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Definition: Discovered |
DiscoveredAdjective1. No longer concealed; uncovered as by opening a curtain; `discovered' is archaic and primarily a theater term; "the scene disclosed was of a moonlit forest". 2. Discovered or determined by scientific observation; "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "discovered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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The story of the discoveries of the chemical elements is presented here in chronological order. The elements are listed generally in the order in which they were first isolated as the pure element, rather than as a compound (some such as boron were known to be elements decades before they could be isolated from their compounds). The first few predate any written record.
Carbon from antiquity
Gold from antiquity
Silver from antiquity
Copper from antiquity
Sulphur from antiquity
Tin from antiquity
Lead from antiquity
Mercury from antiquity
Iron from antiquity
Arsenic
Antimony -
Bismuth 15th century? May have been described in writings attributed to Basil Valentinus
Phosphorus 1669 Hening Brand, later described by Robert Boyle
Cobalt 1732 George Brandt Platinum had been noticed in South American gold ore since the 16th century. A number of chemists worked on platinum in the 18th century:
Platinum ca. 1750s
Zinc
Nickel
Hydrogen
Fluorine
Nitrogen Priestley's work on atmospheric gases resulted in his preparation of oxygen. As he was a believer in phlogiston, he didn't realise that he had prepared a new element, and thought that he had managed to prepare air free from phlogiston ("de-phlogisticated air"). However, he was the first to isolate oxygen, even if he didn't realise what he had:
Oxygen 1771 Joseph Priestley
Chlorine 1774 Karl Wilhelm Scheele
Manganese 1780? Hjelm
Molybdenum
Tellurium 1782 Mueller von Reichenstein
Tungsten 1783 The recent discovery of the new planet Uranus by William Herschel had caused a stir, so the newly discovered metallic element was christened uranium in its honour.
Uranium 1789 Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Zirconium
Strontium 1793 Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Titanium 1797 Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Yttrium
Chromium
Columbium
Tantalum The next element was discovered just after the discovery of a new class of astronomical objects: the new element was named after the newly discovered asteroid, Ceres. The element was discovered nearly simultaneously in two laboratories, though it was later shown that Berzelius and Hisinger's cerium was actually a mixture of cerium, lanthanum and didymium.
Cerium 1803 Martin Heinrich Klaproth; Jöns Jacob Berzelius and Hisinger
Rhodium
Palladium
Osmium
Iridium
Magnesium At this point, Sir Humphry Davy pioneered the use of electricity from the Voltaic pile to decompose the salts of alkali metals, and so a number of thse metals were first prepared as the pure element: the beginning of the field of electrochemistry.
Potassium 1807 Humphry Davy
Calcium 1808 Humphry Davy
Sodium 1807 Humphry Davy
Barium 1808 Humphry Davy
Iodine 1811 Bernard Courtois
Lithium 1817 Arfvedson (metal prepared by Bunsen using electrolysis in 1855) [This is unclear]
Cadmium 1817 Friedrich Strohmeyer Independently discovered by K.S.L Hermann
Selenium 1817 Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Silicon 1823 Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Aluminium 1825 Hans Christian Ørsted
Bromine 1826 Antoine Jerome Balard
Thorium 1828 Jöns Jacob Berzelius
Beryllium 1828 Friedrich Wöhler Independently discovered by A.A.B. Bussy
Vanadium 1801 Andres Manuel del Rio The next element discovered when Mosander showed that the cerium isolated in 1803 by Berzelius was actually a mixture of cerium, lanthanum and so-called didymium (which was not actually one element, and was resolved into two in 1885).
Lanthanum 1839-41 Carl Mosander
Terbium 1843 Carl Mosander
Erbium 1843 Carl Mosander
Ruthenium 1844 Karl Klaus
Caesium 1860 Bunsen
Rubidium 1860 Bunsen
Thallium 1861 Sir William Crookes
Indium 1863 Reich and Richter Another spectroscopic discovery, helium was found by astronomers as an emission line in the spectrum of the sun, hence its name from the Greek helios meaning sun. It was at first thought to be an unknown metallic element, and so the name was given the ending -ium to signify a metal. By the time it had been found on Earth and discovered to be the lightest of the noble gases, the name was fixed; by analogy with the other noble gases, the name should have ended in -on.
