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Definitions: Visor |
VisorNoun1. A piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face. 2. A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "visor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Visor \Vis"or\, noun. [from Old English expression visere, French visi[`e]re, from the Old French expression vis. See Visage, Vision.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Electrical Engineering | The removal of surface material from a body by vaporisation, melting, chipping, or other erosive process. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The VISOR enables the wearor to see the full electromagnetic spectrum and is connected directly to the person's optic nerves.
A few years ago, a news story was released stating that a group of scientists and doctors are researching into if a VISOR can actually be created for blind or visiually-impared people.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "VISOR."
Synonyms: VisorSynonyms: bill (n), eyeshade (n), peak (n), vizor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ambush | Mask, visor, vizor, disguise, masquerade dress, domino. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Visor |
| English words defined with "visor": armet ♦ Bascinet ♦ Callot, Cappeak, casque, casquet, casquetel ♦ kepi ♦ peaked cap ♦ service cap, sun visor ♦ Umbriere ♦ Visard, visored, Vizard ♦ yachting cap. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "visor": head screen ♦ LINING CEMENTER ♦ welder's helmet. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Visor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (finding, sight), Spanish (searcher, viewfinder). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Visor em Tavira (1960) Fridas visor (1930) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A woman in a hot pink jacket is wearing a hot pink sun visor and eating an apple. See artwork: GR-42.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Then he put on the cap, and by pulling started the future ruin of the visor. |
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| "Visor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Visor" is used about 93 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 (singular) | 100% | 93 | 34,067 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "visor" 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 |
| Visor | Last name | 170 | 48,788 |
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Expression using "visor": sun visor. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "visor": visor-cap. | |
Ending with "visor": goggle-visor, sun-visor. | |
Containing "visor": ad-visor-y. | |
| 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 |
visor | 696 | handspring visor deluxe | 28 |
handspring visor | 246 | football helmet visor | 28 |
visor and edge | 218 | car sun visor | 28 |
sun visor | 162 | car visor | 28 |
vent visor | 150 | football visor | 28 |
hat and visor | 64 | visor platinum | 26 |
gucci visor | 62 | lund visor | 25 |
visor prism | 58 | svenska visor | 25 |
window visor | 44 | handspring and visor and edge | 24 |
handspring visor prism | 44 | hjc visor | 24 |
golf visor | 42 | handspring visor platinum | 23 |
handspring visor pro | 38 | foam visor | 22 |
auto visor clip | 38 | visor cap | 22 |
helmet visor | 36 | adidas visor | 21 |
visor beanie | 34 | suomy visor | 21 |
pda visor | 33 | shift corp logo visor | 21 |
hjc helmet visor | 32 | auto sun visor | 20 |
arai visor | 32 | truck visor | 20 |
visor pro | 32 | visor palm | 20 |
nike visor | 31 | visor clip | 20 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "visor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | xham kundër diellit (Vizard, vizor), strehë kaskete (Vizard, vizor), maskë (guise, mask, Vizard, vizor), ballik i helmit (Vizard, vizor), ballik (Vizard, vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقدم الحوذة (vizor), قناع (cloak, disguise, mask, veil, vizor), حافة زجاج السيارة, حافة القبعة (vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | козирка (apron, bill, peak, penthouse, visard, vizor), наличник (beaver, visard, vizor), маска (blind, cover up, disguise, guise, mask, visard, vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 遮阳. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | maska (disguise, guise, hood, mask, masque, radiator grill, screen, veil), hledí (Vizard, vizor), štítek èepice (vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | solskærm (anti-dazzle screen, sun visor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | boegklep (low visor), antiverblindingsscherm (anti-dazzle screen, sun visor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فتاب گردان(vizor), لبه پیش مده کلاه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | visière (visard, vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schirm (buckle, cap, curtain, parasol, peak, protection, screen, shade, shield, shielding, sunshade, thick-film screen, umbrella). