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Definition: Astigmatic |
AstigmaticAdjective1. Pertaining to a kind of impaired eyesight. 2. Pertaining to a defect in an optical system such as a lens. 3. Visual impairment resulting from faulty refraction of light rays in the eye. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Affected with, or pertaining to astigmation. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| ASL | English | Astigmatic Spectral Line | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AstigmaticSynonyms: ametropic (adj), myopic (adj), presbyopic (adj), visually impaired (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Astigmatic |
| Specialty definitions using "astigmatic": focal line ♦ image line ♦ Sturm's line. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "astigmatic": Anastigmatic. (references) |
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| "Astigmatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Astigmatic" is used about 5 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) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "astigmatic": astigmatic keratotomy. Additional references. | |
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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 |
astigmatic | 8 |
astigmatic keratotomy | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "astigmatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | astigmatisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | astigmatisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نامنظمی عدسی چشم , دچاربی نظمی درجلیدیه ء چشم . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | astigmate. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | astigmatisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αστιγματικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | astigmatico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | astigmatagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | astigmaticay astigmático. (various references) астигматический. (various references) astigmático. (various references) astigmatisk. (various references) астигматичний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "astigmatic": astigmatics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "astigmatic": anastigmatic. (additional references) | |
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"Astigmatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aestimatio. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "astigmatic" (pronounced 'As`tig*mat"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, 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. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-i-i-m-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: stigmatic. | |
-2 letters: astigmia, atticism, mastitic, stigmata. | |
-3 letters: astatic, camisia, imagist, tatamis. | |
-4 letters: agamic, amigas, attics, camisa, casita, magics, mastic, misact, static, stigma, taigas, tatami. | |
-5 letters: agism, agist, agmas, amias, amici, amiga, atmas, attic, camas, gaits, gamas, gamic, magic, maist, matts, micas, mitis, mitts, saiga, scatt, sigma, staig, tacit, tacts, taiga, tamis, titis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-i-i-m-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: astigmatics, masticating, stalagmitic. | |
+2 letters: anastigmatic, pragmaticist, pragmatistic. | |
+3 letters: magistratical, pragmaticists, stigmatically. | |
+5 letters: magistratically, misarticulating. | |
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