Kuhn

"Kuhn" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Kuhn" is used about 152 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)100%15225,494

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Kuhn

The following table summarizes the usage of "Kuhn" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
KuhnLast name10,0001,269
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Kuhn

Expression using "Kuhn": Richard Kuhn. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Kuhn

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

kuhn

136

wendt and kuhn

5

thomas kuhn

72

tom kuhn

5

kuhn rikon

32

david kuhn

5

flower kuhn

26

steve kuhn

5

judy kuhn

21

de kuhn los paradigmas

5

thomas s kuhn

11

bros kuhn

5

kuhn farm equipment

10

condition kuhn tucker

5

home kuhn log

10

equipment hay kuhn

5

equipment kuhn

9

kuhn lineal no programacion tucker

5

bob kuhn

8

maggie kuhn

5

brother kuhn

8

gallery kuhn paul

5

kuhn mowers

8

john kuhn

5

jon kuhn

7

kuhn rikon pressure cooker

5

kuhn usa.com

7

brian kuhn

5

brother home kuhn log

7

disc kuhn mowers

5

associate kuhn

6

farm kuhn machinery

4

bros home kuhn log

6

kuhn mona

4

alvin boyd kuhn

6

walt kuhn

4

florist kuhn

6

erika kuhn

4

knight kuhn

5

isobel kuhn

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Kuhn

Misspellings

"Kuhn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Akhund, Kahin, Keh, khu, Khul, Khulna, Khum, Kizhin, Kohen, Kohm, kohn, Konh, Kuah, Kuchino, Kufncd, Kuh, Kuhnle, Kuhns, Kumho, K'un, Kupho, Uhhh, Ukj. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: Kuhn

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hunk.

Words within the letters "h-k-n-u"

-1 letter: hun.

-2 letters: nu, uh, un.

 Words containing the letters "h-k-n-u"
 

+1 letter: chunk, hunks, hunky, thunk.

 

+2 letters: ankush, bohunk, chunks, chunky, hunker, kahuna, kuchen, punkah, shrunk, thunks, unhook, unhusk.

 

+3 letters: bohunks, chunked, hulking, hunkers, hunkier, hunkies, husking, kahunas, punkahs, punkish, thunked, unchoke, unhooks, unhusks, unthink.

 

+4 letters: ankushes, chipmunk, chucking, chunkier, chunkily, chunking, cornhusk, elkhound, gunkhole, hunkered, hunkiest, huskings, keypunch, krumhorn, lunkhead, munchkin, mutchkin, nunchaku, outthank, outthink, shrunken, shucking, shunpike, sunchoke, thankful, thumbkin, thunking, unchoked, unchokes, unhooked, unhusked, unkosher, unshaken, unshrunk, unthinks.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Kuhn


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

4B 75 68 6E

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

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

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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)

01001011 01110101 01101000 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#117 &#104 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0075 0068 006E

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

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

45877480

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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