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Mountain Climbing

Definition: Mountain Climbing

Mountain Climbing

Noun

1. The activity of climbing a mountain.

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


Synonym: Mountain Climbing

Synonym: mountaineering (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Mountain Climbing

English words defined with "mountain climbing": aerodontalgiabelaying pinvicarious. (references)
Specialty definitions using "mountain climbing": JONAH. (references)

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Modern Usage: Mountain Climbing

DomainUsage

Clever

Ulcers are something you get from mountain climbing over molehills. (references; author: unknown)

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

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Commercial Usage: Mountain Climbing

DomainTitle

Books

  • A History of Mountain Climbing (reference)

  • The Complete Beginner's Guide to Mountain Climbing (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: Mountain Climbing

Photos:
Mountain Climbing

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Computer Images:
Mountain Climbing

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Photo Album: Mountain Climbing

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Mountain climbing (stumbling?) in the White Pass area Off of WESTDAHL. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mountain Climbing

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Nepal

With eight of the world's 10 highest mountain peaks--including Mt. Everest at 8,800 m (29,000 ft)-- hiking, mountain climbing, and other tourism is growing. (references)

Tanzania

Some of the tourist opportunities offered by Tanzania include game viewing, safari and beach holidays, mountain climbing, site seeing, hunting and photographic safaris. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mountain Climbing

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

mountain climbing

6,631

mountain climbing gear

617

mountain climbing equipment

22

mountain climbing helmet

21

mountain climbing picture

17

mountain climbing photo

10

mountain climbing and mt everest

7

mountain climbing rope

4

pic of mountain climbing

4

mountain climbing school

4

mountain climbing supply

3

mountain climbing training

3

mountain climbing expedition

3

mountain climbing boot

3

mountain climbing shoes

2

mountain climbing guide

2

mountain climbing magazine

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

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Modern Translation: Mountain Climbing

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

Bulgarian 

  

планинарство (alpinism, mountaineering). (various references)

   

German

  

bergsteigen (climbing, mountaineer, mountaineering, to traverse). (various references)

   

Italian

  

alpinismo (alpinism, climbing, go mountain climbing, mountaineering). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

山登り (mountaineering). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

やまのぼり (mountaineering). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ountainmay imbingclay

   

Russian 

  

альпинизм (mountaineering). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alpinismo (alpinism, climbing, go mountain climbing, mountaineering). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Mountain Climbing

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Eucalyptus regnans, Felis jacobita, Lepus timidus, Phaseolus vulgaris var.vulgaris, Pinus montana, Pinus mugo, Pinus mugo turra, RM:lieur delle nevi, Sorbus aucuparia, Ulmus campestris L., Ulmus glabra, Ulmus montana With., Ulmus scabra Mill.. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Mountain Climbing

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-g-i-i-i-l-m-m-n-n-n-o-t-u"

-4 letters: umbilication.

-5 letters: ambitioning, comminuting, culminating, culmination, inclination, inoculating, munitioning, outclimbing.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Mountain Climbing


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

4D 6F 75 6E 74 61 69 6E      43 6C 69 6D 62 69 6E 67

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

    

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

01001101 01101111 01110101 01101110 01110100 01100001 01101001 01101110 00100000 01000011 01101100 01101001 01101101 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#111 &#117 &#110 &#116 &#97 &#105 &#110 &#32 &#67 &#108 &#105 &#109 &#98 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 006F 0075 006E 0074 0061 0069 006E      0043 006C 0069 006D 0062 0069 006E 0067

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

478187808667758023778757968758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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