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Definitions: Rn |
RnNoun1. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health. 2. A graduate nurse who has passed examinations for registration. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Rn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (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 |
RN | Dutch | Radio Nederland Wereldomroep | Public Administration, Post & Telecom |
RN | English | Rotterdam Nuclear B.V. | Nuclear Energy & Physics, Economics |
Rn | French | Radon | Chemistry |
RN | German | Benachrichtigung des Empfangs | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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In 2001, not many people use rn, but they may use one of its descendants: trn, strn?.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "RN."
Synonyms: RnSynonyms: atomic number 86 (n), radon (n), registered nurse (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rn |
| Specialty definitions using "Rn": .newsrc ♦ Education, Nursing, Associate, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs ♦ kill file ♦ Larry Wall, linear congruential generator ♦ news reader. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Figure 10. Bulldog sounder, invented by Marine Engineer Roughton, assistant engineer Steil, and naturalist George C. Wallich for use in deep water sounding operations by HMS BULLDOG in the North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean in 1860 while under command of Sir Leopold McClintock RN. This device was also used on HMS PORCUPINE in water depths up to 3200 meters in 1862. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 11. Lightning sounder, designed in 1866 by Lieutenant Charles C. P. Fitz gerald, RN. This model was used on the LIGHTNING during the Faroe Islands expedition of 1868. It was used for systematic sounding operations in depths up to 1189 meters and according to Charles Wyville Thomson, a mission participant, it never failed despite its primitive and unlikely appearance. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 14. Baillie sounder, a version of the Hydra sounder, was designed in 1871 by Lieutenant Charles W. Baillie, RN, when he was on the North American station. This instrument was almost immediately adopted by the British Hydrogra phic Office. Two of these instruments were placed on the CHALLENGER in 1873 and used successfully. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 24. Current meter invented by Ernest Mayer in 1877 for studying currents of the Adriatic Sea. The first tests were made near Pola in the northe rn Adriatic, by Professors Joseph Luksch and Julius Wolf of the Austrian Marine Academy in 1877. They were aboard the steamer DELI. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Watercolor by Edward Tufnell, RN (Retired), depicting British battlecruiser Renown, battleship Malaya and aircraft carrier Ark Royal operating together in 1941. Credit: NAVY. |  | Church service on the after deck of HMS Prince of Wales, in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, during the conference. Seated in the center are President Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Standing behind them are Admiral Ernest J. King, USN (between Roosevelt and Churchill); General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army; General Sir John Dill, British Army; Admiral Harold R. Stark, USN; and Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, RN. USS Arkansas (BB-33) is in the center distance. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Conference leaders during Church services on the after deck of HMS Prince of Wales, in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill are seated in the foreground. Standing directly behind them are Admiral Ernest J. King, USN; General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army; General Sir John Dill, British Army; Admiral Harold R. Stark, USN; and Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, RN. At far left is Harry Hopkins, talking with W. Averell Harriman. Credit: NAVY. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Rn" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.00% of the time. "Rn" is used about 100 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) | 97% | 97 | 33,269 |
| Noun (common) | 2% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 100 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
rn | 504 | lpn to rn online | 22 |
rn job | 252 | boot camp coding learn procedure rn | 21 |
nclex rn | 124 | rn nurse | 21 |
rn magazine | 72 | rn license | 21 |
rn salary | 69 | online rn program | 21 |
rn to bsn | 60 | nclex rn review | 19 |
rn employment | 58 | rn resume | 19 |
travel rn | 51 | rn numbers | 19 |
rn program | 45 | natal rn | 18 |
lpn to rn | 44 | become a rn | 18 |
rn network | 40 | rn online | 18 |
rn school | 35 | lvn to rn | 17 |
rn degree | 33 | online lpn to rn program | 15 |
rn to bsn online | 31 | rn nursing | 15 |
rn degree online | 28 | traveling rn | 14 |
travel nurse rn | 28 | rn career | 14 |
rn to bsn program | 26 | coder rn | 13 |
coder.com rn | 24 | rn to msn | 13 |
lpn to rn program | 24 | realone rn | 12 |
rn number | 22 | online rn to bsn program | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Rn"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 注册护士. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | rnay คำย่อของ registered nurse. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Rn": acorn, adjourn, adorn, airn, alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, amelcorn, antimodern, antiporn, astern, attorn, auburn, bairn, barleycorn, barn, baseborn, bethorn, bicorn, bighorn, bittern, blackthorn, born, bourn, boxthorn, broomcorn, buckthorn, bullhorn, burn, cairn, carbarn, careworn, carn, casern, cavern, cavicorn, cedarn, churn, cistern, cithern, cittern, concern, corn, cothurn, crumhorn, curn, darn, decern, dehorn, discern, downturn. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Rn": aborning, acorns, adjourned, adjourning, adjournment, adjournments, adjourns, adorned, adorner, adorners, adorning, adornment, adornments, adorns, aepyornis, aepyornises, afterburner, afterburners, afternoon, afternoons, aggiornamento, aggiornamentos, airborne, airns, alburnum, alburnums, alpenhorns, alphorns, alternate, alternated, alternately, alternates, alternating, alternation, alternations, alternative, alternatively, alternativeness, alternativenesses, alternatives, alternator, alternators, althorns, amarna, amelcorns, antigovernment, antimodernist, antimodernists, antimoderns, antipornographic, antipornography. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "n-r" | |
+1 letter: ern, nor, ran, rin, run, urn. | |
+2 letters: airn, barn, born, bran, bren, brin, burn, carn, corn, curn, darn, durn, earn, erne, erns, fern, firn, girn, gnar, gran, grin, hern, horn, inro, iron, karn, kern, kirn, knar, knur, lorn, morn, narc, nard, nark, nary, near, nerd, noir, nori, norm, nurd, nurl, pirn, porn, rain, rand, rang, rani, rank, rant, rein, rend, rent, rind, ring, rink, rins, roan, ruin, rune, rung, runs, runt, rynd, sorn, tarn, tern, torn, turn, urns, warn, worn, wren, yarn. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 6E |
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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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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 006E |
| 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)5280 |
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