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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Neophilia /nee`oh-fil'-ee-*/ n. The trait of being excited and pleased by novelty. Common among most hackers, SF fans, and members of several other connected leading-edge subcultures, including the pro-technology `Whole Earth' wing of the ecology movement, space activists, many members of Mensa, and the Discordian/neo-pagan underground (see geek). All these groups overlap heavily and (where evidence is available) seem to share characteristic hacker tropisms for science fiction, {music, and {oriental food. The opposite tendency is `neophobia'. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
neophilia | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "NEOPHILIA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ヌ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "nu", established reputation, nail enamel, nail file, nail polish, naked, name, nameplate, name-server, name-space, name-value, naming, native, native speaker, nature trail, navel, navel orange, navy, navy look, Neanderthal, neo, neoclassicism, neocolonialism, neodymium, neoidealism, neoimpressionism, neoliberal, neologism, neologist, neology, neon, neon lamp, neon sign, Neo-Nazi, neopolis, neorealism, neoromanticism, neosugar, style of motorcycle having the engine exposed and visible). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ネオフィリア . (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eophilianay yenilik merakı. (various references) | ||||||||||
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Words beginning with "NEOPHILIA": neophiliac, neophiliacs, neophilias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-i-l-n-o-p" | |
-1 letter: aphelion, phelonia. | |
-2 letters: epinaoi, hipline, opaline, pinhole. | |
-3 letters: alpine, enhalo, eolian, holpen, inhale, penial, phenol, phonal, pineal, pinole. | |
-4 letters: aioli, aleph, alien, aline, aloin, alone, anile, anole, elain, eloin, haole, helio, lapin, liane, lipin, nihil, nopal, olein, opine, paeon, panel, pelon, penal, phial, phone, piano, pilea, pilei, plain, plane, plena. | |
-5 letters: aeon, aloe, anil, elan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-i-l-n-o-p" | |
+1 letter: neophiliac, neophilias. | |
+2 letters: necrophilia, neophiliacs. | |
+3 letters: eosinophilia, epithalamion, inhospitable, necrophiliac, necrophilias, relationship. | |
+4 letters: aminophylline, cephalization, cephaloridine, eosinophilias, heliographing, necrophiliacs, relationships, rhinoplasties. | |
+5 letters: aminophyllines, cephalizations, cephaloridines, epithelization, hyperinflation, interparochial, keratinophilic, philanthropies. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 4F 50 48 49 4C 49 41 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . --- .--. .... .. .-.. .. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01001111 01010000 01001000 01001001 01001100 01001001 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E O P H I L I A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 004F 0050 0048 0049 004C 0049 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)483949504243464335 |
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