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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SYN 1. |
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A type of denial of service attack known as a SYN flood involves sending large numbers of SYN packets and ignoring the return, thereby forcing the server to keep track of a large number of half-open connections.
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In Norse mythology, Syn was a goddess invoked by defendants in a trial and an attendant of Frigg.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "SYN."
| 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 |
SYN | Danish | Synkroniseringsord | Post & Telecom |
SYN | Dutch | Synchronisatiewoord | Post & Telecom |
syn | English | Synesthesia | N/A |
SYN | Finnish | Tahdistussana | Post & Telecom |
SYN | French | Synchronisation | Computing, Meteorology & Standards |
SYN | German | Synchronwort | Post & Telecom |
SYN | Greek | λέξη συγχρονισμού | Post & Telecom |
SYN | Italian | Parola di sincronizzazione | Post & Telecom |
SYN | Portuguese | Palavra de sincronismo | Post & Telecom |
SYN | Spanish | Sincronización de reposo | Computing, Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SYNSynonyms: fondle, grim, solicit, solitude. (additional references) |
Crosswords: SYN |
| English words defined with "SYN": Amanita muscaria, At length ♦ Hollow ware ♦ In spite of ♦ Lord paramount ♦ Spite of ♦ To follow up, To make a choice of. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SYN" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (boy, junior, son), Danish (appearance, aspect, look, sight, view), Frisian (be, her, his, its, their), Polish (son), Portuguese (synchronisation word), Swedish (apparition, eye, eyesight, inspection, outlook, scene, show, sight, spectacle, view, vision), Turkmen (review, survey), Welsh (aghast, amazed, astonishing, blank, surprising). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Syn for sagn (1974) To jest twój nowy syn (1967) Vash syn i brat (1965) Gde-to yest syn (1962) Syn polka (1946) | |
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| "SYN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 40.00% of the time. "SYN" is used about 10 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) | 40% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 30% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 30% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SYN": Iridio syn Platyglossus radiatus ♦ Leptandra syn Veronica Virginica ♦ Oxylabrax syn Centropomus undecimalis ♦ Taraxia syn OEnothera ovata. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SYN": syn-depositional, syn-diagenetic, syn-gas, syn-orogenic, syn-skin. | |
Ending with "SYN": anti-syn. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "SYN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 동기 휴 문자 (Syn-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ynsay sin- (syn-). (various references) син- (syn-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 30 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | YeudeiV areskeiai kai mataion kalloV gunaikoV gunh gar suneth eulogeitai fobon de kuriou auth aineitw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sin fallax gratia et vana est pulchritudo mulier timens Dominum ipsa laudabitur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Syn. Desceyuable grace and veyn is fairnesse; the womman dredende the Lord, she shal be preisid. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 30 |
| Cebuano | Ang katahum malimbongon, ug ang kaanyag kakawangan lamang; Apan ang usa ka babaye nga mahadlok kang Jehova, siya pagadayegon. |
| Croatian | Lažna je ljupkost, tašta je ljepota: žena sa strahom Gospodnjim zaslužuje hvalu. |
| Danish | Ynde er Svig og Skønhed Skin; en Kvinde, som frygter HERREN, skal roses. |
| Dutch | Schin. De bevalligheid is bedrog, en de schoonheid ijdelheid; maar een vrouw, die den HEERE vreest, die zal geprezen worden. |
| Finnish | Pettävä on sulous, kauneus katoavainen; ylistetty se vaimo, joka Herraa pelkää! |
