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HEAD END

Specialty Definition: HEAD END

DomainDefinition

Mechanical Engineering

The closed end of the cylinder. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. Usually the ultimate delivery end of a conveyor. b. That part of a mining belt conveyor that includes the head section, a power unit, and, if required, the connecting section and a belt takeu. (references)

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: HEAD END

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
HERMESEnglishHead End Research Facility on Mock-up Engineering ScaleN/A

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

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Synonym: HEAD END

Synonym by domain: rear-end (mechanical engineering).

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Crosswords: HEAD END

English words defined with "HEAD END": anterior. (references)
Specialty definitions using "HEAD END": cantilever grizzlyintermediate sectiontrough washerVal separatorWoodbury jig. (references)
Etymologies containing "HEAD END": Chevisance. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: HEAD END

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Anencephaly occurs when the "cephalic" or head end of the neural tube fails to close, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HEAD END

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

Danish

  

forsmæk (end, front member, head, headboard). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voorschot (advance, advance charges, disbursements, end, front member, head, headboard, paid-ons). (various references)

   

French

  

ridelle frontale (head, headboard). (various references)

   

German

  

Vorderwand (end, front member, head, headboard), Stirnwand (front wall). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μετωπικό τοίχωμα (end, front member, head, headboard), εμπρόσθια πλευρά (end, front member, head, headboard). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sponda anteriore (end, front member, head, headboard). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eadhay enday

   

Portuguese

  

taipal dianteiro (end, front member, head, headboard). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

espaldera anterior (end, front member, head, headboard), compuerta delantera (end, front member, head, headboard). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: HEAD END

Misspellings

"HEAD END" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: headend. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: HEAD END

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-h-n"

-1 letter: deaden, deaned, handed, headed.

-2 letters: ended, haded.

-3 letters: dead, dean, deed, dene, hade, haed, haen, hand, head, heed, need.

-4 letters: add, and, ane, dad, dah, dee, den, edh, end, had, hae, hen, nae, nah, nee.

-5 letters: ad, ae, ah, an, de, ed, eh, en, ha, he, na, ne.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-h-n"
 

+1 letter: adherend, hardened.

 

+2 letters: adherends, handseled, headlined, pinheaded, rehandled.

 

+3 letters: barehanded, boneheaded, chandelled, decahedron, dunderhead, evenhanded, forehanded, freehanded, handedness, handselled, headhunted, longheaded, lunkheaded, maidenhead, openhanded, overhanded, rehardened, unheralded, unthreaded, verandahed, woodenhead.

 

+4 letters: apprehended, cleanhanded, deadheading, decahedrons, dehumanized, downhearted, dunderheads, hendiadyses, kindhearted, maidenheads, overhandled, philandered, roundheaded, thunderhead, underhanded, woodenheads, wrongheaded.

 

+5 letters: benzaldehyde, candleholder, chandeliered, detachedness, disenchanted, disheartened, dodecahedron, dunderheaded, evenhandedly, forehandedly, freehandedly, handednesses, hydrogenated, merchandised, merchandized, openhandedly, thunderheads, undercharged, woodenheaded.

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

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Alternative Orthography: HEAD END


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

48 45 41 44      45 4E 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01000101 01001110 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#69 &#65 &#68 &#32 &#69 &#78 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0045 0041 0044      0045 004E 0044

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

423935382394838

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Abbreviations
6. Acronyms
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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