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Erasure

Definitions: Erasure

Erasure

Noun

1. Correction by erasing.

2. Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.

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

Date "erasure" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

 

Specialty Definitions: Erasure

DomainDefinitions

Electrical Engineering

The process by which a previous recording is removed from a magnetic medium ; the process by which a signal recorded on a tape is removed and the tape made ready for rerecording. Source: European Union. (references)

Post & Telecom

GSM supplementary service. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Erasure

Synonyms: expunction (n), expunging (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Erasure

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Obliteration

Noun: obliteration; erasure, rasure; cancel, cancellation; circumduction; deletion, blot; tabula rasa; effacement, extinction.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Erasure

English words defined with "erasure": discernibleevidentobservableRasure, Razure. (references)
Specialty definitions using "erasure": One Time Programmable Read-Only Memoryright to erasure of datasignal to erased signal ratio after bulk erasure. (references)

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Modern Usage: Erasure

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Erasure : Pop! The First Twenty Hits! (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Erasure

DomainTitle

Books

  • Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Transsexual and Transgendered People (reference)

  • Pain Erasure (reference)

  • Progress/Under Erasure (Sun & Moon Classics:, 123) (reference)

  • The Erasure Tapes (reference)

  • The History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory (Haymarket Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Erasure

Computer Images:
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Use in Literature: Erasure

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The roll went on well, no erasure, the universe was present, Blondeau was sad.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Erasure

"Erasure" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 70.27% of the time. "Erasure" is used about 37 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)70.27%2668,323
Noun (proper)21.62%8124,375
Lexical Verb (base form)8.11%3202,518
                    Total100.00%37N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Erasure

Expressions using "erasure": right to erasure of data signal to erased signal ratio after bulk erasure. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Erasure

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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529

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4

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39

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12

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3

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12

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3

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3

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8

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3

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7

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3

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7

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2

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6

erasure lyrics song

2

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6

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2

erasure song

6

erasure loveboat

2

andy bell erasure

6

erasure other people song

2

erasure little respect

6

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2

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6

chain erasure love picture sleeve

2

erasure little lyrics respect

4

erasure mix

2

erasure midi

4

erasure ticket

2

album erasure

4

erasure tour

2

erasure music

4

chain erasure love lyrics

2

erasure hill solsbury

4

erasure track

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Erasure

Language Translations for "erasure"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

vend i shuar, shuarje (cancellation, effacement, evanescence, expurgation, extinction, obliteration, quenching, shutdown, suppression, wane, withering), fshirje (defacement, deletion, effacement, obliteration, rub, sweeping, wiping), asgjësim (annihilation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, rasure, ravage, squelch, undoing). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏محو (effacement, obliteration, rubbing out, wiping off), ‏الكلمة الممحوة, ‏إنمحاء. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

заличаване (deletion, effacement, obliteration), изтрито място в текст, изтриване (abrasion, defacement, obliteration, wipe), изличаване (effacement, obliteration). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

抹除. (various references)

   

Czech

  

vymazané místo. (various references)

   

Danish

  

sletning (dressing, erasing, sizing, slashing), annullering. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wissen (delete, erase, erasing, wipe, wipe off), uitwissing (erasing), schriftdelging, annulering (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, bust this, cancellation, defeasance, retirement). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پاک شدگی (Blot), حک , تراشیدگی , جای پاک شدگی . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

poisto (ablation, closing, culling, depreciation, erasing, exhaust system, outlet, removal, scavenging, suppression, throw-off, transfer, trapping, vent, writing off), kumoaminen (abort, abrogation, annulment, cancellation, repeal, rescission), deaktivointi (deactivation). (various references)

   

French

  

grattage, effacement (erase, erasing). (various references)

   

German

  

löschen (amortize, blot, blow out, clear, close, deaden, delete, discharge, erase, erasing, expunge, extinction, extinguish, kill, land, pay off, purge, put out, quench, quenching, redeem, rub off, rub out, scratch, slake, souse, strike off, switch out, to delete, to erase, to expunge, to extinguish, to kill, to slake, turn off, unload, unship, wipe out, zap), rasur (shave, shaving). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εξάλειψη (decontamination, deletion, deletion of chromosomes, effacement, elimination, eradication, erase, erasing, extinction, obliteration, removal), διαγραφή (cancellation, deletion, erasing, write off). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מחיק" (cancellation, cancelling, deletion, effacement, obliteration), "שתפשפות (effacing, rubbing), "שתחקות (effacement, rubbing off), 'ר". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

törlés (cancellation, dash, deletion, dismemberment, obliteration, wipe, wiping). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pengilusan, penghapusan (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, cancel, erasion, purging). (various references)

   

Italian

  

raschiatura (fettling, scrape, scraping, streak), cancellazione (abatement, annulment, black-out, blanking, cancel, cancellation, clearing procedure, deletion, effacement, erasing, release, suppression), cancellatura (cancelling, obliteration). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

抹消 (delete), 抹殺 (denial, ignoring, obliteration), 削除 (cancellation, deletion, elimination). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょうきゃく (amortization, destroy by fire, effacement, guest of honor, incineration, paying back debt, redemption, repayment), まっしょう (delete, minor details, nonessentials, periphery, tip, tree top), まっさつ (denial, ignoring, obliteration), さくじょ (cancellation, deletion, elimination). (various references)

   

Manx

  

scryssey magh (abolishment, abolition, amortize, attrition, blot out, blur, blur as vision, delete, deletion, efface, erase, obliterate, obliteration, scratch out, scrub, shatter, strike off, wear off), dolley (black out, blot, blot on character, blot out, blur, deface, defacement, lack). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erasureay

   

