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MICROMANIPULATOR

Specialty Definition: MICROMANIPULATOR

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

A mechanical arrangement that enables large movements to be transposed into small movements of a similar kind, making it possible to manipulate processes necessary for the fabrication of semiconductor devices. Source: European Union. (references)

Information Technology

A high precision instrument used in microinjection or chromosome dissection activities. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Photo Album: MICROMANIPULATOR

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Divers adjust micromanipulator used to sample close to coral heads. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

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

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Usage Frequency: MICROMANIPULATOR

"MICROMANIPULATOR" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "MICROMANIPULATOR" is used about 2 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
Noun (singular)100%2245,945

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MICROMANIPULATOR

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

micromanipulator

13

micromanipulator used

2

clamp micromanipulator patch

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

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Modern Translation: MICROMANIPULATOR

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

Danish

  

mikromanipulator. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

micro-manipulator. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

mikrokäsittelylaite. (various references)

   

French

  

micromanipulateur. (various references)

   

German

  

Mikromanipulator. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μικροχειριστής. (various references)

   

Italian

  

micromanipolatore. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

icromanipulatormay

   

Portuguese

  

micromanipulador. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

micromanipulador. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

mikromanipulator. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: MICROMANIPULATOR

Derivations

Words beginning with "MICROMANIPULATOR": micromanipulators. (additional references)

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

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Anagrams: MICROMANIPULATOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-m-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-t-u"

-4 letters: proclamation.

-5 letters: calumniator, compilation, intraocular, lacrimation, manipulator, matrimonial, patrimonial, procuration, puritanical.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-i-l-m-m-n-o-o-p-r-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: micromanipulators.

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

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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Usage Frequency
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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