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LUB

Specialty Definition: LUB

DomainDefinition

Computing

Lub least upper bound. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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

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"LUB" is a common misspelling or typo for: club, flub, lab, lob, lube, lug.


Crosswords: LUB

Specialty definitions using "LUB": continuous functiondistributive latticeleast fixed point, least upper boundOmega-algebraicScott-closed. (references)
Non-English Usage: "LUB" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Polish (or), Scottish (dub, pool, puddle).

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: LUB

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

LUB

EnglishLubricantN/A

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

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Commercial Usage: LUB

DomainTitle

Books

  • 1986 Lub. Recommendations & Capacities Booklet (1986 Master Lubrication Handbook Supplement) (reference)

  • Czesko-polska homonimia : Czesko-polski sħownik wyrazâow o identycznym lub podobnym brzmieniu oraz wyrazâow o identycznym lub podobnym zapisie, lecz o odmiennym znaczeniu = éCzesko-polskây slovnâik slov se stejnâym, nebo podobnâym znéenâim, se stejnâym, n (reference)

  • Dziecko a zmianowoâsâc nauki szkolnej : opieka rodzicielska, realizacja potrzeb biologicznych, obowiñazkâow i wartoâsâc wypoczynku ucznia klasy trzeciej ze zmiany rannej lub poħudniowej (reference)

  • Ming Lo Moves the Mountain: Ming Lo Txav Lub Pob Tsuas (reference)

  • Nieuczciwa konkurencja, w szczegâolnoâsci przez wprowadzajñace w bħñad oznaczenie towarâow lub usħug, i âsrodki ochrony w prawie polskim (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Usage Frequency: LUB

"LUB" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "LUB" is used about 4 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
Lexical Verb (base form)75%3202,518
Noun (singular)25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%4N/A

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LUB

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

lub

43

jiffy lub

21

cooler lub oil

17

sergio lub

11

i lub smile ya

7

dub lub

7

lub yczenia

4

lub sams

4

b b b b b b c eastern german lub pointer shorthaired

4

biron lub

4

anal lub

4

lub quick

3

lub sex

2

lub srh.noaa.gov

2

lub mr

2

krakw lub

2

lub uni

2

hy lub

2

jeffy lub

2

c lub sams

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

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Derivations: LUB

Derivations

Words beginning with "LUB": lubber, lubberliness, lubberlinesses, lubberly, lubbers, lube, lubed, lubes, lubing, lubric, lubrical, lubricant, lubricants, lubricate, lubricated, lubricates, lubricating, lubrication, lubrications, lubricative, lubricator, lubricators, lubricious, lubriciously, lubricities, lubricity, lubricous. (additional references)

Words ending with "LUB": blub, club, flub, interclub, nightclub, slub, superclub. (additional references)

Words containing "LUB": blubbed, blubber, blubbered, blubbering, blubbers, blubbery, blubbing, blubs, clubable, clubbable, clubbed, clubber, clubbers, clubbier, clubbiest, clubbiness, clubbinesses, clubbing, clubbish, clubby, clubfeet, clubfoot, clubfooted, clubhand, clubhands, clubhaul, clubhauled, clubhauling, clubhauls, clubhouse, clubhouses, clubman, clubmen, clubroom, clubrooms, clubroot, clubroots, clubs, colubrid, colubrids, colubrine, dissoluble, flubbed, flubber, flubbers, flubbing, flubdub, flubdubs, flubs, indissolubilities, indissolubility. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: LUB

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "b-l-u"
 

+1 letter: blub, blue, blur, buhl, bulb, bulk, bull, burl, club, flub, lube, slub.

 

+2 letters: album, babul, baulk, blubs, blued, bluer, blues, bluet, bluey, bluff, blume, blunt, blurb, blurs, blurt, blush, bolus, boule, bubal, bugle, buhls, build, built, bulbs, bulge, bulgy, bulks, bulky, bulla, bulls, bully, burls, burly, butle, butyl, clubs, flubs, lubed, lubes, plumb, ruble, slubs, slurb, tubal, umbel.

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

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Alternative Orthography: LUB


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

4C 55 42

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    ..-    -...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01001100 01010101 01000010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#85 &#66

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0055 0042

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

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

465536

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Abbreviations
7. Acronyms
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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