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Definition: Actinic |
ActinicAdjective1. Relating to or exhibiting actinism. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Aerospace | Pertaining to electromagnetic radiation capable of initiating photochemical reactions, as in photography or the fading of pigments.Because of the particularly strong action of ultra violet radiation on photochemical processes, the term has come to be almost synonymous with ultraviolet, as in actinic rays. (references) |
Chemistry | Pertaining to wavelenghts of radiant energy which produce chemical changes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Actinic |
| English words defined with "actinic": actinic dermatitis, actinic keratosis, actinic radiation, actinic ray, Actinograph, Actinology, Adiactinic ♦ Diactinic ♦ Tithonic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "actinic": actinic balance. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "actinic": Diactinic. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Tends to arise from pre-malignant lesions, actinic keratoses; surface is usually scaley and often ulcerates (as shown here).Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
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Health | Sunlight-induced adverse skin alterations include NMSC, melanoma, actinic keratoses, as well as textural and pigmentary changes characteristic of chronic photodamage. (references) | |
Precancerous lesions such as actinic keratoses are treated by topical chemotherapy (e.g., by the use of 5-fluorouracil) and physical methods of superficial skin destruction (e.g., cryosurgery). (references) | ||
Examples include persistent light reaction, actinic reticuloid, polymorphous light eruption, solar urticaria, hydroa aestivale, hydroa vacciniforme, actinic prurigo, lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, Darier's disease, and disseminated superficial actinic parakeratosis. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Actinic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 55.56% of the time. "Actinic" is used about 9 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 55.56% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 44.44% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Actinic plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "actinic": actinic balance ♦ actinic dermatitis ♦ actinic herpes ♦ actinic keratosis ♦ actinic radiation ♦ actinic ray. 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. |
| Language | Translations for "actinic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | fotokimik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معد للإستخدام في التمثيل, صالح للتمثيل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | актинов (actinium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 光化. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aktinisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | actinisch, fotochemisch (photochemical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | actinique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aktinisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακτινικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fotokémiai hatású. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | attinico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 化学線 (actinic rays). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かがくせ" (actinic rays, chemical warfare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | actinnagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | actinicay actínico. (various references) актиничный. (various references) aktinski. (various references) actínico. (various references) aktinik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "actinic": actinically. (additional references) | |
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"Actinic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: actain, actin, activin, Akinci, Akinfii, ashtiani, astynax, ataensic, Attini, autonic, catanach, catenic, catnic, catonic, Catonica, Cattinni, Ictinus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "actinic" (pronounced 'Ac*tin"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic, Alcoranic, Alcyonic, Aldermanic, Aleuronic, Alexipyretic, Algific, Aliphatic, Alkoranic, Allantoic, Allochroic, Allopathic, Allotrophic, Alloxanic, Aluminic, Amacratic, Amasthenic, Amaurotic, Amblotic, Amblyopic, Ambreic, Amharic, Amic, Amitotic, Amniotic, Amorphozoic, Amphibolic, Amphichroic, Amphictyonic, Amphigonic, Amphigoric, Amphoric, Amphoteric, Amuletic, Amygdalic, Amylic, Amylogenic, Anabatic, Anabolic, Anacrotic, Anaemic, Anaerobiotic, Anaglyptographic, Anallagmatic, Anallantoic, Analogic, Anamniotic, Anaphroditic, Anaplerotic, Anapnoic, Anaptotic, Anastatic, Anastigmatic, Anastomotic, Anchylotic, Anemographic, Anemonic, Anetic, Anharmonic, Anilic, Anisic, Anisomeric, Anisosthenic, Anoetic, Antarthritic, Antasthmatic, Antemetic, Antemosaic, Anthozoic, Anthracic, Anthracitic, Anthropogenic, Anthropomorphitic, Anthypnotic, Anthysteric, Antiasthmatic, Antibubonic, Anticausodic, Anticausotic, Anticivic, Antidiphtheritic, Antidysenteric, Antiemetic, Antihemorrhagic, Antihydrophobic, Antihydropic, Antihypnotic, Antihysteric, Antiicteric, Antilithic, Antimephitic, Antimonic, Antinephritic, Antiparalytic, Antipathic, Antiperiodic, Antiperistatic, Antiphonic, Antiphthisic, Antipsoric, Antipyic, Antipyretic, Antipyrotic, Antirachitic, Antispasmodic, Antistrophic, Antistrumatic, Antisyphilitic, Antizymic, Antizymotic, Aphanitic, Apheliotropic, Aphetic, Aphroditic, Aplanatic, Apneumatic, Apochromatic, Apogaic, Apogamic, Apogeotropic, Aponeurotic, Apophlegmatic, Aposematic, Apositic, Apostatic, Apostrophic, Apotelesmatic, Aptotic, Apyretic, Aramaic, Archaeolithic, Archaeozoic, Archaic, Archangelic, Archchemic, Archenteric, Archipelagic, Arenilitic, Areopagitic, Argolic, Argonautic, Aristophanic, Aristotelic, Arthrodynic, Arthrozoic, Asiatic, Astatic, Asthenic, Astigmatic, Astronomic, Asyndetic, Atavic, Ataxic, Athletic, Atrophic, Augitic, Auletic, Autohypnotic, Autokinetic, Autonomic, Autopathic, Autopneumatic, Autostylic, Autotoxic, Autotrophic, Auxetic, Azoic, Azoleic, Azonic, Azotic, Azymic, Balearic, Barbaic, Bardic, Barytic, Basaltic, Bathetic, Bathygraphic, Benefic, Benthamic, Benzoic, Bibliopegic, Biogenetic, Biolytic, Biomagnetic, Biotic, Blastematic, Boletic, Boracic, Boustorphic, boustrophedonic, Bregmatic, Bronchitic, Bubonic, Butyric, Cabiric, Cacodylic, Caffeic, Calcific, Caligraphic, Calorific, Camphoric, Camphretic, Caproic, Caprylic, Carbamic, Carbazotic, Carbolic, Carbonic, Cardiographic, Carminic, Carolitic, Carotic, Carpogenic, Catabiotic, Catacrotic, Catagmatic, Cataphonic, Catastrophic, Catechuic, Categorematic, Catelectrotonic, Cathedralic, Catheretic, Cathodic, Cenozoic, Centrobaric, Ceramic, Cerotic, Cerulific, Cetraric, Cetylic, Chalcedonic, Chaldaic, Chaotic, Charismatic, Chelidonic, Chemiglyphic, Chimeric, Chiromonic, Chloridic, Chloriodic, Chloritic, Chloroplatinic, Chlorotic, Choleic, Choleraic, Cholesteric, Chondritic, Choragic, Choreic, Chrestomathic, Chromatic, Chromogenic, Chromolithographic, Chromospheric, Chronic, Chronographic, Chthonic, Chylific, Chylopoetic, Cinchonic, Cinnamic, Cinnamomic, Cirrhotic, Cistic, Civic, Classific, Climatic, Clinographic, Clonic, Cobaltic, Colletic, Colorific, Cometic, Commatic, Conchitic, Conspecific, Coprolitic, Cornific, Cosmoramic, Cosmothetic, Coumaric, Creatic, Cremasteric, Cresylic, Croconic, Crotaphitic, Crotonic, Cubebic, Cuminic, Cuneatic, Cyanic, Cyanotic, Cyclonic, Cyclopedic, Cyclopic, Cyrenaic, Cyriologic, Cystic, Cystolithic, Czechic, Damnific, Daric, Dartoic, Davidic, Decasyllabic, Decatoic, Decylic, Deltaic, Democratic, Demosthenic, Demotic, Dermatopathic, Dermopathic, Desoxalic, Deuterogenic, Deuteropathic, Diactinic, Diaeretic, Diageotropic, Diagrammatic, Diaheliotropic, Dialytic, Dianoetic, Diaphanic, Diaphragmatic, Diapnoic, Diastatic, Diastolic, Diathetic, Diatomic, Diatonic, Dicarbonic, Dichroic, Dichroitic, Dichromatic, Dichroscopic, Diclinic, Dicrotic, Didascalic, Dietic, Digraphic, Dioramic, Dioritic, Diorthotic, Diphtheritic, Diphthongic, Diphygenic, Diploetic, Diplogenic, Diploic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-i-n-t" | |
-1 letter: acinic, cantic. | |
-2 letters: acini, actin, antic, cacti, ictic. | |
-3 letters: anti, cain, cant, inia, inti, tain. | |
-4 letters: act, ain, ait, ani, ant, can, cat, nit, tan, tic, tin. | |
-5 letters: ai, an, at, in, it, na, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-i-n-t" | |
+1 letter: aconitic, cationic, cyanitic. | |
+2 letters: anaclitic, cinematic, circinate, intricacy, panmictic, tactician. | |
+3 letters: anchoritic, bacitracin, calcitonin, canonicity, cantatrici, conciliate, fantoccini, incapacity, practicing, tacticians, technician, tictacking, uncritical, undidactic. | |
+4 letters: accipitrine, acclimating, acclimation, accrediting, achondritic, acoustician, actinically, actinomycin, anarchistic, anthracitic, antiscience, bacitracins, bacteriocin, biconcavity, brecciating, brecciation, calcination, calcitonins, calisthenic, captaincies, cardiotonic, catechizing, chieftaincy, chromatinic, cicatrizing, circinately, circulating, circulation, cocktailing, concavities, conciliated, conciliates, conciliator, cosmetician, cyclization, desiccating, desiccation, electrician, encomiastic, exsiccating, exsiccation, glauconitic, inculcating, inculcation, intricacies, mechanistic, noncritical, nondidactic, technicians, ticktacking, uncinematic, vaccinating, vaccination, volcanicity, vulcanicity. | |
+5 letters: accipitrines, acclimations, accordionist, acousticians, actinometric, actinomycins, amphictyonic, antiacademic, anticlerical, anticyclonic, antieconomic, antikickback, antirachitic, antisciences, bacteriocins, biotechnical, brecciations, cachinnating, cachinnation, calcinations, calisthenics, canonicities, capacitating, capacitation, cardiotonics, caricaturing, cationically, centralistic, chauvinistic, chitchatting, churchianity, circulations, citification, claudication, cocaptaining, codification, coincidental, complicating, complication, conciliating, conciliation, conciliative, conciliators, conciliatory, confiscating, confiscation, consociating, consociation, cosmeticians, criticalness, cyclizations, desiccations, dialectician, electricians, encephalitic, excruciating, excruciation, exsiccations, iconoclastic, inarticulacy, incapacitate, incapacities, inculcations, insecticidal, interoceanic, intervocalic, intracardiac, intrapsychic, narcissistic, pacification, precipitance, precipitancy, saccharinity, technicality, technicalize, transpacific, uncritically, vaccinations. | |
| 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)41 63 74 69 6E 69 63 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. - .. -. .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c t i n i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0074 0069 006E 0069 0063 |
| 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)35698675807569 |
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