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Definitions: Gibbous |
GibbousAdjective1. Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column. 2. (used of the moon) more than half full. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gibbous" was first used: 14th century. (references) |
Etymology: Gibbous \Gib"bous\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression gibbeux. See Gibbose.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Aerospace | Bounded by convex curves.The term is used particularly in reference to the moon when it is between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter, or to other celestial bodies when they present a similar appearance. See phases of the moon. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: GibbousSynonyms: crookback (adj), crookbacked (adj), gibbose (adj), humpbacked (adj), humped (adj), hunchback (adj), hunchbacked (adj), kyphotic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Adjective: convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting; Verb: bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy; clavate, clavated, claviform; hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform; papulous, papilose; hemispheric, bulbous; bowed, arched; bold; bellied; tuberous, tuberculous; tumous; cornute, odontoid; lentiform, lenticular; gibbous; club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose. |
Rotundity | Adjective: rotund; round; (circular); cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid; columnar, lumbriciform; conic, conical; spherical, spheroidal; globular, globated, globous, globose; egg shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped; ovoid, oviform; gibbous; rixiform; campaniform, campanulate, campaniliform; fungiform, bead-like, moniliform, pyriform, bulbous; tres atque rotundus; round as an orange, round as an apple, round as a ball, round as a billiard ball, round as a cannon ball. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Gibbous |
| English words defined with "gibbous": Gibbostity ♦ Hulchy. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "gibbous": Gibbose. (references) |
| "Gibbous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gibbous" is used about 5 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "gibbous": gibbous gibbose. 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 |
gibbous moon | 8 |
gibbous | 7 |
gibbous waning | 5 |
gibbous waxing | 5 |
gibbous moon waxing | 3 |
gibbous moon waning | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gibbous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gungaç (humpback, humpbacked, humpbacked person, humped, hunchback, hunchbacked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محدودب (humpback, stoop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гърбав (camel-back, crook-backed, huckle-backed, humped, humpy, hunchbacked, round-backed), подут (bloated, bulbous, gummy, puffed up, puffy, swollen, tumid, turgid), издут (bagged, bladdery, bulging, convex, full, gorged, prominent, protrusive, protuberant, swelling, tumid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vypouklý (bulging, convex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gewone kurkgaatjeszwam (gibbous trametes), bultkroos (gibbous duckweed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gibbeux (gibbose), bossu (gibbose). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gewölbt (arced, arched, bulging, cambered, curved, domed, vaulted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυρτόσ (bent, convex, crooked, curved, warped), καμπούρησ (humpback, humpbacked, hunchback). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | 'ב ו י (convex, hunchbacked, kyphotic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | domború (bulging, cambered, convex, convexo-concave, gibbose), kidudorodó (gibbose, protuberant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kembung (flatulent), cembung (chubby, convex, dome shaped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gobbo (autocue, crookbacked, hump, humpback, humpbacked, hunchbacked, teleprompter), gibboso (humpbacked, hunchbacked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dronnagh (convex, humped, humpy), crottagh (curve-billed, curved, hunchback). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ibbousgay curvo (bent, cambered, crooked, curved, hook, hooker, round, tortile), corcunda (bump, bunchy, crook-back, hump, humpty dumpty, hunchback, hundred). (various references) convex (convex), cocoşat (crooked, huckle-backed, humpback, hump-backed, humped, hunchback, hunchbacked, hunched, sandbagged), bombat (bulging, curved, dished). (various references) горбатый (camel-back, crook-back, crook-backed, humpbacked, hunchbacked), выпуклый (bunchy, convex, prominent, protuberant, proturberant). (various references) grbav (bumpy, crook-back, humpbacked, humpy, hunchback, hunchbacked), izbočen (arched, convex, protuberant). (various references) giboso. (various references) puckelryggig (humpbacked, hunchbacked). (various references) (เลนส์, กระจก) นูน. (various references) tümsek (Barrow, bulge, bump, hillock, hummock, hump, mound, prominence, protuberance, protuberant, rise, swell), kambur (Crookback, crook-backed, hump, humpback, humpbacked, humped, humpy, hunch, hunchback, hunchbacked), hörgüçlü (humpbacked), dışbükey (convex). (various references) горбатий (camel-back, crook-backed, humpy, hunchbacked), опуклий (bossed, bulging, convex, prominent, protuberant, saddle-backed). (various references) u lên (protuberant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | gibbus, Trametes gibbosa. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | gibbous. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Gibbous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gaybours, Gibaud, gibbious, gibbo, gibbosum, gibbus, gibots, gibous, gibus, Girbaud, girbauds, Guibout. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "gibbous" (pronounced 'Gib"bous'): Amoebous, Globous, Limbous, Plumbous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-g-i-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: bogus. | |
-3 letters: bibs, bigs, bios, bobs, bogs, bubo, bubs, bugs, gibs, gobs, obis, sibb. | |
-4 letters: bib, big, bio, bis, bob, bog, bos, bub, bug, bus, gib, gob, gos, obi, sib, sob, sou, sub. | |
-5 letters: bi, bo, go, is, os, si, so, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-g-i-o-s-u" | |
+5 letters: blockbusting. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 69 62 62 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .. -... -... --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101001 01100010 01100010 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G i b b o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0069 0062 0062 006F 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41756868818785 |
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