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Definition: High-power |
High-powerAdjective1. Vigorously energetic or forceful; "a high-octane sales manager"; "a high-octane marketing plan"; "high-powered executives"; "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "high-power" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Synonyms: High-powerSynonyms: high-energy (adj), high-octane (adj), high-powered (adj), high-voltage (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: High Power (engineering & technology). |
Crosswords: High-power |
| English words defined with "high-power": heat lamp ♦ infrared lamp. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "high-power": bootstrapped emitter follower ♦ DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ♦ GSSR ♦ high-power transmitter, high-powered transmitter ♦ relay box ♦ silver-cell battery ♦ TB-cell, transmitter-blocker cell. (references) |
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Consumer Goods | |||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | High-power view shows hyperplastic germinal center with attenuated mantle zone (left) and hyperplastic paracortical region (right).Credit: CDC. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | During the same period Germany shall not build any more high-power wireless telegraphy stations in her own territory or that of Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria or Turkey. (reference) |
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| "High-power" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "High-power" is used about 17 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) | 88.24% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "high-power"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | émetteur de grande puissance (high-power transmitter, high-powered transmitter), émetteur haute puissance (high-power transmitter, high-powered transmitter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ハイジャック防止法 (anti-highjack law, Haydn, HDTV, Heidelberg, heights, hibiscus, hiding, hi-fi, high heels, high jump, high pitch, high school, high society, high tempo, high touch, highheeled shoes, high-necked, high-powered, high-speed, high-speed steel, high-tech, high-technology, Hi-Vision, Hyde Park, hydroculture, hydroplane, hydroplaning, hydroponics, hygenic cream, hyper, hypermarket, knee socks, late teens, refined taste, sensible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ハイパワー (high-powered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | pooral (high-powered), lajer (able-bodied, cogent, forcible, forte, hard, heady, heavy, high-powered, lusty, potent, powerful, pronounced, rich, sound, stark, stout, strong, vigorous, vigorous as plant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | igh-powerhay muito alto (aerie, sky high, topless, towering). (various references) energía alta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-h-i-o-p-r-w" | |
-3 letters: ephori, gopher, higher. | |
-4 letters: ephor, gripe, grope, heigh, hoper, pirog, power, weigh, whore, wiper. | |
-5 letters: ergo, giro, goer, gore, gorp, grew, grip, grow, heir, hero, high, hire, hoer, hope, howe, ogre, peri, phew, pier, pore, prig, prog, prow, repo, ripe, rope, weir, whig, whip, whir, whop, wipe, wire, wore. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-h-i-o-p-r-w" | |
+4 letters: horsewhipping. | |
+5 letters: shadowgraphies. | |
| 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)48 69 67 68 2D 70 6F 77 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101001 01100111 01101000 00101101 01110000 01101111 01110111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H i g h - p o w e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0069 0067 0068 002D 0070 006F 0077 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42757374158281897184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Historic 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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