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| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | (From sound fixing and ranging). A system of navigation providing hyperbolic lines of position determined by shore listening stations which receive sound signals produced by depth charges dropped at sea and exploding in a sound channel which is at a considerable depth in most areas.This system is used in Project Mercury for locating spacecraft down at sea. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Diagram of possible sound wave paths in water Wave-path O-C-E came close to describing refractive path of sound in SOFAR layer Sound path model developed in 1930's for radio acoustic ranging work Didn't yet understand the channeling effect of the velocity minimum Furthest RAR use was out to 206 miles offshore in 1925. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "SOFAR" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SOFAR" 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 |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "SOFAR": sofar bomb. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
sofar | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SOFAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | sonarsystem (sofar bomb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دستگاه ثبت انفجاردرزیردریا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύστημα ακουστικού ραντάρ (sofar bomb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hangmérés (sounding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ofarsay bomba sofar (sofar bomb). (various references) bomba sofar (sofar bomb). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 11, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Upolabwn de swfar o minaioV legei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Respondens autem Sophar Naamathites dixit |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Answerende forsothe Sofar Naamatithes seide, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said, |
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| Language | Job Chapter 11, Verse 1 |
| Albanian | Atëherë Zofari nga Naamathi u përgjigj dhe tha: |
| Cebuano | ¶ Unya mitubag si Sophar nga Naamathitanhon, ug miingon: |
| Croatian | Sofar iz Naama progovori tad i reèe: |
| Danish | Så tog Na'amatiten Zofar til Orde og sagde: |
| Dutch | Toen antwoordde Zofar, de Naamathiet, en zeide: |
| Finnish | Sitten naemalainen Soofar lausui ja sanoi: |
| French | Tsophar de Naama prit la parole et dit: |
| German | Da antwortete Zophar von Naema und sprach: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian Zofar berkata, "Tidakkah omong kosong itu diberi jawaban? Haruskah orang yang banyak mulut itu dibenarkan? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka disahut Zofar, orang Naamati itu, katanya: |
| Italian | Allora Zofar il Naamatita prese la parola e disse: |
| Korean | 나 아 마 사 람 소 발 이 대 답 하 여 가 로 되 |
| Maori | ¶ Ano ra ko Topara Naamati; i mea ia, |
| Norwegian | Da tok Sofar fra Na'ama til orde og sa: |
| Portuguese | Então respondeu Zofar, o naamatita, dizendo: |
| Rumanian | Yofar din Naama a luat cuvkntul wi a zis: |
| Spanish | Entonces intervino Zofar el namatita y dijo: |
| Swedish | Sofars första tal: I sin fåkunnighet förstår Job icke Guds vishet; om han omvände sig, så skulle allt åter gå honom väl. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SOFAR": sofars. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SOFAR": insofar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: faros. | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: arfs, faro, fora, oafs, oars, osar, soar, sofa, sora. | |
-2 letters: arf, ars, far, fas, for, fro, oaf, oar, ora, ors, ras. | |
-3 letters: ar, as, fa, of, or, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: favors, floras, forams, forays, safrol, shofar, sofars. | |
+2 letters: affords, ausform, factors, farrows, favours, fedoras, flavors, florals, foamers, forages, foresaw, formals, formats, forsake, insofar, loafers, oarfish, orfrays, saffron, safrole, safrols, shofars. | |
+3 letters: afforest, affronts, airflows, airfoils, alforjas, alfresco, ausforms, boarfish, disfavor, fagoters, faitours, fanworts, farinose, farnesol, farragos, favorers, fearsome, fibromas, flavours, floaters, foragers, foramens, forayers, forbears, forearms, forebays, forecast, foremast, forepast, forepaws, foresaid, foresail, forestal, forestay, formants, formates, formulas, forsaken, forsaker, forsakes, forswear, forwards, foulards, frabjous, fromages, frontals, furanose, gasiform, hayforks, isograft, offramps, overfast, profanes, rakeoffs, refloats, saffrons, safroles, scrofula, seafloor, seafront, sforzato, software, surfboat, vasiform, wolframs. | |
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