Helium 1868
Boron 1868 Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac & L.J. Thenard
Gallium 1875 de Boisbaudran
Ytterbium 1878 Jean de Marignac
Thulium 1879 P.T. Cleve
Scandium 1879 Nilson
Holmium 1879 J.L. Soret
Samarium 1879 Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Gadolinium 1880 Jean de Marignac The 'didymium' isolated by Mosander in 1839 was shown to actually be two separate elements, praseodymium and neodymium:
Praseodymium 1885 Carl Auer von Welsbach
Neodymium 1885 Carl Auer von Welsbach
Dysprosium 1886 Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran
Germanium 1886 Winkler Refrigeration technology advanced considerably during the 19th century, to the point where it was possible to liquefy atmospheric gases. A curious observation was made: Nitrogen prepared by chemical means from its compounds had a slightly lower molecular weight than nitrogen prepared by liquefaction from air. This was attributed as being due to the presence of a previously unsuspected gas, christened argon. This gas was the first representative found of a previously unsuspected new group in the periodic table, first known as the inert gases, now more commonly known as the noble gases.
Argon 1894 Rayleigh & Sir William Ramsay
Europium 1901 Eugene Demarcay Once liquid argon could be prepared in quantity from air, small amounts of a further three noble gases could be separated from it by differences in boiling point. These new elements were named from the Greek words for, respectively, 'new', 'hidden', and 'foreign'.
Neon 1898 Sir William Ramsay
Krypton 1898 Sir William Ramsay
Xenon 1898 Sir William Ramsay With the discovery of radioactivity, we have the classic work by the Curies that isolated a number of previously unknown elements:
Radium 1898 Pierre Curie and Marie Curie
Polonium 1898 Pierre Curie and Marie Curie
Actinium 1899 A Debierne Another of the noble gases, radon had avoided discovery because its short radioactive half-life had meant it was present in air in vanishingly tiny quantities. Once radium was available in macroscopic quantities, the production of this radioactive noble gas was readily detected as a product of radium's radioactive decay.
Radon 1898 Fredrich Ernst Dorn who called it nitron
Lutetium 1907 Georges Urbain
Protactinium 1917 Kasimir Fajans, O. Göhring, Fredrich Soddy, John Cranston, Lise Meitner and Otto Hahn
Hafnium 1923 Dirk Coster
Rhenium 1925 Walter Noddack and Ida Tacke At this point, all the stable elements existing on earth had been discovered, and most of the periodic table had been filled. A few gaps remained amongst the higher mass elements, but there remained a troublesome gap at element number 43, just below manganese in the table. The gaps were filled by the synthetic elements. Walter Noddack and Ida Tacke (later Ida Noddack) also believed to have found Technetium, which they called Masurium (after Masurien, an area in Germany). They were later proved wrong.
The synthetic elements
The elements labelled as "synthetic" are unstable, with a half-life so "short" relative to the age of the earth that any atoms of that element that may have been present when the earth formed, have long since completely decayed away. Hence they are only known on earth as the product of nuclear reactors or particle accelerators. The discovery of technetium finally filled in a puzzling gap in the periodic table, and the discovery that there were no stable isotopes of technetium explained its absence on earth: its 4.2 million years half-life meant that none remained from the time of formation of the earth.
Technetium 1937 Carlo Perrier (Synthetic)
Francium 1939 Marguerite Derey All elements after this are synthetic:
Astatine 1940 Dale R. Corson, K.R.Mackenzie, Emilio Segre' The next two elements were the first of the transuranic (beyond uranium) elements and were named after the planets beyond Uranus, Neptune and Pluto:
Neptunium 1940 E.M. McMillan & Philip H. Abelson, University of California, Berkeley
Plutonium 1941 Glenn T. Seaborg, Arthur C. Wahl, Joseph W. Kennedy Emilio Segré
Curium 1944 Glenn T. Seaborg
Americium 1945 Glenn T. Seaborg
Promethium 1945 J.A. Marinsky
Berkelium 1949 Stanley. Albert Ghiorso, Kennerth Stret Jr, Glenn T. Seaborg
Californium 1950 Stanley. Albert Ghiorso, Kennerth Stret Jr, Glenn T. Seaborg
Einsteinium 1952 Argonne Laboratory, Los Alamos Laboratory, and University of California
Fermium 1953 Argonne Laboratory, Los Alamos Laboratory, and University of California
Mendelevium 1955 Glenn T. Seaborg, Evans G. Valens
Nobelium 1958
Lawrencium 1961
Rutherfordium 1964
Dubnium 1970 Albert Ghiorso
Seaborgium 1974
Bohrium 1976 Y. Oganessian et al, Dubna and confirmed at GSI (1982)
Hassium 1984
Meitnerium 1982 Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg, GSI
Darmstadtium 1994 S. Hofmann, V. Ninov et al, GSI
Unununium 1994 S. Hofmann, V. Ninov et al, GSI
Ununbium 1996 S. Hofmann, V. Ninov et al, GSI
Ununquadium 1999
See also
- Periodic table
- Elements song
- Timeline of chemical element discovery
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Discoveries of the chemical elements."
