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Blackdamp

Definition: Blackdamp

Blackdamp

Noun

1. The atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life.

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

Specialty Definitions: Blackdamp

Domain	Definitions
Mining	Generally applied to carbon dioxide. Strictly speaking, a mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. The average blackdamp contains 10% to 15% carbon dioxide and 85% to 90% nitrogen. It is formed by mine fires and the explosion of combustible gases in mines, and hence forms a part of the afterdamp. An atmosphere depleted of oxygen rather than containing an excess of carbon dioxide. Being heavier than air, it is always found in a layer along the floor of a mine. It extinguishes light and suffocates its victims. Hence, it is sometimes known as chokedamp. See also:afterdamp;damp. (references)
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Synonym: Blackdamp

Synonym: chokedamp (n). (additional references)

Modern Translations: Blackdamp

Language		Translations for "blackdamp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Spanish		mofeta (afterdamp, damp, fart, polecat, skunk). (various references)
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Anagrams: Blackdamp

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-d-k-l-m-p"
	-3 letters: lambda, lampad, madcap.
	-4 letters: aback, abamp, alack, black, cabal, clamp, kalam, kalpa, plack.
	-5 letters: alba, alma, baal, back, bald, balk, balm, blam, calk, calm, camp, clad, clam, clap, damp, kapa, lack, lama, lamb, lamp, mack, paca, pack, palm.
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Alternative Orthography: Blackdamp

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 6C 61 63 6B 64 61 6D 70

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 01100100 01100001 01101101 01110000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#100 &#97 &#109 &#112

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 006C 0061 0063 006B 0064 0061 006D 0070

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

367867697770677982

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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