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Definition: Rho |
RhoNoun1. The 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rho" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
RHO | English | Rhodesia | Geography |
RHO | French | Rhodésie | Geography |
RHO | German | Rhodesien | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Rho (Ρ ρ) is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a numeric value of 100.
Rho is generally classed as a liquid (together with lambda and sometimes the nasals mu and nu), which has important implications for morphology. It is pronounced similarly to the letter r in languages with a Latin-derived alphabet.
The lower-case letter ρ is used as a symbol for several things:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rho (letter)."
Crosswords: Rho |
| Specialty definitions using "rho": cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein, cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein, Yeast ♦ mass flow rate per unit area ♦ rac GTP-Binding Proteins, Rho Factor, rho GTP-Binding Proteins, rhoA GTP-Binding Protein ♦ Spearman's rho, Stanton number, Stanton's no.. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rho" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (rho). |
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| "Rho" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Rho" is used about 12 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 (proper) | 50% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "rho" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Rho | Last name | 170 | 49,790 |
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Expressions using "rho": Rho Factor ♦ rho GTP-Binding Proteins ♦ Spearman's rho. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "rho": rho-rho, rho-rho-rho, rho-theta. | |
Ending with "rho": Chi-rho. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sigma gamma rho | 221 | inc rho | 5 |
rho | 48 | alpha eta rho | 5 |
sigma gamma rho sorority | 36 | sigma gamma rho sorority incorporated | 5 |
sigma gamma rho sorority inc | 28 | amsterdam hotel in rho | 4 |
chi rho | 28 | sigma gamma rho chant | 4 |
alpha gamma rho | 27 | rho spearman | 4 |
alpha chi rho | 17 | epsilon sigma rho | 4 |
alpha kappa rho | 15 | after letter rho | 4 |
zeta phi rho | 12 | chi omicron rho | 4 |
sigma phi rho | 10 | rho venture | 4 |
kappa delta rho | 10 | chi rho tattoo | 4 |
chi rho symbol | 9 | alpha rho | 3 |
rho hotel amsterdam | 9 | beta rho | 3 |
chi delta rho | 8 | min rho | 3 |
beta rho sigma | 8 | sigma gamma rho paraphernalia | 3 |
rho spearmans | 6 | rho sigma sigma | 3 |
sigma gamma rho art | 6 | famous gamma rho sigma | 3 |
rho sigma | 5 | alpha psi rho | 3 |
lambda phi rho | 5 | chi picture rho | 3 |
chi cross rho | 5 | chi omega rho | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "rho"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Rho,D kvinde, Rho,D, massefylde (density, mass density, mass per unit volume, relative density, specific gravity), densitet (density, mass per unit volume, profusion, relative density, specific gravity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Rho,D, rho, volumieke massa (density, mass per unit volume, relative density), dichtheid (abundance, compactness, consolidation, density, level of compaction, mass per unit volume, optimum density, quality, relative density, sett, specific gravity, state of compaction, tightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rho-theta-suunnistus (rho-theta), rho-rho-suunnistus (rho-rho), rho-proteiini (rho protein), terminaatiotekijä (rho factor), Spearmanin rhoo (Spearman's rho). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rho (Rhodesia), Rh,D, masse volumique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rho,D (D), rho (mass per unit volume, Rhodesia), Masse je Volumeneinheit (mass per unit volume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Rho,d (D), ειδικό βάρος (mass per unit volume, specific gravity, weight density). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Rho,D (D), rho (mass per unit volume), massa per unita'di volume (mass per unit volume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | orhay Rho,d (D), massa volumar (mass per unit volume), massa volumétrica (mass per unit volume). (various references) Rho,d (D), rho (rho factor), masa por unidad de volumen (mass per unit volume), coeficiente rho. (various references) rho-meson (rho meson). (various references) อักษรกรีกตัวที่ 17 (อักษรแทนในภาษาอังกฤษคือ r ). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rho": rhodamin, rhodamine, rhodamines, rhodamins, rhodic, rhodium, rhodiums, rhodochrosite, rhodochrosites, rhododendron, rhododendrons, rhodolite, rhodolites, rhodomontade, rhodomontades, rhodonite, rhodonites, rhodopsin, rhodopsins, rhodora, rhodoras, rhomb, rhombencephala, rhombencephalon, rhombi, rhombic, rhombohedra, rhombohedral, rhombohedron, rhombohedrons, rhomboid, rhomboidal, rhomboidei, rhomboideus, rhomboids, rhombs, rhombus, rhombuses, rhonchal, rhonchi, rhonchus, rhos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rho": airhole, airholes, bachelorhood, bachelorhoods, bacteriorhodopsin, bacteriorhodopsins, barhop, barhopped, barhopping, barhops, brotherhood, brotherhoods, carhop, carhops, cirrhoses, cirrhosis, cirrhotic, cirrhotics, deerhound, deerhounds, diarrhoea, diarrhoeas, fatherhood, fatherhoods, fingerhold, fingerholds, hemorrhoid, hemorrhoidal, hemorrhoidals, hemorrhoids, lederhosen, motherhood, motherhoods, motherhouse, motherhouses, neighborhood, neighborhoods, orthorhombic, overhold, overholding, overholds, overholy, overhomogenize, overhomogenized, overhomogenizes, overhomogenizing, overhope, overhoped, overhopes, overhoping, overhot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rho" (pronounced rō") |
| 2 | r ō" | bro, crow, escrow, fro, grow, outgrow, pro, Roe, row, strow, tarot, throw, Trow. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-o-r" | |
-1 letter: ho, oh, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-o-r" | |
+1 letter: hero, hoar, hoer, hora, horn, hour, rhos, thro. | |
+2 letters: abhor, broth, chiro, choir, chord, chore, ephor, forth, frosh, froth, heron, heros, hoard, hoars, hoary, hoers, homer, honer, honor, hoper, horah, horal, horas, horde, horns, horny, horse, horst, horsy, houri, hours, hover, humor, hydro, ichor, mohur, morph, north, ocher, ochre, ochry, orach, ortho, other, porch, rhino, rhomb, roach, rotch, rough, routh, rowth, shoer, shore, shorl, shorn, short, thorn, thoro, thorp, throb, throe, throw, torah, torch, troth, whore, whorl, whort, worth, wroth, zorch. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 68 6F |
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