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Rutherford Scattering was a phenomonon observed by Ernest Rutherford in the 1911 which led to the development of the orbital theory of the atom. It is the phenomena exploited by the materials analytical technique Rutherford backscattering. Rutherford scattering is also sometimes referred to as Coulomb scattering because it relies on static electric (Coulomb) forces.When Rutherford made his discovery, the atom was thought to be a sort of plum pudding, with the positive and negative charge mixed together like the ingredients of a cake. Rutherford conducted an experiment whereby he he shot a beam of alpha particles (Helium nuclei) at layers of gold leaf only a few atoms thick. If the plum-pudding model were correct, one would expect the vast majority of alpha particles to get stuck in the atoms, while some would get through.
The results were intriguing. The majority of alpha particles actually made it through whereas some were deflected by very large angles (over 90o). Rutherford concluded that the majority of the mass was concentrated in a minute, positively charged region (the nucleus) surrounded by electrons. When a (positive) alpha particle approached sufficiently close to the nucleus it was repelled strongly enough to rebound at high angles. The small size of the nucleus explained the small number of alpha particles that were repelled in this way. Rutherford showed, using the method below, that the size of the nucleus was about 10-14 m.
Details of calculating nuclear size
For head on collisions between alpha particles and nucleus', all the kinetic energy (.5mu2) of the alpha particle is turned in to potential energy and the particle is at rest. The distance from the centre of the electron to the centre of the nucleus (b) is approximately then the radius.
Applying the inverse square law can the charges on the electron and nucleus one can write:
Rearranging:
- .5mu2 = (1/4*pi * e0) * (q1 q2/b)
For an alpha particle:
- b = (1/4*pi * e0) * (q1 q2 / .5mu2)
Substituting these in gives the value of about 2.7*10-14 m.
- m (mass) = 6.7*10-27 kg
- q1 = 2*(1.6*10-19) C
- q2 (for gold) = 79*(1.6*10-19) C
- u (initial velocity) = 2*10-7'' ms-1
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Synonyms: DiscoveredSynonyms: ascertained (adj), disclosed (adj), observed (adj), revealed (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Discovered |
| Etymologies containing "discovered": Volborthite. (references) |
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Screenplays | I discovered it had a crush on me. (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood) Well, I couldn't afford a place like this in a million years unless, of course, I'm discovered and become a movie star (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch) You see, I've discovered his weakness (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) I developed that cynicism the day I discovered I was different from little boys (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention (Laura; writing credit: Vera Caspary; Jay Dratler) | |
Lyrics | Ain't it hard when you discovered that ("Like a Rolling Stone"; performing artist: Bob Dylan) Where would I be, if you hadn't discovered (Before You Walk Out My Life; performing artist: Monica) Now that I've discovered you (For My Lady; performing artist: The Moody Blues) | |
Clever | It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats. (references; author: unknown) It has recently been discovered that research causes cancer in rats. (references; author: unknown) I became a professional fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income. (references; author: unknown) I have discovered the whole problem with the National Debt. Most of us work 5 days a week, and the government spends 7. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Alice Has Discovered the Napalm Bomb (1969) Disguised But Discovered (1915) | |
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 | A Las Vegas white, male college student, had his leg amputated above the knee when doctors discovered osteogenic sarcoma while he was a teen. He is seen here in a home bedroom setting, playing his guitar. He is presently disease-free and in college. He plays tennis, but is still shy about dating. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | In the 1950's, an Irish surgeon Denis Burkitt identified a jaw cancer in Ugandan children as an unusual form of malignancy as cancer tumors, now known as Burkitt's Lymphoma. Burkitt discovered that this cancer existed in Africa in hot, humid regions plagued by mosquitoes that spread malaria and viruses. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Gate to a malaria lab in the suburbs of Calcutta, where Sir Ronald Ross discovered the manner by which malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes. Credit: CDC. |  | Newspaper articles related to Legionnaires' Disease outbreaks. It was discovered during this time that the disease Legionellosis is an infection caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Gyroid" by Carlos César de Araújo. An approximation to a triply periodic minimal surface discovered by Alan Schoen. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more information. |  | An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant galaxy in the universe to ... Credit: NASA. |