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γείσο κράνουσ (vizor), μετωπίδα (vizor), προσωπίδα (anaesthetic face mask, anaesthetic mask, anesthetic face mask, anesthetic mask, face mask, mask, masque, vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מצחי", מצח" (greave, peak), מסכת ברזל (vizor), ס ורת (vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sisakrostély (beaver, Vizard, vizor), napellenzõ (awning, blinker, sun blind, vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | visiera (eyeshade, peak, shade, sunshade, Vizard, vizor), mascheramento (impersonation, masking, masquerade, mimicking, Vizard, vizor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 面 (face guard), 目庇 (eyeshade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | まびさし (eyeshade), め"ぽお (face guard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 챙. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scaap-eddin, scaa-greiney (parasol, sunshade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isorvay viseira (beaver, sight, vise, Vizard, vizor), pala de boné (peak, vise, Vizard, vizor), máscara (blind, face mask, guise, mascara, mask, masking, pretence, pretense, shade, smirch, surgical mask, template, veil, vise, Vizard, vizor). (various references) vizierã, cozoroc. (various references) козырек (eave, sunshade, vizor, wind-screen). (various references) vizir (sight, view finder, viewfinder, visard, vizor), obod (arris, brim, edge, flange, ledge, rim, shoulder), štitnik (buckler, protector). (various references) visera (dodger, eyeshade, peak, shade, square, Vizard, vizor, wind shield). (various references) visir (vizier), hjämgaller. (various references) miğferin açılıp kapanan önü (vizor), maske (color, colour, disguise, guise, mask, shape, veil, vizor), güneşlik (awning, sun blind, sun visor, sunshade, tilt, vizor), şapka siperi (brim, peak, shade, vizor). (various references) козирок (apron, vizor), маска (cloak, domino, mask), директор (chief, director). (various references) miswrn (mask, wimple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "visor": visored, visoring, visorless, visors. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "visor": advisor, devisor, divisor, improvisor, previsor, revisor, supervisor. (additional references) | |
Words containing "visor": advisories, advisors, advisory, devisors, divisors, improvisors, nonsupervisory, previsors, provisory, revisors, revisory, supervisors, supervisory. (additional references) | |
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"Visor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Isro, Issor, Ovisco, pvisor, vador, vaor, vasar, vaser, vaso, vassor, vator, veso, vichor, vickor, vicor, vijo, vikor, vilor, vimor, vior, vios, viros, viseer, viser, visior, visir, viso, visol, vison, vissar, vistor, visur, vitor, vivor, viyo, vizar, Vizard, Vsoe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "visor" (pronounced vi"zer or vī"zer) |
| 3 | -i" z er | scissor, whizzer. |
| 4 | v ī" z er | adviser, advisor, divisor. |
| 3 | -ī" z er | geyser, incisor, kaiser, miser, riser, sizer, wiser. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-o-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: sori. | |
-2 letters: ors, sir, sri, vis. | |
-3 letters: is, or, os, si, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-o-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: savior, vigors, vireos, visors, vizors. | |
+2 letters: advisor, devisor, devoirs, divisor, erosive, frivols, haviors, improvs, isogriv, ivories, ovaries, paviors, proviso, renvois, revisor, rovings, saviors, saviour, travois, various, verismo, version, viators, vibrios, victors, vigours, viragos, virions, viroids, viroses, virosis, visitor, visored, voicers, voiders. | |
+3 letters: advisors, advisory, aversion, aviators, avodires, avoiders, bolivars, bouviers, codrives, corvinas, devisors, discover, disfavor, disprove, divisors, divorces, environs, eversion, evictors, forgives, grievous, haviours, improves, investor, invokers, isogrivs, misdrove, ovaritis, overbids, overfish, overlies, oversick, overside, oversize, overslip, overspin, overstir, overtips, overwise, paviours, pervious, poxvirus, previous, previsor, provides, provirus, provisos, raviolis, relievos, reovirus, revision, revisors, revisory, revoices, rilievos, rivulose, saviours, savorier, savories, savorily, savoring, servitor, slipover, sorptive, souvenir, sportive, survivor, tovarish, travoise, valorise, vaporise, vaporish, varicose, variolas, varioles, varistor, vasiform, verismos, versions, vertigos, viatores, vibratos, vibrions, viceroys, vigorish, vigoroso, vigorous, viperous, viragoes, virtuosa, virtuose, virtuosi, virtuoso, virtuous, visitors, visoring, vitreous, vitriols, voleries, vomiters, vortices, votaries, votarist, voussoir. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 69 73 6F 72 |
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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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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101001 01110011 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V i s o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0069 0073 006F 0072 |
| 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)5675858184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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