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Definition: Transplanting |
TransplantingNoun1. The act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location; "the transplant was successful"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for plants". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "transplanting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1865. (references) |
Synonym: TransplantingSynonym: transplant (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Transplanting |
| English words defined with "transplanting": Seed plat, Seed plot, seedbed ♦ transplant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "transplanting": landscaper ♦ tree nursery. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "transplanting": transplant. (references) |
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 | A slide describing the purpose of the eelgrass restoration and its partners. In June 1996 NOAA scientists transplanted 7000 eelgrass plants from Charlestown Pond to ten locations in Narragansett Bay. The project team returned the following September and found mixed results. In June 1997, the team expanded two of the successful sites and employed a new technique by transplanting turf. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A plug of Zostera marina just before transplanting. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The fifth in a series of images showing NOAA scientists at the 1997 transplant site just before transplanting the eelgrass turf. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | The sixth in a series of images showing NOAA scientists at the 1997 transplant site just before transplanting the eelgrass turf. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | The last in a series of images showing NOAA scientists at the 1997 transplant site just before transplanting the eelgrass turf. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | John Catena of NOAA watches the transplant process after handing trays of eelgrass turf to the scientists for transplanting. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | NOAA scientists prepare to receive trays of eelgrass turf for transplanting at one of the sites. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Mark Fonseca, a NOAA scientist Beaufort Lab, takes a break after transplanting eelgrass at one of the transplant sites. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A diver collects eelgrass for transplanting. Eelgrass can't be grown in a laboratory so it must be collected from healthy sites and transported to the. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Bison Transplanting Operation, Big Delta. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |
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Health | Transplanting cord blood stem cells is even newer than transplanting bone marrow, and easier. (references) | |
One technique tested in rats is transplanting Schwann cells glial cells that help myelinate axons in the PNS into the spinal cord after injury. (references) | ||
In one preliminary clinical trial, doctors have begun transplanting fetal pig neurons that produce GABA into the brains of patients to learn whether the cell transplants can help control seizures. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Transplanting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Transplanting" is used about 21 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 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 85.71% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 9.52% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "transplanting": transplanting board. 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. |
| Language | Translations for "transplanting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 移植 (transplant, transplantation, Transplanted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udprikle (drill), udplantning (drill), omprikling (drill), omplantning (drill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitplanten (drill, to plant out, to set out), overplanting (grafting, spare part surgery, transplantation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | koulinta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transplantation (transplant, transplantation), repiquage, dépotage. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verpflanzend, transplantierende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταφύτευση (transplantation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pencangkokan (transplantation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trapianto (graft, transplant, transplantation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 移植 (engrafting, implantation, porting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いしょく (different color, engrafting, entrusting, food and clothing, implantation, livelihood, living, novelty, porting, unique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 이식 (Implanting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ansplantingtray transplantaçao, transplantação (transplantation). (various references) пересаживать (replant, transplant, trans-ship). (various references) trasplante (transplant, transplantation). (various references) inplantering (introduction). (various references) висаджування розсади. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | plantatio, plantationem, plantationibus, plantationis, plantationum. (various references) |
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"Transplanting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: transplantion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "transplanting" (pronounced transpla"nting) |
| 7 | -p l a" n t i ng | implanting, planting, replanting, supplanting. |
| 6 | -l a" n t i ng | slanting. |
| 5 | -a" n t i ng | chanting, decanting, enchanting, granting, panting, ranting, recanting. |
| 4 | -n t i ng | accenting, accounting, amounting, appointing, augmenting, blunting, bunting, cementing, circumventing, commenting, complementing, complimenting, confronting, consenting, counting, daunting, denting, disappointing, discounting, disorienting, dissenting, documenting, experimenting, fainting, fermenting, fingerprinting, flaunting, fomenting, fragmenting, fronting, glinting, grunting, haunting, hinting, hunting, implementing, imprinting, inventing, lamenting, minting, misrepresenting, mounting, painting, parenting, patenting, pinpointing, pointing, presenting, preventing, printing, recounting, reinventing, relenting, renting, repainting, representing, reprinting, resenting, shunting, sprinting, squinting, supplementing, surmounting, tainting, taunting, tenting, tormenting, unrelenting, unstinting, venting, wanting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, annotating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, completing, complicating, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, congratulating, connecting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, firefighting, fitting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fretting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, gloating, graduating, grafting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implicating, importing, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, parachuting, participating, parting, pasting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pirating, pitting, placating, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repeating, replicating, reporting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supporting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, targeting, tasting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unremitting, unseating, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-l-n-n-n-p-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: translating. | |
-3 letters: sprattling, transplant, trapanning. | |
-4 letters: plannings, plantains, plantings, prattling, rattlings, splatting, startling. | |
-5 letters: annalist, aspirant, granitas, graplins, intrants, paganist, partials, partings, partisan, partitas, planning, plantain, planting, platinas, platings, platting, rattails, rattling, sagittal, slanting, slatting, snarling, spanning, sparling, spatting, springal, stagnant, stapling, starling, starting, tannings. | |
| 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. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01110010 01100001 01101110 01110011 01110000 01101100 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T r a n s p l a n t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0072 0061 006E 0073 0070 006C 0061 006E 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
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