 | To the surprise and delight of astronomers, the Hubble telescope discovered a small armada ... Credit: NASA. |  | Image of the first of six new moons discovered by Voyager 2 at Neptune: Proteus. Credit: NASA. |
 | First discoveries of PIONEER and GUIDE Seamounts Seamounts discovered by PIONEER and GUIDE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Davidson Seamount named for George Davidson of the C&GS This feature was the first called a "seamount" Officially named by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Discovered by GUIDE in 1933 Error - latitude should range from 35 to 36. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Sunset" by Nick Robinson Commentary: "An amazing sunset i discovered while on a plane to new york." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Solzhenitsyn | When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness. |
Arthur Schopenhauer | The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. |
Charles Caleb Colton | Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. |
Francis Bacon | The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs. |
Georg C. Lichtenberg | The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery. |
Oscar Wilde | America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. |
| Weed -- a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. | |
| A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. | |
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John Locke | 1690 | Had but this one thing been well considered, without looking any deeper into the matter, it might perhaps have kept men from running into those gross mistakes, they have made, about this power of parents; which, however it might, without any great harshness, bear the name of absolute dominion, and regal authority, when under the title of paternal power it seemed appropriated to the father, would yet have founded but oddly, and in the very name shewn the absurdity, if this supposed absolute power over children had been called parental; and thereby have discovered, that it belonged to the mother too: for it will but very ill serve the turn of those men, who contend so much for the absolute power and authority of the fatherhood, as they call it, that the mother should have any share in it; and it would have but ill supported the monarchy they contend for, when by the very name it appeared, that that fundamental authority, from whence they would derive their government of a single person only, was not placed in one, but two persons jointly. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The theoretical conclusions of the Communists are in no way based on ideas or principles that have been invented, or discovered, by this or that would-be universal reformer. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | The word was discovered, and with a faint smile pushed away |
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | It was there to be discovered." He took a penny out of his pocket and tossed it casually on to the pebbles that ran alongside the paved pathway |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | He made a step nigher, and discovered the scarlet letter |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The English discovered him there |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Well, I discovered him. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Early comers moved over, and States were exchanged, and friends and sometimes relatives discovered. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I soon discovered that both of were perfect strangers to the rest of the company, and had never seen or heard of them before |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I discovered that my house actually had its site in such a withdrawn, but forever new and unprofaned, part of the universe |
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Health | More than 300 viruses in animals have been discovered. (references) | |
Sometimes the cause of nephrogenic DI is never discovered. (references) | ||
At the same time, new types of PI are being discovered and described. (references) | ||
Business | These organizations have now discovered that an Intranet can provide great advantages. (references) | |
The development of the most important oil (Cusiana-Cupiagua) and gas (Volcanera) fields ever discovered in Colombia demanded very large investments. (references) | ||
As an industry, it has discovered how to seek alternative methods of exploiting renewable energy sources and, as a result, the market for such equipment has grown. (references) | ||
Children | Pakistan | In the aftermath of a September 2000 prison riot in Hyderabad, military personnel discovered that adult prisoners abused sexually about 50 imprisoned minors. (references) |
South Africa | In 2000 juveniles awaiting trial were transferred to secure care centers after it was discovered that they were being held with adult prisoners and receiving insufficient medical attention at Pollsmoor prison near Cape Town. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Central African Republic | Many IDP's were not convinced of the Government's sincerity, while others who returned discovered that their homes were pillaged and destroyed. (references) |
