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Definitions: Bimetallic |
BimetallicAdjective1. Pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals; "in a bimetallistic system both gold and silver can constitute legal tender". 2. Formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bimetallic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1908. (references) |
Synonyms: BimetallicSynonyms: bimetal (adj), bimetallistic (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: dimetallic (metallurgy). |
Crosswords: Bimetallic |
| English words defined with "bimetallic": bimetallic strip. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bimetallic": bimetallic strip gage ♦ Michaelson actinograph ♦ Robitzsch actinograph. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Figure 64. Richard registering thermometer for use in great depths. This instrument recorded depths obtained by a bimetallic strip and was mounted in a water-tight caisson. Upper: registering device. Middle: recording paper. Bottom: water-tight caisson for protecting and housing the instrument. This instrument was first constructed between 1882 and 1891.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Bimetallic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bimetallic" is used about 3 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% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "bimetallic": bimetallic strip. 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 |
bimetallic | 13 |
bimetallic strip | 3 |
bimetallic thermometer | 3 |
acting bimetallic snap thermostat | 3 |
bimetallic joint | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bimetallic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bimetalelement (bimetal, bimetallic element, bimetallic strip), bimetal (bimetal, bimetallic strip, bimetallism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bimetaal (bimetal, bimetallic element, bimetallic strip, bimetallism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | bimetalliliuska (bimetal, bimetallic element, bimetallic strip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bimétal (bimetal, bimetallic strip, bimetallism), bilame (bimetal, bimetallic element, bimetallic strip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zweimetallisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διμεταλλικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | elemento bimetallico (bimetal, bimetallic element, bimetallic strip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | daa-veainagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imetallicbay bimetálico (bimetal, bimetallic element, bimetallic strip). (various references) bimetalic. (various references) биметаллический. (various references) bimetálico. (various references) bimetallelement (bimetal, bimetallic element, bimetallic strip). (various references) біметалевий. (various references) lưỡng kim (bimetal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "bimetallic": bimetallics. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-i-l-l-m-t" | |
-1 letter: limitable. | |
-2 letters: balletic, imitable, metallic. | |
-3 letters: albitic, alembic, bacilli, bimetal, cembali, ciliate, citable, climate, limbate, metical, micella, timbale. | |
-4 letters: albeit, albite, alible, amebic, atelic, bailie, ballet, becalm, billet, billie, cablet, callet, camlet, elicit, iambic, illite, italic, labile, lambie, liable, limbic, malice, mallei, mallet, micell, millet, taille, telial, tibiae, tibial, timbal. | |
-5 letters: alibi, ambit, amble, amice. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-i-l-l-m-t" | |
+1 letter: bimetallics. | |
+3 letters: bimetallistic. | |
+4 letters: bidialectalism. | |
+5 letters: bidialectalisms, implacabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 6D 65 74 61 6C 6C 69 63 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01101101 01100101 01110100 01100001 01101100 01101100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i m e t a l l i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 006D 0065 0074 0061 006C 006C 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36757971866778787569 |
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