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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A1 |
Literature | A1 means first-rate - the very best. In Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, the character of the ship's hull is designated by letters, and that of the anchors, cables, and stores by figures. A1 means hull first-rate, and also anchors, cables, and stores; A2, hull first-rate, but furniture second-rate. Vessels of an inferior character are classified under the letters Æ, E, and I. "She is a prime girl, she is; she is A1."- Sam Slick. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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An a1 code interpreter, by Matthew Newhook
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There are also several roads named the A1:
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Crosswords: A1 |
| English words defined with "A1": dehydroretinol ♦ vitamin A2. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "A1": A1 security ♦ beta-Galactosidase, bivariate Pascal distribution ♦ grey forest soil, grey wooded soil ♦ Horner's rule ♦ inclusion-exclusion principle ♦ Leucomycins ♦ Orange Book ♦ Phospholipases A. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "A1" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (A1, aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173). |
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Movie/TV Titles | A1 (1999) | |
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Economic History | Uae | After the completion of Taweelah A2 and the award of Taweelah A1 and Shuweihat S1, ADWEA recently announced its intention to privatize 2 existing plants: Umm Al Nar and Mirfa. (references) |
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| "A1" is generally used as an alphabetical symbol -- approximately 84.56% of the time. "A1" is used about 259 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 |
| Alphabetical Symbol | 84.56% | 219 | 20,419 |
| Unclassified Items | 15.44% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Total | 100.00% | 259 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "A1": a1 quality ♦ A1 security ♦ vitamin A1. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "A1": HLA-A1. | |
Containing "A1": HLA-A1 Antigen. | |
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| 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 |
a1 | 642 | a1 nutrition | 22 |
a1 wireless | 112 | a1 skateboard | 20 |
a1 mortgage | 68 | a1 gallery gay | 19 |
a1 chat | 59 | a1 auto | 19 |
a1 steak sauce | 52 | a1 electric wheelchairs.com | 19 |
a1 chat rooms | 40 | a1 book | 18 |
a1 chat room | 40 | 1911 a1 | 18 |
canon a1 | 38 | a1 band | 17 |
a1 gallery | 36 | a1 free pick | 16 |
a1 free gay pic | 36 | a1 gay | 16 |
a1 rental | 36 | a1 cranberry mortgage | 15 |
a1 wrestling | 34 | a1 surf | 15 |
a1 cardone | 33 | polar a1 | 14 |
a1 vacation | 29 | a1 supplement | 14 |
a1 lyrics | 29 | a1 auto transport | 13 |
a1 discount hotel | 28 | a1 electric wheelchairs.net | 13 |
a1 limousine | 26 | a1 party rental | 13 |
a1 indian matrimonial | 23 | a1 rental vacation | 13 |
a1 matrimonial | 23 | a1 effects sound | 12 |
a1 bollywood | 22 | a1 ben | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "A1"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | retinol (axerophtol, retinol, vitamin A1). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | retinol (axerophtol, retinol, vitamin A1, vitamine A). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alumiini (aluminium), E 173 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aluminium, A1, pigment métallique CI, E173, Division Service des cars postaux. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Aluminium (aluminium, aluminum), Abteilung Postautodienst (Postbus Service Division), A1 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173, Postbus Service Division), E173 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), CI pigment metal (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ε173 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), αργίλιο (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משובח (a1 quality, best, choicest, excellent, fine, praised), מעול" (a1 quality, eminent, excellent, fine, first rate, prize, prominent, sterling, superior, tiptop, vintage), סו' א' א' (a1 quality, tiptop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | alluminio (aluminium, aluminum), A1 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173, Postbus Service Division), E173 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), Divisione Servizio degli autopostali (Postbus Service Division), CI pigmento metallico (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 一等 (first class, first rank, the best, the most). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いっとう (a head, a line, a lineage, a party, a single stroke, a sword, all, clique, first class, first rank, the best, the most, unification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | a1ay aluminio (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), A1 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), pigmento metálico (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), E173 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173). (various references) perfect (absolute, accomplished, all right, blameless, classic, consummate, faultless, flawless, good enough, okay, out and out, perfect, perfectly, pure, quite so, right-down, ripe, that's fine, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, tiptop, total, unimpeachable), excelent (best, capital, champion, clinking, consummate, crack, excellent, excellently, exquisite, fine, first rate, golden, great, noble, passing, roaring, special, splendid, that's capital, tiptop, topping). (various references) aluminio (aluminium, aluminum), A1 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), E173 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), CI pigment metal (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173). (various references) aluminium (aluminium, aluminum), A1 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), E 173 (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173), CI pigment metal (aluminium, CI pigment metal, E173). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Bibliography |
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