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Definitions: PHENIX |
PHENIXNoun1. A marvelous person or thing. 2. A southern constellation. 3. A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality. |
Date "PHENIX" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PHENIX | English | Pioneering High Energy Nuclear Interaction Experiment | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Phenix, Virginia."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Perfection | Pink, beau ideal, phenix, paragon; pink of perfection, acme of perfection; ne plus ultra; summit. |
Restoration | Noun: restoration, restoral; reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction; reproduction; renovation, renewal; revival, revivessence, reviviscence; refreshment; resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction; Phenix; reorganization. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PHENIX |
| English words defined with "PHENIX": Phenixes. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Phenix City Story (1955) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Soldiers from Fort Benning at Idle Hour amusement park near Phenix City, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A street in Phenix City, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "PHENIX" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "PHENIX" is used about 3 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) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "PHENIX" 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 |
| Phenix | Last name | 300 | 26,179 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Phenix, VA (town, FIPS 61896) |
Expression using "PHENIX": Phenix City. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "PHENIX": Super-phenix. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
phenix | 183 | phenix product research | 10 |
phenix city al | 91 | bird fire phenix | 10 |
harry order phenix potter | 77 | gold phenix | 9 |
university of phenix | 67 | phenix research | 8 |
phenix city alabama | 48 | az phenix | 7 |
order phenix | 36 | university of phenix online | 7 |
phenix city | 31 | citizen phenix | 7 |
city phenix state troy university | 26 | phenix phenix | 7 |
credit federal phenix union | 25 | phenix tattoo | 7 |
city phenix state troy | 24 | phenix american | 7 |
du et harry l ordre phenix potter | 23 | phenix online | 6 |
bird phenix | 21 | phenix hotel | 6 |
du ordre phenix | 16 | boston phenix | 6 |
harry phenix potter | 13 | phenix alabama | 6 |
bank girard phenix | 11 | phenix city school | 5 |
credit phenix union | 11 | phenix rod | 5 |
phenix virginia | 11 | fire helmet phenix | 5 |
city phenix story | 10 | city dragway phenix | 5 |
maison phenix | 10 | bios phenix | 5 |
phenix technology | 10 | girard.com phenix | 5 |
maisons phenix | 5 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "PHENIX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | φοίνιξ (phoenician, phoenix). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enixphay fénix (arabian bird, Phoenix). (various references) чудо (marvel, miracle, phenomenon, Phoenix, prodigy, wonder), фенікс. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PHENIX": phenixes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PHENIX" (pronounced fe"niks) |
| 5 | -e" n i k s | calisthenics, eugenics. |
| 4 | -n i k s | avionics, beatniks, clinics, conics, cynics, electronics, ethnics, harmonics, histrionics, ionics, kibbutzniks, mechanics, microelectronics, mnemonics, Nucleonics, onyx, panics, Phoenix, phonics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, sonics, sputniks, Technics, tectonics, tonics. |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerobics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, ballistics, basics, batiks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, comics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, italics, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, micrographics, mimics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, optics, orthodontics, oryx, paramedics, Pediatrics, phonetics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, publics, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, specifics, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-n-p-x" | |
-2 letters: nixe, pein, pine. | |
-3 letters: hen, hep, hex, hie, hin, hip, nip, nix, peh, pen, phi, pie, pin, pix. | |
-4 letters: eh, en, ex, he, hi, in, ne, pe, pi, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-n-p-x" | |
+1 letter: phoenix. | |
+2 letters: phenixes, sphinxes. | |
+3 letters: phenoxide, phoenixes, xenophile. | |
+4 letters: cephalexin, chickenpox, externship, phenoxides, sphinxlike, xenophiles, xenophobia, xenophobic. | |
+5 letters: cephalexins, externships, nephrotoxic, phoenixlike, phytoalexin, xenophobias, xiphisterna. | |
| 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)50 48 45 4E 49 58 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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).--. .... . -. .. -..- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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