Portuguese

  

safa, limpeza (blanking, cleaning, cleanliness, cleanness, cleansing, cleanup, comb out, dirt removal, erasing, isolation, mop up, neatness, purity, refining, rubdown, scour, washing, wipe), apagamento (erasing). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

ştersãturã (blot, scratch, wiping), ştergere (cancellation, defacement, deletion, effacement, obliteration, scraping, wipe). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

стирание (abrasion, defacement, deletion, detrition, effacement, obliteration, rasure, rub). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

brisanje (deletion, effacement, sweeping, whisk, wipe). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

raspadura (abrasion, scrape). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

radering (deletion, erasement, erasing). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

silme (cancel, cancellation, defacement, deletion, erasion, obliteration, rubbing, wipe, wiping), silinti (defacement, erasion), silinen şey, kazıntı (defacement, erasion). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

стирання (abrading, abrasion, attrition, defacement, deletion, effacement, erasement, obliteration, rub), підчистка (erasement), повне знищення (annihilation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Erasure

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

litura. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Erasure

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 5, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMakarioi oi praeiV oti autoi klhronomhsousin thn ghn
Latin405VulgateBeati qui lugent quoniam ipsi consolabuntur
Old English990West SaxonEadige syndde þa lyðan. forðan þehyo eorðan agunnen (over an erasure).
Middle English1395WyclifBlessid ben thei that mornen, for thei schulen be coumfortid.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBlessed are the meke: for they shall inheret the erth.
Jacobean English1611King JamesBlessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Victorian English1833WebsterBlessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Basic English1964OgdenHappy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Erasure

LanguageMatthew Chapter 5, Verse 5
BulgarianБлажени кротките, защото те ще наследят земята.
Cebuano"Bulahan ang mga maaghop, kay sila magapanunod sa yuta.
Chinese溫 " 的 人 有 福 了 . 為 他 們 必 承 受 地 土 。
CroatianBlago krotkima: oni æe baštiniti zemlju!
DanishSalige ere de sagtmodige, thi de skulle arve Jorden.
DutchZalig zijn de zachtmoedigen; want zij zullen het aardrijk beerven.
FinnishAutuaita ovat hiljaiset, sillä he saavat maan periä.
FrenchHeureux les débonnaires, car ils hériteront la terre!
GermanSelig sind die Sanftmütigen; denn sie werden das Erdreich besitzen.
Haitian CreoleBenediksyon pou moun ki dou, paske y'a resevwa byen Bondye te sere pou yo a sou latè.
HungarianBoldogok a szelídek: mert õk örökségül bírják a földet.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBerbahagialah orang yang rendah hati; Allah akan memenuhi janji-Nya kepada mereka!
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBerbahagialah segala orang yang lembut hatinya, karena mereka itu akan mewarisi bumi.
ItalianBeati i miti, perché erediteranno la terra.
Manx GaelicBannit t'adsyn ta meen surransagh: son bee yn thalloo oc ayns eiraght.
MaoriKa koa te hunga ngakau mahaki: ka riro hoki i a ratou te whenua.
NorwegianSalige er de saktmodige; for de skal arve jorden.
PortugueseBem-aventurados os mansos, porque eles herdarão a terra.   
RumanianFerice de cei blknzi, cqci ei vor mowteni pqmkntul!
ShuarPéejchach Enentáimtumarmena nu warastarum. Yus Ashí nunkan amastatrume.
Spanish"Bienaventurados los mansos, porque ellos recibirán la tierra por heredad.
SwahiliHeri walio wapole, maana watairithi nchi.
SwedishSaliga äro de saktmodiga, ty de skola besitta jorden.
UmaMarasi' tauna to dingki' nono-ra, apa' hira' mpai' to mporata napa to najanci Alata'ala.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Erasure

Derivations

Words beginning with "erasure": erasures. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Erasure" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aerosucre, Arahura, erasor, erasrg, Eravur, Erisort, Errazuriz, Ersari, eurasure, Iwasuge, kearsarge, Orasure, rasuer, Rayure, reaasure, reasure, reasury, trasure, trisure. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Erasure

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-r-r-s-u"

-1 letter: eraser, rasure, reseau, searer, urares, urease.

-2 letters: aures, erase, rares, raser, rears, reuse, ruers, saree, serer, surer, surra, urare, urase, ureas, ursae.

-3 letters: ares, arse, ears, ease, eras, errs, rare, rase, rear, rees, ruer, rues, ruse, sear, seer, sera, sere, suer, sura, sure, urea, ursa, user.

-4 letters: are, ars, ear, eau, era, ere, err.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-r-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: austerer, ecraseur, erasures, measurer, reargues, rearouse, reassure, treasure.

 

+2 letters: apertures, creatures, ecraseurs, embrasure, measurers, persuader, quaverers, rearmouse, rearoused, rearouses, reassured, reassures, redargues, remarques, remeasure, renatures, resurface, saunterer, superrace, superreal, treasured, treasurer, treasures, upbearers.

 

+3 letters: adulterers, barbecuers, chartreuse, courseware, cupbearers, defrauders, demurrages, departures, embrasures, enraptures, furbearers, lacquerers, launderers, lusterware, maunderers, mercurates, persuaders, prelatures, prematures, premeasure, quarrelers, racecourse, reacquires, recaptures, relacquers, remeasured, remeasures, repurchase, resurfaced, resurfacer, resurfaces, saunterers, squanderer, superlarge, superraces, treasurers, treasuries, underrates, warehouser.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Erasure


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

45 72 61 73 75 72 65

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)

01000101 01110010 01100001 01110011 01110101 01110010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#114 &#97 &#115 &#117 &#114 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0072 0061 0073 0075 0072 0065

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

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

39846785878471

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient
13. Bible Trace
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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