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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Delimiter |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: DELIMITER |
| Specialty definitions using "DELIMITER": contextual sequence ♦ end sentinel ♦ marked section end ♦ short reference map, start sentinel ♦ zigamorph. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| "DELIMITER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "DELIMITER" is used about 8 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 (singular) | 75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "DELIMITER": data delimiter ♦ delimiter descriptor table ♦ delimiter role. 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 |
delimiter | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DELIMITER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 符号 (semiotic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skilletegn (bound, data delimiter, information separator, limit, punctuation marks, separating character, separation character, separator), informationsseparator (information separator, separating character, separation character), begraensningstegn (bound, limit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scheidingsteken (bound, data delimiter, limit, separator), logisch begrenzingsteken (information separator, separating character, separation character), IS (has, is, was), informatiescheider (information separator, separating character, separation character), begrenzingsteken (bound, limit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rajoitin (amplitude filter, amplitude limiter, amplitude-limiting circuit, automatik peak limiter, bound, buffer, clipper, clipping circuit, dog, limit, limiter, limiter circuit, peak limiter, stop), rajamerkki (bound, boundary mark, boundary mound, boundary sign, cairn, limit, monument, separator), IS (Iceland, information separator, Republic of Iceland, separating character, separation character), informaatioerotin (information separator, separating character, separation character), erotin (bound, disconnector, isolating switch, isolator, limit, partition, separator, unit separator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | délimiteur, séparateur d'information, séparateur (data delimiter), IS, caractère séparateur d'informations, caractère séparateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Begrenzer (clipper, limiter), Abgrenzer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χαρακτήρας διαχωρισμού (information separator, separating character, separation character), φράγμα (barricade, barrier, dam, dike, groyne), διαχωριστής πληροφορίας (information separator, separating character, separation character), εριοριστής (bound, limit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | delimitatore (bound, limit), separatore di informazioni (information separator, separating character, separation character), separatore (separator), carattere separatore (information separator, separating character, separation character). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | デリス剤 (delivery, Dellinger, delta, derivative, derris compound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | デリミタ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elimiterday delimitador (bound, limit, separator), separador de informação (information separator, separating character, separation character), IS (Iceland, information separator, Republic of Iceland, separating character, separation character), carácter separador (information separator, separating character, separation character). (various references) разделитель (separator). (various references) delimitador (bound, limit), separador de información (information separator, separating character, separation character), separador (abducens, abducent, separator), carácter separador (information separator, separating character, separation character). (various references) märke (Dent, device, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, label, make, mark, pock, score, sense, sign, sticker, stigma, tag, tally, trace, weal), gränstecken (information separator, separating character, separation character), avgränsningstecken (bound, limit, separator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DELIMITER": delimiters. (additional references) | |
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"DELIMITER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dallmeier, Dallmeyer, Delaitre, Delamaide, Delemotte, delimate, delimeter, delimiterd, delimitor, Delozier, dilimiter, Duplantier, elamite, Selimiye. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-i-l-m-r-t" | |
-1 letter: timelier. | |
-2 letters: delimit, demerit, dimeter, emeriti, limited, limiter, merited, miltier, mitered, retiled, retimed, timider. | |
-3 letters: delime, dieter, elmier, itemed, lieder, limier, melder, melted, melter, metier, metred, milder, milted, milter, mitier, mitred, reedit, reemit, relied, remelt, retied, retile, retime, termed, tidier, tiered, tirled. | |
-4 letters: demit, deter, dimer, edile, eider, elder, elemi, elide, elite, idler, imide. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-i-l-m-r-t" | |
+1 letter: delimiters, prelimited. | |
+2 letters: multitiered. | |
+3 letters: demilitarize, intermingled, materialised, materialized. | |
+4 letters: credentialism, dematerialize, demilitarized, demilitarizes, dilatometries, intermeddling, remediability, remilitarized, thimblerigged. | |
+5 letters: credentialisms, dematerialized, dematerializes, denumerability, immaterialized, indeterminable, indeterminably, intermediately, reacclimatized, rematerialized, verisimilitude. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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