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Definition: Alkyd |
AlkydNoun1. A resin used in adhesives and paints. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Chemical Industry | Polycondensation product of polyhydric alcohols with polybasic organic acids. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemical Industry | Resin formed by condensation of polyhydric alcohols with polybasic acids. They usually contain fatty acids as well(oil-modified alkyds). Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AlkydSynonym: alkyd resin (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Alkyd |
| English words defined with "alkyd": alkyd resin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alkyd": alkyd enamel ♦ enamel paint ♦ phthalic resin ♦ tall oil alkyd. (references) |
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| "Alkyd" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.67% of the time. "Alkyd" is used about 15 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) | 86.67% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 13.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "alkyd": alkyd enamel ♦ alkyd resin ♦ tall oil alkyd. 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
alkyd | 17 |
alkyd paint | 11 |
alkyd resin | 7 |
alkyd primer | 4 |
alkyd griffin paint | 3 |
alkyd enamel | 2 |
alkyd automotive enamel | 2 |
alkyd painting | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "alkyd"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | alkydharpix (alkyd resin), alkydharpiks (alkyd resin, glyptal resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alkydhars (alkyd resin, glyptal resin), alkyd (alkyd resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alkydihartsi (alkyd resin, glyptal resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | alkyde (alkyd resin), alkyd (alkyd resin), resine alkylique (alkyd resin), resine alkyde (alkyd resin), résine glycérophitalique (alkyd resin), résine alkyde (alkyd resin), glyptal (alkyd resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Alkydharz (alkyd resin, glyptal resin), Alkyd (alkyd resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αλκυλική ρητίνη (alkyd resin), αλκυδική ρητίνη (alkyd resin, glyptal resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | alchide (alkyd resin), resina alchidica (alkyd resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アルキド樹脂 (alkyd resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アルキドじゅし (alkyd resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 알키". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alkyday alquido (alkyd resin, glyptal resin), resina alquílica (alkyd resin), resina alquídica (alkyd resin, glyptal resin). (various references) алкид. (various references) resina gliceroftálica (alkyd resin, glyptal resin), resina alquídica (alkyd resin, glyptal resin), resina alcídica (alkyd resin). (various references) alkydharts (alkyd resin, glyptal resin), alkyd (alkyd resin, glyptal resin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "alkyd": alkyds. (additional references) | |
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"Alkyd" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aelwyd, Akkid, alcy, alkio, Alyd. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-k-l-y" | |
-1 letter: alky, lady, laky, yald. | |
-2 letters: dak, dal, day, kay, lad, lay, yak. | |
-3 letters: ad, al, ay, ka, la, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-k-l-y" | |
+1 letter: alkyds, dankly, darkly. | |
+2 letters: ladykin, nakedly. | |
+3 letters: kailyard, kaleyard, lackaday, lackeyed, ladykins, ladylike, markedly. | |
+4 letters: alkylated, ankylosed, awkwardly, blackbody, jaywalked, kailyards, kaleyards, skylarked, thylakoid. | |
+5 letters: backwardly, thylakoids, unladylike. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 6B 79 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. -.- -.--. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01101011 01111001 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l k y d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 006B 0079 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3578779170 |
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