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Definition: Yerkes |
YerkesNoun1. United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: YerkesSynonyms: Robert M. Yerkes (n), Robert Mearns Yerkes (n). (additional references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Stanley Yerkes. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Yerkes home in Georgetown. Elevation plans for radio station for I.L.G.W.U. I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lake Geneva from the top of the great dome of the Yerkes Observatory. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Yerkes" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Yerkes" is used about 7 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% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Yerkes" 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 |
| Yerkes | Last name | 1,000 | 13,366 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "Yerkes": Robert M. Yerkes ♦ Robert Mearns Yerkes. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Yerkes": Yerkes-dodson. | |
| 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 |
yerkes | 22 |
emory yerkes | 16 |
observatory yerkes | 15 |
dodson law yerkes | 6 |
telescope yerkes | 4 |
center primate yerkes | 4 |
dodson yerkes | 4 |
salon wedding yerkes | 3 |
yerkes kentucky | 2 |
wedding yerkes | 2 |
yerkes ky | 2 |
william yerkes | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: kersey, rekeys. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-k-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: esker, eyers, eyres, reeks, reeky, rekey, rykes, yerks. | |
-2 letters: eery, ekes, eyer, eyes, eyre, keys, reek, rees, ryes, ryke, seek, seer, sere, skee, syke, yerk. | |
-3 letters: eke, ere, ers, eye, key, ree, res, rye, see, ser, sky, yes. | |
-4 letters: er, es, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-k-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: kerseys, keyster. | |
+2 letters: keysters. | |
+3 letters: berserkly, euryokies, keynoters, keystroke, yarmelkes. | |
+4 letters: eukaryotes, kerseymere, keystroked, keystrokes, recklessly. | |
+5 letters: kerseymeres, keyboarders, keypunchers, merrymakers, moneymakers, persnickety, rekeyboards, skyrocketed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)59 65 72 6B 65 73 |
| 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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| 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)01011001 01100101 01110010 01101011 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)Y e r k e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0059 0065 0072 006B 0065 0073 |
| 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)597184777185 |
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