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Definition: Overcompensation |
OvercompensationNoun1. (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite. 2. Excessive compensation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Electrical Engineering | The introduction of a higher density of donor atoms into a previously p-type semiconductor(or of acceptor atoms into a previously n-type semiconductor)than the original density of acceptor atoms(or donor atoms). Source: European Union. (references) |
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| "Overcompensation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Overcompensation" 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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "overcompensation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إفراط في التعويض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vykompenzování, kompenzace (compensation, recoupment, reparation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | overkompensation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | overcompensatie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ylikorvaus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | surcompensation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | overcompensatie, ueberkompensation, Überkompensierung, überkompensation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπεραντιστάθμιση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túlkompenzálás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | overcompensatie, sovracompensazione, eccedenza (excess, overbalance, overflow, redundance, redundancy, surplus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overcompensationay sobrecompensaçao. (various references) sobrecompensación, compensación excesiva. (various references) överkompensering. (various references) aşırı telâfi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "overcompensation": overcompensations. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: noncooperative. | |
-4 letters: compensation, compensative, conservation, conversation, cooperations, cooperatives, nonoperative, normotensive, omnipotences, prenominates, provocations. | |
-5 letters: coinventors, compensator, contravenes, cooperation, cooperative, coronations, covenanters, covenantors, enantiomers, enervations, impersonate, importances, noncomposer, noncreative, nonoperatic, nonreactive, nonreceipts, omnipotence, omnipresent, overactions, permeations, personation, personative, prenominate, preventions, prominences, provenances, provocation, renominates, renovations, revocations, venerations. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-m-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: overcompensations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 63 6F 6D 70 65 6E 73 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100011 01101111 01101101 01110000 01100101 01101110 01110011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r c o m p e n s a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0063 006F 006D 0070 0065 006E 0073 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49887184698179827180856786758180 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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