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Definition: Emergency Exit |
Emergency ExitNoun1. A stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits emergency exit in the case of fire. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Emergency ExitSynonym: fire escape (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Emergency Exit |
| English words defined with "emergency exit": fire escape. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What if they set the throttle and jumped off? While we're chasing the train, they're sneaking out of an emergency exit somewhere behind us. (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three; writing credit: John Godey; Peter Stone) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Cuba | Before authorities could respond, in June Sanchez requested and received an emergency exit visa due to a death in his family. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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 |
emergency exit sign | 19 |
emergency exit | 18 |
emergency exit light | 8 |
emergency exit illumination | 3 |
emergency exit evacuation | 3 |
aircraft emergency exit | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "emergency exit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nouzový východ (fire escape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nooduitgang (emergency station). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varauloskäytävä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | porte de secours, issue de secours. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | notausgang (exit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έξοδοσ κινδύνου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מוצא חרום (fire escape). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vészkijárat (emergency door). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | uscita di sicurezza. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 非常口 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひじょうぐち. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dorrys egin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emergencyay exitay porta de emergência. (various references) запасный выход (emergency door). (various references) salida de emergencia. (various references) nödutgång (emergency door). (various references) tehlike çıkışı. (various references) lối ra khi khẩn cấp, lối ra an to n. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-e-g-i-m-n-r-t-x-y" | |
-4 letters: emergence, emergency, energetic, excrement, excreting, extermine, remeeting. | |
-5 letters: cementer, cemetery, cerement, emceeing, emergent, erecting, exegetic, exerting, exigence, exigency, gentrice, mergence, metering, regiment, tigereye. | |
| 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. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 65 72 67 65 6E 63 79      45 78 69 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01100101 01110010 01100111 01100101 01101110 01100011 01111001 00100000 01000101 01111000 01101001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m e r g e n c y   E x i t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0065 0072 0067 0065 006E 0063 0079      0045 0078 0069 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397971847371806991239907586 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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