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Motor Torpedo Boat

Definition: Motor Torpedo Boat

Motor Torpedo Boat

Noun

1. A small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(ropeller) T(orpedo) boat.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Motor Torpedo Boat

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Military & Defense

A high speed 60 to 100 ft motorboat mounting two or four torpedo tubes and antiaircraft machine guns and equipped with depth cahrges. . . called also --, --. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Synonyms: Motor Torpedo Boat

Synonyms: mosquito boat (n), mosquito craft (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Motor Torpedo Boat

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Books

  • The Fairmile 'd' Motor Torpedo Boat (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: Motor Torpedo Boat

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Running at high speed, during exercises off the U.S. East Coast with other units of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five, 12 July 1942. Credit: NAVY.

Underway with other units of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five, during maneuvers off the U.S. East Coast, 12 July 1942. Credit: NAVY.

Maneuvering off the U.S. East Coast with other units of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five, 12 July 1942. Credit: NAVY.

Leads other units of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five during exercises off the U.S. East Coast, 12 July 1942. Credit: NAVY.

Operating in the Central Solomon Islands with other PT boats from the Rendova motor torpedo boat base, January 1944. Credit: NAVY.

Seated on board a motor torpedo boat (PT) in the Leyte-Samar area, Philippine Islands, 1945. Credit: NAVY.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Motor Torpedo Boat

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

motor torpedo boat

13
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Modern Translation: Motor Torpedo Boat

Language Translations for "motor torpedo boat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

vedette-torpilleur (mosquito boat), vedette rapide (mosquito boat), vedette lance-torpilles (mosquito boat), vedette de combat (mosquito boat). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otormay orpedotay oatbay

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Anagrams: Motor Torpedo Boat

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-m-o-o-o-o-o-p-r-r-t-t-t"

-5 letters: motorboater.

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Alternative Orthography: Motor Torpedo Boat


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

4D 6F 74 6F 72      54 6F 72 70 65 64 6F      42 6F 61 74

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

        

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

01001101 01101111 01110100 01101111 01110010 00100000 01010100 01101111 01110010 01110000 01100101 01100100 01101111 00100000 01000010 01101111 01100001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#116 &#111 &#114 &#32 &#84 &#111 &#114 &#112 &#101 &#100 &#111 &#32 &#66 &#111 &#97 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0074 006F 0072      0054 006F 0072 0070 0065 0064 006F      0042 006F 0061 0074

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

4781868184254818482717081236816786

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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