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Astrodome

Definition: Astrodome

Astrodome

Noun

1. A transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Astrodome

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

A transparent dome in the fuselage or body of an aircraft or spacecraft intended primarily to permit taking celestial observations in navigating. Also called a navigation dome, astral dome . (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Astrodome

Specialty definitions using "astrodome": astral domenavigation dome. (references)

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Modern Usage: Astrodome

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I think it's free beer night at the Astrodome. (The X Files; writing credit: Chris Carter; Frank Spotnitz)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Astrodome

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Grand Huckster: Houston's Judge Roy Hofheinz, Genius of the Astrodome (reference)

  • The Houston Astrodome (Building America) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Modern Marvels: Domed Stadiums - Astrodome to Skydome (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Astrodome

Photos:
Astrodome

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Photo Album: Astrodome

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Fisheye view of the interior of the Houston Astrodome. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Astrodome

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

In addition, there exists a multitude of basketball facilities and sports fitness complexes in the country, the more famous of which are the Araneta Coliseum, Cuneta Astrodome, Makati Coliseum, Ultra Sports Complex, Amoranto Sports Complex and Rizal Coliseum. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Astrodome

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

astrodome

117

radisson houston astrodome

2

houston astrodome

55

day inn astrodome

2

reliant astrodome

19

astrodome from george live strait

2

holiday inn astrodome

12

radisson convention center astrodome

2

radisson astrodome

10

astrodome guesthouse houston

2

radisson astrodome hotel

6

holiday inn astrodome houston

2

astrodome picture

6

astrodome selena

2

houston astrodome hotel

5

la quinta astrodome

2

astrodome hotel

5

radisson convention center astrodome hotel

2

astrodome houston tx

4

astrodome houston picture

2

astrodome history

3

hotel near astrodome

2

astrodome event

3

1983 astrodome event houston in in march

2
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Modern Translation: Astrodome

Language Translations for "astrodome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

天文观测窗. (various references)

   

Danish

  

astrodom. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

observatiekoepel, navigatiekoepel. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tähtikupoli. (various references)

   

French

  

astrodôme, coupole vitrée (brit astro hatch). (various references)

   

German

  

Kuppel (astrodomes, bubble, cupola, dome). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αστροθόλος. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Asztrodoma. (various references)

   

Italian

  

astrodomo. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

アステカ族 (ASPAC, asparagus, asterisk, astringent, astringent lotion, astrology, astronaut, astro-rama, Aztec). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

アストロドー . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

astrodomeay

   

Portuguese

  

astródomo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

astrocúpula, astródomo. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

astrodom, gözlem penceresi. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

астрокупол. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Astrodome

Derivations

Words beginning with "astrodome": astrodomes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Astrodome" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: astronome, astronose, Autodromo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Astrodome

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: moderatos.

Words within the letters "a-d-e-m-o-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: doomster, doormats, moderato, stomodea, tearooms.

-2 letters: doormat, maestro, mooters, motored, osteoma, radomes, roadeos, roasted, roosted, smarted, stardom, stormed, tearoom, torsade, tsardom.

-3 letters: adores, armets, daters, demast, derats, dermas, doters, dreams, dreamt, madres, marted, masted, master, maters, matres, metros, moated, modest, moored, mooted, mooter, morose, motors, oaters, orated, orates, oreads, radome, ramets, ramose, roadeo.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-m-o-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: astrodomes, moderators, motorcades.

 

+2 letters: bloodstream, moderations, ostracoderm.

 

+3 letters: bloodstreams, deformations, demodulators, demonstrator, denominators, headforemost, motherboards, ostracoderms, proctodaeums, rodomontades, spermatozoid.

 

+4 letters: aldosteronism, demonstration, demonstrators, dermatologies, dermatologist, immoderations, metamorphosed, midafternoons, moderatorship, modernisation, rhodomontades, spermatozoids.

 

+5 letters: aldosteronisms, demonstrations, dermatologists, discomfortable, metronidazoles, moderatorships, modernisations, modernizations, predominations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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