| French | La grâce est trompeuse, et la beauté est vaine; La femme qui craint l`Éternel est celle qui sera louée. |
| German | Lieblich und schön sein ist nichts; ein Weib, das den HERRN fürchtet, soll man loben. |
| Haitian Creole | Bèl fanm pa di bon madanm pou sa. Bèl figi pa la pou lontan. Men, y'a fè lwanj yon fanm ki gen krentif pou Seyè a. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Paras yang manis tak dapat dipercaya, dan kecantikan akan hilang; tetapi wanita yang taat kepada TUHAN layak mendapat pujian. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun peri cantik itu penipu adanya dan keelokan itu sia-sia, tetapi seorang bini yang takut akan Tuhan itu akan dipuji-puji. |
| Italian | Fallace è la grazia e vana è la bellezza, ma la donna che teme Dio è da lodare. |
| Maori | He mea teka noa te manako, he mea horihori te ataahua: tena ko te wahine e wehi ana i a Ihowa, ko ia e whakamoemititia. |
| Norwegian | Ynde sviker, og skjønnhet forgår; en kvinne som frykter Herren, hun skal prises. |
| Portuguese | Chine. Enganosa é a graça, e vã é a formosura; mas a mulher que teme ao Senhor, essa será louvada. |
| Rumanian | Desmerdqrile sknt knwelqtoare, wi frumuseya este dewartq, dar femeia care se teme de Domnul va fi lqudatq. |
| Russian | нЙМПЧЙ"ОПУФШ П'НБОЮЙЧБ Й ЛТБУПФБ УХЕФОБ; ОП ЦЕОБ, 'ПСЭБСУС зПУ П"Б, "ПУФПКОБ ИЧБМЩ. |
| Spanish | Engañosa es la gracia y vana es la hermosura; la mujer que teme a Jehovah, ella será alabada. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SYN": synaereses, synaeresis, synaestheses, synaesthesia, synaesthesias, synaesthesis, synagog, synagogal, synagogs, synagogue, synagogues, synalepha, synalephas, synaloepha, synaloephas, synanon, synanons, synapse, synapsed, synapses, synapsid, synapsids, synapsing, synapsis, synaptic, synaptically, synaptosomal, synaptosome, synaptosomes, synarthrodial, synarthroses, synarthrosis, sync, syncarp, syncarpies, syncarpous, syncarps, syncarpy, syncategorematic, syncategorematically, synced, synch, synched, synching, synchro, synchrocyclotron, synchrocyclotrons, synchromesh, synchromeshes, synchronal, synchroneities. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SYN": selsyn. (additional references) | |
Words containing "SYN": asynapses, asynapsis, asynchronies, asynchronism, asynchronisms, asynchronous, asynchronously, asynchrony, asyndeta, asyndetic, asyndetically, asyndeton, asyndetons, biosyntheses, biosynthesis, biosynthetic, biosynthetically, busyness, busynesses, chemosyntheses, chemosynthesis, chemosynthetic, eleemosynary, eugeosynclinal, eugeosyncline, eugeosynclines, geosynchronous, geosynclinal, geosyncline, geosynclines, idiosyncrasies, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic, idiosyncratically, langsyne, langsynes, monosynaptic, monosynaptically, nonsynchronous, nucleosyntheses, nucleosynthesis, nucleosynthetic, parasyntheses, parasynthesis, parasynthetic, photosynthate, photosynthates, photosyntheses, photosynthesis, photosynthesize, photosynthesized. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SYN" (pronounced si"n) |
| 3 | s i" n | sin. |
| 2 | -i" n | akin, been, begin, Berlin, bin, Brin, chagrin, chin, din, fin, gin, grin, herein, inn, Jin, kin, Lin, Linn, pin, Quin, shin, skin, spin, therein, thin, tin, twin, violin, wherein, win, within, Wynn, Yin. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "n-s-y" | |
+1 letter: nays, nosy, snye, sync, syne, wyns, yens, yins. | |
+2 letters: antsy, ayins, cyans, donsy, dynes, ensky, hymns, hyson, lysin, mynas, nasty, newsy, noisy, nosey, nutsy, pansy, pyins, rynds, sandy, shiny, snaky, snowy, snyes, sonly, sonny, sonsy, spiny, stony, sunny, synch, syncs, synod, synth, syren, tansy, tynes, unsay, wynds, wynns, yangs, yanks, yarns, yawns, yeans, yonis, yuans. | |
| 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. | |
| 1. Synonyms 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Bible Trace 10. Abbreviations 11. Acronyms 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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