Economic History | Moldova | Of these, 240 were discovered by law enforcement. (references) |
Kazakhstan | In 2001, the Government discovered and shut down two illegal video studios. (references) | |
Portugal | The saying goes that Europe was the last continent discovered by the Portuguese. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | His corpse was discovered in an Abidjan mortuary 3 days after his arrest. (references) |
Mexico | A coworker discovered her body along with a note threatening activists at the PRODH. (references) | |
Brazil | Sao Paulo police claimed to have discovered evidence that da Silva planted these bombs. (references) | |
Political Economy | CHILE | Under Articles 37 and 38 of Law 9,039, the direct uses of natural resources or energy, regardless of whether such uses are newly discovered may not be patented. (references) |
MALAYSIA | There is no evidence that forced or compulsory labor occurs in Malaysia except for rare cases that, when discovered, are prosecuted vigorously by the government. (references) | |
Togo | There were no confirmed reports of extrajudicial killings; however, several extrajudicial killings that were committed in previous years but unreported, were discovered during the year. (references) | |
Political Rights | Uganda | Several candidates were disqualified because of false papers, and at least one M.P. resigned his position because it was discovered that he had forged education papers. (references) |
Trade | Ukraine | Repeated expert examination may be carried out if there is any infringement of the terms and conditions of preliminary or basic examination, or if requested by the customer ordering such expert examination, provided essential shortcomings have been discovered in such preliminary or basic expert findings. (references) |
Travel | Turkey | If discovered, individuals could be arrested for aiding and abetting the PKK-a serious charge. (references) |
Women | Afghanistan | Students, teachers, and their families were subject to punishment if discovered. (references) |
Worker Rights | Uruguay | In May the authorities discovered a small child-labor ring. (references) |
Zimbabwe | Most discovered victims of foreign nationality were detained and then deported. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | UNCTION, n. An oiling, or greasing. The rite of extreme unction consists in touching with oil consecrated by a bishop several parts of the body of one engaged in dying. Marbury relates that after the rite had been administered to a certain wicked English nobleman it was discovered that the oil had not been properly consecrated and no other could be obtained. When informed of this the sick man said in anger: "Then I'll be damned if I die!" "My son," said the priest, "this is what we fear." |
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Bob Woodward | So when you try to do something for years and there is denial, and then you get to a point with, oh, my goodness, look at mother load we've discovered. You have to get very cynical about the inspection process. |
Geoffrey Hoon | That, obviously, is our ultimate aim, it's our ultimate military objective, and I remain absolutely confident that those weapons of mass destruction will be discovered. |
Nancy Grace | That's right, Sally. He was the only one in the entire neighborhood that took a powder. As soon as this child went missing, when they went to Westerfield's home immediately after she was discovered gone, Westerfield was gone. |
Priscilla Presley | Well, he grew up in it. He was a product of the business. And that was his only way of life. He loved it. He, you know, he traveled all over before he was even really discovered by Colonel Parker. And had venues that he would appear at. |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | Some foreign vessels have been discovered sailing under the flag of the United States and with forged papers. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Defects and omissions have been discovered in their operation that ought to be remedied and supplied. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | In throwing wide the horizons of space, we have discovered new horizons on earth. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | From the moment we met, we discovered that we shared quite similar views of government and freedom. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We have already discovered genes for breast cancer and diabetes. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We've also discovered through intelligence that Iraq has a growing fleet of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles that could be used to disperse chemical or biological weapons across broad areas. |
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| "Discovered" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 54.34% of the time. "Discovered" is used about 5,524 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 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 54.34% | 3,002 | 3,120 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 45.39% | 2,507 | 3,614 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.27% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,524 | N/A |
