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Underframe

Definition: Underframe

Underframe

Noun

1. The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Underframe

DomainDefinitions

Mechanical Engineering

Assembly of which the principal components are: (1) the bottom longitudinal members, (2) the two bottom end members (3) the floor, and (4) possibily, the cross members. Source: European Union. (references)

Transportation

The structural members of a vehicle which carry the vehicle cab and to which undercarriages and undercar equipment is attached. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Underframe

Synonyms: frame (n), skeleton (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: base (mechanical engineering, engineering & technology).

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Crosswords: Underframe

Specialty definitions using "underframe": INSTALLER, METAL FLOORING, INSTALLER, MOVABLE BULKHEADself-dumping cartoeboard. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Underframe

"Underframe" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Underframe" is used about 29 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2964,444

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Underframe

Language Translations for "underframe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vogn med støddæmpende kobling (cushion car, cushioned underframe car), jernbanevognrammme (chassis, underframe ( of a railway carriage )), chassis af profiljern (bar frame, bar underframe, sectional frame, sectional underframe). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wagen met schokdempende koppeling (cushion car, cushioned underframe car), stavenframe (bar frame, bar underframe, sectional frame, sectional underframe), onderstel (bed, chassis, frame, mounted axle, mounted wheels on axle, undercarriage, underframe ( of a railway carriage ), wheels on axle). (various references)

   

French

  

wagon attelage souple (cushioned underframe car), châssis en profilés (bar underframe, sectional underframe), châssis en barres (bar underframe, sectional underframe), châssis (undercarriage), base marchante (walking undercarriage, walking underframe, walking unit). (various references)

   

German

  

Untergestell. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πλαίσιο με μπάρες με πρότυπες διατομές (bar frame, bar underframe, sectional frame, sectional underframe), φορτηγό με εύκαμπτη ζεύξη (cushion car, cushioned underframe car), φορτηγό με ελαστική σύνδεση (cushion car, cushioned underframe car). (various references)

   

Italian

  

telaio a profilati (bar frame, bar underframe, sectional frame, sectional underframe), telaio a barre (bar frame, bar underframe, sectional frame, sectional underframe), telaio (casing, chassis, frame, loom, tambour), chassis (chassis), carro con aggancio flessibile (cushion car, cushioned underframe car). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erframeunday

   

Russian 

  

шасси (carriage, chassis, chassises, landing gear, undercarriage). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vagón con enganche elástico (cushion car, cushioned underframe car), bastidor de perfiles laminados (bar frame, bar underframe, sectional frame, sectional underframe), bastidor de perfiles (bar frame, bar underframe, sectional frame, sectional underframe). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Underframe

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-m-n-r-r-u"

-1 letter: maunderer.

-2 letters: enframed, freedman, reframed, refunder, underarm, unfeared, unframed, unmarred.

-3 letters: amender, defamer, demurer, dreamer, duramen, eardrum, enframe, fraenum, freeman, manured, manurer, maunder, meander, rearmed, redream, reedman, reframe, renamed, unarmed, unfreed.

-4 letters: armure, damner, darner, deafen, deafer, dearer, defame, demean, demure, earned, earner, endear, endure, enured, errand, farmed, farmer, feared, fearer, fender, ferrum, framed.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-f-m-n-r-r-u"
 

+4 letters: remanufactured.

 

+5 letters: premanufactured.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Underframe


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 64 65 72 66 72 61 6D 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..-    -.    -..    .    .-.    ..-.    .-.    .-    --    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 01100110 01110010 01100001 01101101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#85 &#110 &#100 &#101 &#114 &#102 &#114 &#97 &#109 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0064 0065 0072 0066 0072 0061 006D 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

55807071847284677971

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Underframe"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, датский, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, голландский, holandés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, французский, francés

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiontysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, немецкий, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, греческий, грек, griego

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский

Russian

трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение, словарь, определениеrusser, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, русский, ruso

Spanish

traducción, diccionario, definiciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, испанский, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, английский, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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