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NAKED EYE

Definition: NAKED EYE

NAKED EYE

1. The eye alone, unaided by glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: NAKED EYE

English words defined with "NAKED EYE": aphanitegrosslargemacroscopic, macroscopical, Magnitude of a star, megascopicsubgross, Sun spotsUranometry. (references)
Specialty definitions using "NAKED EYE": AMPOULE EXAMINERbattlefield illuminationgraphitic cast ironmacrostructure, MATRIX INSPECTOR, MICA INSPECTOR, Microscopy, VideoOccult Bleeding, open defect. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Naked eye

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Figure of speech, meaning to directly observe an object with no enhancing equipment such as a telescope or binoculars. Often used in astronomy when referring to events that can be viewed by the general public, for example astronomical conjunctions, comets or meteor showers.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Naked eye."

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Modern Usage: NAKED EYE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Naked Eye (1956)

Naked Eye (2002)

The Naked Eye (1995)

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

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Commercial Usage: NAKED EYE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Heaven & Earth: Unseen by the Naked Eye (reference)

  • Naked eye stars: catalogued by constellation and in three groups by brightness (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: NAKED EYE

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

They range in size from those plainly visible to the naked eye to those several hundredths-of-an-inch long and visible only under a microscope. (references)

Because the genital herpes sores may not be visible to the naked eye, a doctor or other health care worker may have to do several laboratory tests to try to prove that any other symptoms are caused by the herpes virus. (references)

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

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Expressions: NAKED EYE

Expressions using "NAKED EYE": visible to the naked eye with a naked eye with the naked eye. Additional references.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NAKED EYE

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

the naked eye

20
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: NAKED EYE

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

Albanian

  

sy i lirë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عين مجردة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

просто око. (various references)

   

Czech

  

pouhé oko. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

met het ongewapend oog (with the naked eye, with the unaided eye, with the unassisted eye), met het blote oog (with the naked eye, with the unaided eye, with the unassisted eye). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

paljaalla silmällä (with the naked eye). (various references)

   

French

  

visible l'"il nu (visible to the naked eye), l'oeil nu (with the naked eye). (various references)

   

German

  

mit unbewaffnetem Auge (with the naked eye, with the unaided eye, with the unassisted eye), mit dem blossen Auge (with the naked eye, with the unaided eye, with the unassisted eye), mit blossem Auge (with the naked eye). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διά γυμνού οφθαλμού (with the naked eye). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

עין לא מזוי ת. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

puszta szem (unaided eye). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mata biasa. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

裸眼 , 肉眼 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

にくが", らが". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

akednay eyeay

   

Portuguese

  

olho nu. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

cu ochiul liber (with the naked eye). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

невооруженный глаз. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prostim okom, golim okom. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

a simple vista (with a naked eye). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

blottad ögat. (various references)

   

Thai

  

(มอง"้วย) ตาเปล่า. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

çıplak göz. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: NAKED EYE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-k-n-y"

-2 letters: keened, yanked, yeaned.

-3 letters: akene, keyed, knead, kneed, naked, needy.

-4 letters: akee, dank, dean, deke, dene, deny, dyke, dyne, eked, eyed, eyen, eyne, kane, keen, knee, need, yank, yean.

-5 letters: and, ane, any, aye, dak, day, dee, den, dey, dye, eke, end, eye, kae, kay, kea, ken, key, nae, nay, nee, yak, yea, yen.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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