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Expressions using "discovered": be discovered ♦ discovered check. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "discovered": newly-discovered, re-discovered. | |
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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 "discovered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i zbuluar (explored, invented, overt, roofless, unbacked, uncovered). (various references) | |
Arabic | مفضى ب, مكتشف (detector, discoverer, prospector, retriever). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | открит (above board, bare, bleak, demonstrative, exposed, free for all, ingenuous, obvious, open, open air, openhearted, outspoken, overt, public, straight, straightforward, transparent, unclosed, uncovered, unscreened, unshaded, wind swept). (various references) | |
Chinese | 发现 (Discover, Discoveries, Discovering, Discovery, find, finding, found). (various references) | |
Czech | být objeven (be discovered, be found out). (various references) | |
Danish | leaky feeder-princippet i transmissionen blev opdaget ved et tilfaelde (the transmission liner or leaky feeder principle was first discovered by accident), intet abnormt (nil abnormal discovered, no abnormality discovered, no appreciable disease), IA (nil abnormal discovered, no abnormality discovered, no appreciable disease). (various references) | |
Dutch | medegedeeld stuk (discovered document). (various references) | |
Finnish | tulla ilmi (be brought to light, be discovered), tiedoksi annettu asiakirja (discovered document), löytyä (be discovered, be found), joutua ilmi (be brought to light, be discovered). (various references) | |
French | découvrirent, découvrîmes, découvertes, découvert. (various references) | |
German | entdeckte (descried, detected). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להמצא (be, be available, be discovered, be found, be present, be sufficient, exist, turn out), להתגלות (appear, be discovered, be revealed, come to light, emerge, outcrop). (various references) | |
Italian | il principio delle linee di trasmissione a perdita o leaky feeder principle è stato scoperto casualmente (the transmission liner or leaky feeder principle was first discovered by accident), atto trasmesso (discovered document). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 見つかる (to be discovered, to be found), 見付かる (to be discovered, to be found), 知れる (to be discovered, to become known, to come to light), エネルギー問題 (apron, apron stage, effect, effective, effector, effects, energy, energy problems, ephedrine, epic, epicurean, epigone, epigram, epigraph, epilogue, episode, episteme, epitaph, epitaxy, Epson, evaluation, evaluator, evangelist, evaporated milk, event, ever, ever onward, Everest, Everglaze, evergreen, Everpleats, Everwhite, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FM, FM tuner, foam rubber, frequency modulation, Jehovah, rapier, special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation, tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しれる (to be discovered, to become known, to come to light), エフ (tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered), みつかる (to be discovered, to be found). (various references) | |
Korean | 발견하는 (found, founded). (various references) | |
Manx | feddynit magh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iscoveredday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | documento transmitido (discovered document). (various references) | |
Russian | обнаруживать обнаруженный. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | biti otkriven (be discovered, be found out). (various references) | |
Spanish | descubrirse (bare one's head, be discovered, dig up, get at, get on to, plough up, zip, zip up), ser descubierto (be discovered). (various references) | |
Swedish | upptäckt (detection, disclosure, discoveries, discovery, find, finding, revelation). (various references) | |
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| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 21, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AnafananteV de thn kupron kai kataliponteV authn euwnumon epleomen eiV surian kai kathcqhmen eiV turon ekeise gar hn to ploion apofortizomenon ton gomon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cum paruissemus autem Cypro et relinquentes eam ad sinistram navigabamus in Syriam et venimus Tyrum ibi enim navis erat expositura onus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne we apperiden to Cipre, we leften it at the left half, and seiliden in to Sirie, and camen to Tire. For there the schip schulde be vnchargid. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then appered vnto vs Cyprus and we lefte it on the lefte honde and sayled vnto Syria and came vnto Tyre. For there the shyppe vnladed her burthen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when we had come in view of Cyprus, going past it on our left, we went on to Syria, and came to land at Tyre: for there the goods which were in the ship had to be taken out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 21, Verse 3 |
