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Date "BABCOCK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1877. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A large hypodermic needle, provided with a stilet for spinal puncture. (references) |
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Crosswords: BABCOCK |
| Specialty definitions using "BABCOCK": double Babcock plan. (references) |
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Tongue Twisters | Peggy Babcock. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Level crew Burger, Boone, Libby, Babcock, Peterson Level crew of W. H. Burger. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Caption: Ediphone Operators at the Office of Babcock Wilcox, Ltd; London, England; 1939; {29.320/70} (jpg). |
 | Ship's officers and crewmen pose on deck, while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, August 1864. Commander Alexander C. Rhind, ship's Commanding Officer, is at the extreme right with his foot on the ladder. Standing next to him is Assistant Surgeon Herman P. Babcock. Lieutenant George Dewey is in the right center, wearing a straw hat, directly below the end of the davit. The pivot gun is one of the ship's two 100-pounder Parrot rifles. Note Marine in the left foreground. Credit: NAVY. |  | Some of the ship's officers relaxing on deck, while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in the summer of 1864. They are (from left to right): Assistant Paymaster H. Melville Hanna; Commander Alexander C. Rhind, Commanding Officer; Assistant Surgeon Herman P. Babcock; and Lieutenant George Dewey. Note awning overhead, and windsail rigged for ventilation of the spaces below decks. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Missouri--The great Whisky Ring trial--Scene in the United States District Court, St. Louis, Monday, February 7th, at the opening of the case of the United States vs. O.E. Babcock, President Grant's private secretary. Mr. E.A. Storrs, one of General Babco. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bealeton, Va. Members of the Bureau of Military Information: Col. George H. Sharpe, John C. Babcock, unidentified, and Lt. Col. John McEntee. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Antietam, Md. Seated: R. William Moore and Allan Pinkerton. Standing: George H. Bangs, John C. Babcock, and Augustus K. Littlefield. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rochester, New York. Earl Babcock enjoying his daily bath. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | W. & J. Sloane National Art Week, 5th Ave. & 47th St., New York City. Babcock Galleries, Robert Philipp. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Come on - Join now 15,000,000 members by Christmas / / R. Fayerweather Babcock ; Walton & Spencer Co., Chicago, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | Other solar related products, such as inverters, are also mainly imported from the U.S. the Argentine firm, Ecosolar SA, imports, represents and distributes numerous brand names, such as Solarex (USA), Kyocera (Japan), Energy (Germany) and Rutland (UK). Also represented in the Argentine market are Anit of Italy (Eneco SA in Argentina), Maltezos of Greece (Solo Sol Argentina), Tacke (Walter Rittner SA) and Deutsche Babcock (Nordex Argentina). (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | ABB Untilities of Switzerland, Swiss-based Sulzer Elbar, and two German companies - Deutsche Babcock and Siemens - have submitted offers for the rehabilitation of phase one of the Riffa power station, for which the U.S. firm Kuljian Corporation is acting as consultant. (references) |
Mauritius | The 70MW co-generation plant ($80 million) burning bagasse and coal at Belle-Vue sugar estate that came into operation in 2000 was constructed on a turnkey basis by U.S. company Duke Engineering and Services, although the turbo-alternators and boilers were supplied by French companies Thermodyne and Babcock Enterprise, respectively. (references) | |
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| "BABCOCK" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BABCOCK" is used about 34 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 (proper) | 100% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BABCOCK" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Babcock | Last name | 7,000 | 1,702 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | Babcock Borsig AG | United Kingdom | Babcock International Group Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Babcock, WI |
Expressions using "BABCOCK": Babcock plan ♦ double Babcock plan. 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. |
| Language | Translations for "BABCOCK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Babcock plan (Babcock plan), dobbel Babcock-plan (double Babcock plan). (various references) | |
Dutch | Babcock toewijzingsfrequentieplan (Babcock plan), dubbel Babcock-frequentietoewijzingsplan (double Babcock plan). (various references) | |
French | plan en double Babcock (double Babcock plan), plan de Babcock (Babcock plan). (various references) | |
German | Babcock-Doppelplan (double Babcock plan). (various references) | |
Greek | σχέδιο διπλού Babcock (double Babcock plan), σχέδιο Babcock (Babcock plan). (various references) | |
Italian | piano di Babcock doppio (double Babcock plan), piano di Babcock (Babcock plan). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abcockbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | plano de Babcock (Babcock plan), plano Babcock duplo (double Babcock plan). (various references) | |
Spanish | plan de Babcock (Babcock plan), plan Babcock doble (double Babcock plan). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"BABCOCK" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bablock, Baublocke, Bowcock. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-c-c-k-o" | |
-2 letters: acock, cabob, kabob. | |
-3 letters: back, bock, cobb, coca. | |
-4 letters: abo, boa, bob, cab, cob, kab, koa, kob, oak, oca, oka. | |
-5 letters: ab, ba, bo, ka. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-c-c-k-o" | |
+2 letters: backblock. | |
+3 letters: backblocks. | |
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