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Definition: Sigmoidal |
SigmoidalAdjective1. Of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | S-shaped; shaped like the letter sigma. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: SigmoidalSynonym: sigmoid (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convolution | Adjective: convoluted; winding, twisted; Verb: tortile, tortive; wavy; undated, undulatory; circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine; serpent, anguill, vermiform; vermicular; mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid; sigmoid, sigmoidal; spiriferous, spiroid; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sigmoidal |
| English words defined with "sigmoidal": Sigmoidally. (references) |
| "Sigmoidal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sigmoidal" is used about 6 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% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
sigmoidal | 3 |
function sigmoidal | 2 |
function ph sigmoidal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sigmoidal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | sigmoideum- (sigmoid), sigmoideal (sigmoid). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | sigmodeus (sigmoid), sigmoïed (sigmoid). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | sigmoïdien (sigmoid). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | sigmoidalis (sigmoid), sigmoidal (sigmoid). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | s-alakú, kettős görbületű. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | sigmoideo (sigmoid), sigmoide (sigmoid). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | igmoidalsay sigmoideu (sigmoid). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sigmoidal": sigmoidally. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-i-l-m-o-s" | |
-2 letters: amidols, daimios, dialogs, gliomas, idolism, miladis, misdial, mislaid, sialoid, sigmoid. | |
-3 letters: aiolis, algoid, amidol, amigos, daimio, dialog, dismal, dogmas, dolmas, glioma, gloams, idioms, iliads, imagos, iodism, miladi, sialid, sigloi, solidi. | |
-4 letters: adios, agios, agism, aioli, algid, amido, amids, amigo, dagos, dials, diols, dogma, dolma, domal, gadis, gaols, gilds, gismo, glads, glias, glims, gloam. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-i-l-m-o-s" | |
+2 letters: gadoliniums, sigmoidally. | |
+4 letters: admonishingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 67 6D 6F 69 64 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .. --. -- --- .. -.. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01100111 01101101 01101111 01101001 01100100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i g m o i d a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 0067 006D 006F 0069 0064 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537573798175706778 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, dán, danese, dinamarquês |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, holandês |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, francia, francese, francês |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, német, tedesco, alemão |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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