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Definition: Taxiway |
TaxiwayNoun1. A paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Transportation | A defined path, on a land aerodrome, selected or prepared for the use of taxiing aircraft. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Defined path, on a land aerodrome, selected or prepared for the use of taxying aircraft. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: TaxiwaySynonym: taxi strip (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Taxiway |
| Specialty definitions using "taxiway": day marking ♦ taxi guidance. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Taxiway" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (taxiway). |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Uae | The AD Department of Civil Aviation is working on a major US $600 million expansion program at the AD International Airport, including: second 4,100-metre runway and taxiway; satellite for 18 new aircraft parking stands; 150-room airport hotel with a 9-hole golf course; expanded cargo facilities; extension of the existing airport hotel. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Taxiway" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Taxiway" is used about 13 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% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "taxiway": bypass taxiway ♦ exit taxiway ♦ taxiway light. 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 |
sign taxiway | 11 |
improvement taxiway | 7 |
taxiway light | 4 |
fs2002 sign taxiway | 4 |
taxiway | 3 |
runway taxiway | 3 |
lighting taxiway | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "taxiway"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | طريق تدريج الطائرات. (various references) | |
Chinese | 滑行". (various references) | |
Danish | rullevej, rullebane (guide rail, roadway, running surface, runway, taxi track). (various references) | |
Dutch | taxibaan (taxi track), rolbaan (guide rail, roadway, running surface, runway, taxi track), rijbaan (carriage way, taxi track, travelled way). (various references) | |
Finnish | rullaustie (taxi track). (various references) | |
French | taxiway, voie de circulation (taxi track), chemin de roulement (taxi track). (various references) | |
German | rollbahn (guide rail, roadway, running surface, runway, taxi track). (various references) | |
Greek | τροχόδρομος (taxi track). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gurulóút. (various references) | |
Italian | via di rullaggio, via di circolazione, pista di rullaggio (taxi track). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | axiwaytay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | caminho de rolagem (taxi track), caminho de circulação. (various references) | |
Russian | рулежная дорожка. (various references) | |
Spanish | pista de rodaje (taxi track), calle de rodaje. (various references) | |
Swedish | taxibana. (various references) | |
Turkish | hızlanma pisti (taxi strip). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "taxiway": taxiways. (additional references) | |
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"Taxiway" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Easiway, Taxila. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-i-t-w-x-y" | |
-2 letters: ataxy, await. | |
-3 letters: away, taxa, taxi, wait, waxy. | |
-4 letters: ait, awa, taw, tax, twa, wat, wax, way, wit, yaw. | |
-5 letters: aa, ai, at, aw, ax, ay, it, ta, ti, xi, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-i-t-w-x-y" | |
+1 letter: taxiways. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 78 69 77 61 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- -..- .. .--. .- -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01111000 01101001 01110111 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a x i w a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 0078 0069 0077 0061 0079 |
| 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)54679075896791 |
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