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Definition: Pyxis |
PyxisNoun1. Fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released. 2. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia. 3. A small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Pyxis \Pyx*is\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | (= Malus) (Abbreviation Pyx, Pyxi). See constellation.Back to Table of Contents. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Pyxis (the compass) is a minor southern constellation introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille under the name Pyxis Nautica. It is perhaps supposed to represent the compass of Argo Navis, though the Argo could hardly have had a compass, as the ancient Greeks are not believed to have used compasses for navigation.
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Synonym: PyxisSynonym: pyxidium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pyxis |
| English words defined with "pyxis": Argo. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pyxis": Pyx, Pyxi. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica / Sidy. Hall, sculpt. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Pyxis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Pyxis" is used about 3 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) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
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| 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 |
pyxis | 103 |
corporation pyxis | 6 |
genomics pyxis | 3 |
pyxis system | 2 |
corp pyxis | 2 |
medstation pyxis | 2 |
pyxis sony | 2 |
communication pyxis | 2 |
cardinal.com pyxis | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "pyxis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | семенна кутийка с капаче, антична кутийка, антична вазичка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 羅針盤座 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | らし"ば"ざ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yxispay porta-jóias (jewelry box), estojo (boxing, case, casket, holder, kit, set, socket). (various references) вертлюжна ямка (pyx). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pyxis" (pronounced pi"ksi's) |
| 4 | -k s i' s | lexis, praxis. |
| 3 | -s i' s | asbestosis, basis, Cassis, electrophoresis, emphasis, endometriosis, lysis, oasis, osmosis, osteoporosis, paralysis, parenthesis, pertussis, sepsis, Telesis. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-p-s-x-y" | |
-1 letter: pixy, yips. | |
-2 letters: pis, pix, psi, pyx, sip, six, spy, xis, yip. | |
-3 letters: is, pi, si, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-p-s-x-y" | |
+1 letter: pyxies. | |
+2 letters: pixyish, pyxides. | |
+3 letters: asphyxia, hypoxias, oxyphils, phylaxis, pyrexias, sixpenny. | |
+4 letters: asphyxias, asphyxies, hypotaxis, oxyphiles. | |
+5 letters: asphyxiate, epicalyxes, expository, hypoxemias, phylaxises, polymyxins, pyridoxals, pyroxylins. | |
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