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Definition: Knife-edge |
Knife-edgeNoun1. A narrow boundary; "he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "knife-edge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references) |
Crosswords: Knife-edge |
| English words defined with "knife-edge": Knife-edge file. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A knife-edge ridge on Kauai on the Na Pali coast. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Knife-edge" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 57.69% of the time. "Knife-edge" is used about 26 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 57.69% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 42.31% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "knife-edge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 刀刃. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kniv (knife), æg,der separerer gas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | scheidingsrand, mes (knife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | couteau de séparation, couteau (knife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Trennblech, Schneide (blade, cutting edge, edge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαχαιρίδιο, διαχωριστική λεπίδα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | késél. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | separatore a lama, coltello (blade, cutter, jackknife, knife). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | foyr skynney. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ife-edgeknay lâmina que separa o fluxo de gás, cutelo (chopper, cleaver, cradle, cutlass, Gore, logger, log-man). (various references) cuchilla separadora, cuchilla (blade, chopper, Colter, coulter, cutter, knife). (various references) คมมี" (edge). (various references) gergin (drawn, high strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, on a knife-edge, on edge, on pins and needles, skittish, spread, stiff, strained, stressfull, stretched, taut, tense, tight, uptight), diken üstünde (on a knife-edge, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks). (various references) arfin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-f-g-i-k-n" | |
-2 letters: feeding, feigned. | |
-3 letters: define, deking, feeing, finked, keened, kinged, knifed. | |
-4 letters: deign, diene, dinge, eking, feign, fidge, fiend, fined, genie, inked, kedge, kneed, knife. | |
-5 letters: defi, deke, dene, deni, dike, dine, ding, dink, edge, eide, eked, feed, fend, find, fine, fink, geed, geek, gene, gied, gien, gink, keef, keen, kief, kind, kine, king, knee. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 6E 69 66 65 2D 65 64 67 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101110 01101001 01100110 01100101 00101101 01100101 01100100 01100111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K n i f e - e d g e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 006E 0069 0066 0065 002D 0065 0064 0067 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45807572711571707371 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chino, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danés, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, holandés, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, Ffrengig |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, alemán, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, Almaenwr |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, Groegwr |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, húngaro, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portugués, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thailænder, Thais, Thai, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turco, türkçe, türk |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | 威"士, 威爾士語 , Wels, gallois, walisisch, ουάλλοσ, ουαλλικόσ, δεν πληρώνω τα οφειλόμενα, walesi, gallese, Bretnagh, galês, galés, galler ile ilgili, gal dili, bahisleri ödemeden kaçmak, ödemeden kaçmak, sözünü tutmamak, şartları yerine getirmemek, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, inglés, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, Saesneg |
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