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Definitions: Scorpio |
ScorpioNoun1. A large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius. 2. The eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from October 23 to November 21. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Scorpio" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Religion & Philosophy | October 24-November 22(astrology); ca. September 20-ca. October 20(astronomy). Source: European Union. (references) |
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| 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 |
SCORPIO | English | Subject Content Orientated Retriever for Processing Information On-line | N/A |
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Synonyms: ScorpioSynonyms: Scorpio the Scorpion (n), Scorpius (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scorpio |
| English words defined with "Scorpio": Autumnal signs ♦ Scorpio the Scorpion, Scorpiones, Serpentarius ♦ The Scorpion's Heart. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Scorpio" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (plant, plant w, poisonous root like scorpion, Scorpio, scorpion, Scorpion Venoms, Scorpion/the, Scorpions, small catapult). |
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Screenplays | I'm Prue, a Scorpio. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) Come and get it! El Scorpio is ready! (Predator 2; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Scorpio (1973) Tropic of Scorpio (1967) The Scorpio Letters (1967) Scorpio Rising (1964) Ring of Scorpio (1990) | |
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 | This emblem was adopted in 1960. Within the shield are four symbols, representing: Scorpion's streamlined hull design; her nuclear powerplant; the ancient rock-throwing machine known as a "scorpion"; and the stellar constellation Scorpio, the "Scorpion".Credit: NAVY. | | This emblem was adopted in 1960. Within the shield are four symbols, representing: Scorpion's streamlined hull design; her nuclear powerplant; the ancient rock-throwing machine known as a "scorpion"; and the stellar constellation Scorpio, the "Scorpion".Credit: NAVY. |
 | Scorpio / Sidy. Hall, sculpt.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Scorpio" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scorpio" is used about 90 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) | 100% | 90 | 34,744 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Scorpio": Scorpio the Scorpion. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
scorpio | 1,757 |
scorpio tattoo | 420 |
horoscope scorpio | 198 |
ford and scorpio | 77 |
scorpio astrology | 72 |
scorpio man | 62 |
cancer and scorpio | 54 |
sign of scorpio | 52 |
daily horoscope scorpio | 50 |
scorpio picture | 50 |
merkur scorpio | 44 |
taurus and scorpio | 42 |
scorpio symbol | 37 |
scorpio virgo | 35 |
scorpio and leo | 34 |
scorpio zodiac | 34 |
aquarius and scorpio | 32 |
scorpio woman | 31 |
scorpio profile | 30 |
pisces and scorpio | 30 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Scorpio"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Akrepi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عقرب (dial, scorpion), برج العقرب (scorpion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tír. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Skorpionen (Scorpion/the). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Schorpioen (scorpion, Scorpion/the). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | برج هشتم . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Scorpion (scorpion, Scorpion/the), Scorpio (Scorpion/the). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Skorpion (scorpion, Scorpion/the). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Σκoρπιός (Scorpion/the), Σκορπιόσ Ζώδιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Skorpió (scorpion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Scorpione (scorpion, Scorpion/the). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 蝎座 (the Scorpion constellation), 座 (the Scorpion constellation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さそりざ (the Scorpion constellation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orpioscay Escorpião (scorpion, Scorpion/the, short-horn sculpin). (various references) Скорпион. (various references) škorpija (scorpion). (various references) Escorpión (greater weever, lesser weever, scorpion, Scorpion/the). (various references) Skorpionen (Scorpius). (various references) Akrep Takımyıldızı, Akrep Burcu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Scorpio. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Scorpio": scorpion, scorpions. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Scorpio": pseudoscorpion, pseudoscorpions. (additional references) | |
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"Scorpio" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ossorio, Scolpaig, Scorpii. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-o-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: pooris, scroop. | |
-2 letters: coirs, coops, corps, crisp, crops, pisco, poori, proso, scoop, scrip, sopor, spoor. | |
-3 letters: coir, coop, coos, cops, cors, cris, crop, oops, orcs, pics, piso, poco, pois, poor, pros, rips, rocs, scop, sori, spic. | |
-4 letters: cis, coo, cop, cor, cos, ops, orc, ors, pic, pis, poi, pro, psi, rip, roc, sic, sip, sir, sop, sri. | |
-5 letters: is, op, or, os, pi, si, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-o-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: oosporic, porticos, prosodic, scorpion. | |
+2 letters: acropolis, cooperies, coreopsis, isotropic, pecorinos, picaroons, porticoes, proboscis, saprozoic, scorpions, scrooping, soporific, zoosporic. | |
+3 letters: aeciospore, ascosporic, comparison, compositor, compromise, coprisoner, coprolites, cryoscopic, doctorship, gyroscopic, hypocorism, isomorphic, micropores, microscope, microscopy, microspore, necropolis, neotropics, phosphoric, pickaroons, precocious, procession, prognostic, prosciutto, prosodical, rhinoscopy, sophomoric, soporifics, sporogenic, sporogonic, uroscopies. | |
+4 letters: acrophobias, acropolises, aeciospores, anisotropic, apostrophic, blastoporic, brachiopods, childproofs, chiropodies, chiropodist, colorpoints, comparisons, compatriots, competitors, compositors, compression, compromised, compromiser, compromises, conspirator, coprisoners, cornucopias, corporatism, corporatist, corruptions, cryoscopies, dichroscope, doctorships, geostrophic, hydroponics, hygroscopic, hypocorisms, ionospheric, macroscopic, mesomorphic, mesotrophic, microcopies, microphones, microporous, microprobes, microscopes, microscopic, microspores, necropoleis, orthopedics, orthoscopic, picrotoxins, piscivorous, pleochroism, polariscope, postdivorce, proboscides, proboscises, procercoids, processions, proctorship, productions, prognostics, projections, promiscuous, prosciuttos, prosecution, protections, protostelic, recomposing, retinoscopy, sporophytic. | |
+5 letters: agoraphobics, arthroscopic, branchiopods, chemotropism, chiropodists, coauthorship, coleopterist, compressions, compromisers, compromising, compulsorily, conscription, conspiration, conspirators, contraptions, cooperations, cooperatives, coprocessing, coprophagies, coprophilias, coprophilous, coprosperity, corporations, corporatisms, corporeities, cosmographic, cosponsoring, counterpoise, cryptologies, cryptologist, cyclosporine, dichroscopes, discomposure, fluoroscopic, gastroscopic, holophrastic, hyperostotic, hypocoristic, incorporates, laparoscopic, microphonics, microscopies, microscopist, microsporous, mispronounce, mucoproteins, necropolises, orthopaedics, oscillograph, osteoporotic, outcroppings, paronomastic, percolations, periodontics, phosphoritic, photocopiers, photospheric, pleochroisms, polariscopes, polariscopic, polychromies, polyhistoric, postorgasmic, postromantic, precociously, preconscious, proboscidean, proboscidian, processional, processioned, procreations, proctologies, proctologist, proctorships, procurations, proscription, prosecutions, prosodically, protectories, protoplasmic, protractions, provocations, provocatives, psychotropic, rhinoscopies, stereophonic, stereopticon, stereoscopic, streptococci, stroboscopic, supercooling, tropospheric. | |
| 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)53 63 6F 72 70 69 6F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. --- .-. .--. .. --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101111 01110010 01110000 01101001 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c o r p i o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 006F 0072 0070 0069 006F |
| 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)53698184827581 |
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