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Definitions: Pectoral |
PectoralAdjective1. Of or relating to the chest or thorax; "pectoral organ". Noun1. Either of two large muscles of the chest. 2. An adornment worn on the chest or breast. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pectoral" was first used: 1570s. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Botanical | Pertaining to or alleviating conditions of the chest. Acacia, Achyranthes, Allium, Annona, Argemone, Bambusa, Bidens, Calophyllum, Calotropis, Carica, Cecropia, Cedrela, Chiococca, Chrysophyllum, Clusia, Cochlospermum, Cocos, Commelina, Coriandrum, Crescentia, Eclipta, Enallagma, Erythrina, Gossypium, Guazuma, Hibiscus, Hippocratea, Lantana, Lepidium, Linum, Mangifera, Melochia, Moringa, Myroxylon, Ocimum, Pedilanthus, Plumeria, Psychorita, Sesamum, Sterculia, Terminalia, Turnea, Zizyphus. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PectoralSynonyms: thoracic (adj), musculus pectoralis (n), pecs (n), pectoral medallion (n), pectoral muscle (n), pectoralis (n). (additional references) |
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 | The introduction of toxins into the marine environment have drastic effects on the organisms that live there. Close up of a Barred Sand Bass with pectoral fin blunting.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Ayer's Cherry Pectoral : Cures Colds, Coughs & All Diseases of the Throat and Lungs.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Pectoral" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Pectoral" is used about 33 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 90.91% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 33 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pectoral": greater pectoral muscle ♦ pectoral arch ♦ pectoral cross ♦ pectoral fin ♦ pectoral fins ♦ pectoral girdle ♦ pectoral medallion ♦ pectoral muscle ♦ pectoral rail ♦ pectoral sandpiper ♦ pectoral vein ♦ smaller pectoral muscle. Additional references. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "pectoral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zbukurime të gjoksit, i mirë për mushkëritë, i kraharorit, i gjoksit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نافع لأمراض الجهاز التنفسي, صدري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гръдна перка, гръден, нагръдник (bib, dicky, front, jabot, plastron), лекуващ кашлица, лекарство против кашлица, пекторален, добър против кашлица. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prsní štít, prsní, pektorální, hrudní. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pectoralisreflex (pectoral reflex), stribet ryle (pectoral sandpiper), stemmevibration (pectoral fremitus, vocal fremitus), stemmefremitus (pectoral fremitus, vocal fremitus), mediale segmentbronchus (pectoral branch of middle lobe bronchus), mediale bronchus (pectoral branch of middle lobe bronchus), dyb pectoral muskulatur (deep pectoral muscle), bursa subtendinea musculi pectoralis majoris (subtendinous bursa of the pectoral greater muscle), brystfinne (breast fin, pectoral fin), anteriore segmentbronchus (pectoral bronchus of upper lobe of left or right lung), anteriore bronchus (pectoral bronchus of upper lobe of left or right lung). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | middenkwabsbronchus (pectoral branch of middle lobe bronchus), gestreepte strandloper (pectoral sandpiper), diepgelegen borstspier (deep pectoral muscle), bronchus segmentalis medialis (pectoral branch of middle lobe bronchus), bronchus segmentalis anterior (pectoral bronchus of upper lobe of left or right lung), borstvin (pectoral fin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سینه ای(تش.), صدری , درونی (Esoteric, Indoor, Inmost, Innate, Inner, Innermost, Interior, Internal, Inward, Subjective), باطنی (Inmost, Inner, Internal, Intrinsic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pectoral. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Brust... (mammary, thoracic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στηθικόσ (sternal), επιστήθιοσ (bosom), θωρακικόσ (sternal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | של חז". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | melldísz (breast plate), mell-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pettorale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 胸筋 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうき" (one's heart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cleeauagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ectoralpay pectina, músculo peitoral. (various references) purtat de piept, pectoral, subiectiv (partial, subjective, subjectively), muşchi pectoral, expectorant (expectorant), de piept. (various references) грудной (mammary, sucking, thoracic). (various references) pektoralan, grudni (bosomy). (various references) pectoral (pectoral cross), músculo pectoral. (various references) bröstplåt (breastplate), bröstmedicin, bröst- (chesty). (various references) göğüs zırhı (cuirass), göğüs yüzgeci (pectoral fin), göğüs kasları, göğüs hastalıkları ilacı, göğüs hastalıkları için kullanılan, göğüs (booby, bosom, breast, bust, chest, mammillary, mammo-, thorax). (various references) грудний (chesty, mammary, sucking), нагрудна прикраса, нагрудний, ліки від грудних захворювань. (various references) mặc ở ngực, cơ ngực, ở ngực để chữa bệnh đau ngực đeo ở ngực. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Calidris melanotos, pectoralis, RM:rivarel puppengrisch. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pectoral": pectorals. (additional references) | |
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"Pectoral" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Patourel, Pechora, pechoral, Pecora, pector, Petterill, pictoral, picturable, Pictural, precoxal, sectorial, Sectorul. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pectoral" (pronounced pe"kterul) |
| 6 | -e" k t er u l | electoral, sectoral. |
| 5 | -k t er u l | doctoral, postdoctoral. |
| 4 | -t er u l | bilateral, collateral, guttural, lateral, literal, littoral, multilateral, pastoral, trilateral, unilateral. |
| 3 | -er u l | admiral, agricultural, architectural, behavioral, Corporal, countercultural, cultural, doggerel, ephemeral, federal, femoral, funeral, Gen, general, horticultural, humoral, inaugural, intercultural, liberal, mackerel, mayoral, mineral, multicultural, natural, neoliberal, nomenclatural, nonagricultural, numeral, peripheral, pickerel, prefectural, procedural, scriptural, sculptural, structural, supernatural, temporal, unnatural, visceral. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-o-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: caltrop, locater, plectra, polecat, prolate. | |
-2 letters: caplet, capote, captor, carpel, carpet, cartel, cartop, claret, coaler, coater, colter, copter, lector, locate, oracle, palter, parcel, parole, patrol, pelota, petrol, placer, placet, plater, portal, preact, protea, recoal, rectal, replot, toecap. | |
-3 letters: actor, alert, alter, aport, apter, artel, caper, caret, carle, carol, carte, cater, ceorl, clapt, claro. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: acropetal, pectorals, peculator, percolate, precoital. | |
+2 letters: coleoptera, colportage, explicator, grapholect, heptachlor, operculate, peculators, percolated, percolates, percolator, pratincole, replicator, speculator. | |
+3 letters: acropetally, coleopteran, colportages, copperplate, corporately, counterplan, counterplay, counterplea, exculpatory, explicators, explicatory, grapholects, heptachlors, hypocentral, lycanthrope, narcoleptic, operculated, perchlorate, percolating, percolation, percolators, plecopteran, pratincoles, predoctoral, problematic, projectable, prophetical, protectoral, protractile, pterodactyl, replication, replicators, speculators, spirochetal, tropicalize. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 63 74 6F 72 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . -.-. - --- .-. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e c t o r a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0063 0074 006F 0072 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5071698681846778 |
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