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Definition: Shifter |
ShifterNoun1. A stagehand responsible for moving scenery. 2. A mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shifter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1631. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A machine(e. g. a tractor)used in shifting a railway track(or conveyor)laterally. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. In bituminous coal mining, a general term for workers who assist brattice men, repairmen, timbermen, and other workers not engaged in the actual mining of coal. (references) | |
Occupations | Supervises and coordinates activities of tunnel construction crew engaged in sinking shafts, boring tunnels, placing tunnel segments, moving shield forward, and excavating in front of shield: Determines spacing, alignment, and depth of blast holes. Verifies that shoring, bracing, and movement of tunnel shield conform to safety regulations. Performs other duties as described under SUPERVISOR (any industry) Master Title. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ShifterSynonyms: gearshift (n), gearstick (n), sceneshifter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Shifter |
| Specialty definitions using "shifter": barrel shifter, BENCH HAND ♦ functional unit. (references) |
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| "Shifter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Shifter" is used about 9 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% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "shifter": barrel shifter ♦ directional phase shifter ♦ phase shifter ♦ scene shifter ♦ track shifter. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "shifter": shape-shifter. | |
| 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 "shifter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | punëtor skene (flyman, grip, scene shifter, stagehand). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сценичен работник (grip, scene shifter, stagehand). (various references) | |
Czech | kulisář (scene shifter). (various references) | |
Danish | rundstyr (rail, shifter rail), Raman-skifter (Raman shifter), irreciprok fasedrejer (non-reciprocal phase shifter), ikkereciprok fasedrejer (directional phase changer, directional phase shifter, directional phase-shifter, non-reciprocal phase-shifter), fasedrejer (phase changer, phase shifter). (various references) | |
Dutch | verschuiver van de ramanlijn (Raman shifter), ramanfrequentieserschuiver (Raman shifter), onomkeerbare faseverschuiver (non-reciprocal phase shifter), niet-reciproke fasedraaier (directional phase changer, directional phase shifter, directional phase-shifter, non-reciprocal phase-shifter), glijstuk (rail, shifter rail), fasedraaier (phase changer, phase shifter). (various references) | |
Finnish | vaiheensiirrin (phase changer, phase shifter), epäresiprookkinen vaiheensiirrin (directional phase changer, directional phase shifter, directional phase-shifter, non-reciprocal phase shifter, non-reciprocal phase-shifter). (various references) | |
French | déphaseur Raman (Raman shifter), déphaseur non réciproque (directional phase shifter, non-reciprocal phase shifter), déphaseur directif (directional phase shifter), déphaseur (phase shifter), coulisseau (shifter rail), axe de fourchette (shifter rail). (various references) | |
German | schlaür Fuchs. (various references) | |
Greek | αλλάσσων. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחלף (changer, commutator, converter). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ravasz személy, kulisszatologató (grip), kikapcsolókar, eltoló, elmozdító, cselszövő (schemer, villain), agyafúrt személy, átváltókar. (various references) | |
Italian | sfasatore Raman (Raman shifter), sfasatore non reciproco (directional phase changer, directional phase shifter, directional phase-shifter, non-reciprocal phase shifter, non-reciprocal phase-shifter), sfasatore direttivo (directional phase changer, directional phase shifter, directional phase-shifter, non-reciprocal phase-shifter), sfasatore (phase changer, phase shifter, phase-changer, phase-shifter), macchinista di scena (scene shifter, stagehand), asta guida (rail, shifter rail), asse di forcella (rail, shifter rail). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 裏方 (lady consort, scene shifter). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うらかた (lady consort, scene shifter). (various references) | |
Manx | shuitelagh (progger), scugheyder (dislodger, evictor, mover, remover). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iftershay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | transformador de fase (phase changer, phase shifter), eixo de deslizamento da forquilha (rail, shifter rail), desfasador não recíproco (directional phase changer, directional phase shifter, directional phase-shifter, non-reciprocal phase-shifter), conversor Raman (Raman shifter), conversor de fase (phase changer, phase shifter). (various references) | |
Russian | рабочий сцены (scene shifter, stagehand). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pozornični radnik (scene shifter). (various references) | |
Spanish | ripador (track shifter). (various references) | |
Swedish | scenarbetare (scene shifter, stagehand), irreciprok fasändrare (directional phase changer, directional phase shifter, directional phase-shifter, non-reciprocal phase shifter, non-reciprocal phase-shifter), fasändrare (phase changer, phase shifter). (various references) | |
Turkish | hırsız (burglar, cracksman, hijacker, housebreaker, larcener, larcenist, lifter, lurcher, picaroon, pilferer, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, thief, yegg, yeggman), dekor değiştirici, değiştici, şalter (circuit breaker, contact breaker, contactor switch, cutoff, cutout, switch). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хитрун (contriver, dodger, slyboots), перевідний механізм. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "shifter": shifters. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "shifter": sceneshifter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "shifter": sceneshifters. (additional references) | |
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"Shifter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Schnitter, Schriften, shaffner, Shaftari, shafte, Shaftel, Shaftoe, sheeter, Shefqet, shefter, Shelfter, shife, Shifford, shifta, shifto, shinter, shister, shitey, shitler, shitter, shofer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shifter" (pronounced shi"fter) |
| 4 | -i" f t er | drifter, lifter, swifter. |
| 3 | -f t er | after, drafter, Hefter, hereafter, laughter, rafter, shoplifter, softer, thereafter, weightlifter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-h-i-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: fetish, firths, fisher, friths, refits, resift, rifest, sherif, shrift, sifter, strife, theirs. | |
-2 letters: feist, fires, first, firth, fresh, frets, fries, frise, frith, frits, hefts, heirs, heist, hires, ither, refit, reifs, rifts, rites, serif, shier, shift, shire, shirt, their, thief, tiers, tires, tries. | |
-3 letters: efts, erst, eths, fehs, fets, fire, firs, fish, fist, fits. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-h-i-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: fighters, freights, redshift, refights, shifters, shiftier. | |
+2 letters: flichters, foresight, fortieths, frightens, frothiest, gearshift, headfirst, ratfishes, redshifts, thurifers. | |
+3 letters: butterfish, driveshaft, etherifies, farsighted, firefights, firelights, firethorns, foresights, frameshift, freighters, frothiness, gearshifts, hardfisted, infighters, redshifted, shipfitter, shoplifter, starfishes, threadfins, thriftiest, thriftless. | |
+4 letters: afterbirths, airfreights, driveshafts, featheriest, featherings, foresighted, frameshifts, freightages, gunfighters, overflights, pathfinders, pinfeathers, pitcherfuls, pitchersful, prizefights, shipfitters, shoplifters, spendthrift, thriftiness, triggerfish, trunkfishes, ultrafiches. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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