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Definitions: Semirigid |
SemirigidAdjective1. (aeronautics) having a form maintained by a rigid keel-like structure as well as by internal gas pressure. 2. Not fully rigid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Rigid and semirigid cystoscopes. (references) | |
Surgical procedures, in which an inflatable or semirigid device is implanted in the penis, offer a more permanent solution. (references) | ||
One variation of the vacuum device involves a semirigid rubber sheath that is placed on the penis and remains there after attaining erection and during intercourse. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Semirigid" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Semirigid" 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "semirigid"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | полутвърд (semi-hard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | napùl ohebný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stiv tand med sikkerhedsfjeder (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verend bevestigde stijve tand (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | plastique semi-rigide (semirigid plastic, semi-rigid plastic), dent semi-rigide (semirigid tine), dent rigide ressort (semirigid tine), dent escamotable ressort (semirigid tine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | halbstarrer Zinken (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine), geferderter Zinken (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine), Arnszinken (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άκαμπτο δόντι με ελατήριο (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tubazione flessibile (semirigid hose), dente semirigido (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine), dente schivabile a molla (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine), dente rigido con attacco a molla (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine), dente rigido a molla (semirigid tine, spring loaded rigid tine, spring loaded tine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emirigidsay semi-rígido. (various references) полужесткий. (various references) polučvrst. (various references) semirrígido. (various references) yarı sert. (various references) напівжорсткий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dirigisme. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-i-i-i-m-r-s" | |
-3 letters: dermis, dimers, dirges, grides, grimed, grimes, imides, irides, irised, midges, ridges, smidge. | |
-4 letters: deism, derms, dimer, dimes, dirge, disme, dregs, dries, emirs, germs, girds, gride, grids, grime, imide, imids, irids, medii, midge, midis, mired, mires, miser, resid, rides, ridge, rigid, rimed, rimes, sired. | |
-5 letters: derm, dies, digs, dime, dims, dire, dreg, egis, emir. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-i-i-i-m-r-s" | |
+1 letter: dirigismes. | |
+3 letters: misdirecting. | |
+4 letters: administering, misdescribing. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110010 01101001 01100111 01101001 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e m i r i g i d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006D 0069 0072 0069 0067 0069 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537179758475737570 |
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