| Albanian | Pamë nga larg Qipron dhe e lamë në të majtë, vazhduam lundrimin për në Siri dhe dolëm në Tiro, sepse atje anija kishte për të shkarkuar. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nakita na namo ang Cipro, sa paghisaylo namo niini dapit sa wala, milawig kami padulong sa Siria ug midunggo sa Tiro; kay didto ang sakayan pagahaw-asan man sa mga karga. |
| Croatian | Kad bijasmo napomol Cipru, ostavismo ga slijeva jedreæi prema Siriji. Pristadosmo u Tiru jer je ondje laða imala iskrcati tovar. |
| Danish | Men da vi havde fået Kypern i Sigte og vare komne den forbi til venstre for os, sejlede vi til Synen og landede i Tyrus; thi der skulde Skibet losse sin Ladning. |
| Dutch | En als wij Cyprus in het gezicht gekregen, en dat aan de linker hand gelaten hadden, voeren wij naar Syrie, en kwamen aan te Tyrus; want het schip zoude aldaar den last ontladen. |
| Finnish | Ja kun Kypro rupesi näkymään ja oli jäänyt meistä vasemmalle, purjehdimme Syyriaan ja nousimme maihin Tyyrossa; siellä näet laivan oli määrä purkaa lastinsa. |
| German | Als wir aber Zypern ansichtig wurden, ließen wir es zur linken Hand und schifften nach Syrien und kamen an zu Tyrus; denn daselbst sollte das Schiff die Ware niederlegen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan berlayar sampai kami melihat pulau Siprus di sebelah kiri kami; tetapi kami berlayar terus menuju Siria. Kami mendarat di Tirus, sebab di situ kapal yang kami tumpangi itu akan membongkar muatannya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah Kiperus kelihatan kepada kami di sebelah kiri, lalu berlayarlah kami ke benua Syam serta turun di negeri Tsur; karena di situlah kapal itu memunggah muatannya. |
| Italian | Giunti in vista di Cipro, ce la lasciammo a sinistra e, continuando a navigare verso la Siria, giungemmo a Tiro, dove la nave doveva scaricare. |
| Latvian | Bet kad ieraudzîjâm Kipru un atstâjâm to pa kreisi, braucâm uz Sîriju un nonâcâm Tirâ, jo tur kuìim bija jâizkrauj krava. |
| Maori | A ka kitea Kaiperu, ka mahue ake i te taha ki maui, ka rere atu matou ki Hiria, a ka u ki Taira: hei reira hoki te kaipuke ruke ai i tona utanga. |
| Norwegian | Efterat vi hadde fått Kypern i sikte og latt den efter oss på venstre hånd, seilte vi til Syria og løp inn til Tyrus; for der skulde skibet losse sin ladning. |
| Portuguese | E quando avistamos Chipre, deixando-a á esquerda, navegamos para a Síria e chegamos a Tiro, pois o navio havia de ser descarregado ali. |
| Rumanian | Am trecut prin faya insulei Cipru, am lqsat -o la stknga, wi ne-am urmat drumul spre Siria; apoi ne-am dat jos kn Tir, unde avea sq se descarce corabia. |
| Shuar | Nui wésar Chipri nunkaka Wáinkiamji. Chíprikia menanmaani aa ikiuakur Sírianam jeamji. Kánuka Tiru péprunam Jeá pujustiniuyi, Káarak Núkap ikiuktin akui. Tuma asamtai iisha Tírunam jear kanunmaya Jíinkir péprunam wayamji. |
| Spanish | Después de avistar Chipre y de dejarla a la izquierda, navegábamos a Siria y arribamos a Tiro, porque el barco debía descargar allí. |
| Swahili | Baada ya kufika mahali ambapo tuliweza kuona Kupro, tulipitia upande wake wa kusini tukaelekea Siria. Tulitia nanga katika mji wa Tiro ambapo ile meli ilikuwa ipakuliwe shehena yake. |
| Swedish | Och när vi hade fått Cypern i sikte, lämnade vi denna ö på vänster hand och seglade till Syrien och landade vid Tyrus; ty där skulle skeppet lossa sin last. |
| Uma | Bula pomako' -kai toe, mpohilo-kai lewuto' Siprus hi mali ngki'ii-kai, tapi' kaliliu moto-ka-kaiwo, rata hi tana' Siria. Mana'u-makai ngkai kapal hi ngata Tirus, apa' kapal toe kana rapopana'u kenia-na hi ree. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "discovered": codiscovered, rediscovered, undiscovered. (additional references) | |
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"Discovered" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: discarvard, disconverted, discoverd, discoveren, disovered, dsicvoeverd. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "discovered" (pronounced di'sku"verd) |
| 8 | d i' s k u" v er d | undiscovered. |
| 6 | -s k u" v er d | rediscovered. |
| 5 | -k u" v er d | covered, recovered, uncovered. |
| 4 | -u" v er d | hovered. |
| 3 | -v er d | delivered, endeavored, favored, fevered, flavored, maneuvered, outmaneuvered, savored, severed, shivered, undelivered, wavered. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-e-i-o-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: coderived, coderives, divorcees. | |
-2 letters: coderive, codrives, deciders, decoders, descried, devoiced, devoices, discover, divorced, divorcee, divorces, overside, revoiced, revoices, scrieved, serviced. | |
-3 letters: codders, codrive, corvees, covered, decider, decides, decoder, decodes, decried, decries, deicers, derides, derived, derives, desired, devices, devised, deviser, devisor, devoice, devoirs, diocese, discoed, discord, diverse, divorce, erosive, oreides, overdid, recoded, recodes, resided. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-d-e-e-i-o-r-s-v" | |
+2 letters: codiscovered, rediscovered, undiscovered. | |
+4 letters: overdiscounted, videorecorders. | |
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