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Definition: Xi |
XiAdjective1. Being one more than ten. Noun1. The cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one. 2. The 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "xi" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Xi A VLSI design language. ["The Circuit Design Language Xi", S.I. Feldman, unpublished memo, Bell Labs, 1982]. [Mentioned in Computational Aspects of VLSI, J.D. Ullman, CS Press 1984]. (1995-02-03). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Xi (Ξ ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 60.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Xi (letter)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Xi | Dutch | Irriterend | European Union, Chemistry |
Xi | English | Irritant | European Union, Chemistry |
Xi | French | Xi | European Union, Chemistry |
Xi | German | Reizend | European Union, Chemistry |
Xi | Greek | ερεθιστικό | European Union, Chemistry |
Xi | Portuguese | Irritante | European Union, Chemistry |
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Synonym: XiSynonym: eleven (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Xi du zhe (1974) Shuang xi ling men (1970) Cirkeline XI - Højt fra træets grønne top (1970) Apollo XI Landing (1969) You long xi feng (1968) | |
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![]() | The BELGICA anchored at Mount William. In: "Resultats du Voyage du S. Y. BELGICA en 1897-1898-1899 .... Rapports Scientifiques ... Travaux Hydrographiques et Instructions Nautiques" by G. Lecointe, 1903. P. 110. Plate XI. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | Holocentrus ensifer Jordan & Evermann. Type. Ala-ihi. In: "The Shore Fishes of the Hawaiian Islands, with a General Account of the Fish Fauna", by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XXIII, for 1903. Part I. P. 574, Plate XI. Credit: Fisheries. |
![]() | 1. Malaclemmys macrospilota. 2. Malaclemmys pileata. In: "A Revision of Malaclemmys, a Genus of Turtles", by William Perry Hay. P. 20, Plate XI. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Figures 1-10, Mycedium fragile Dana. Figures 11-13, Agaricia agaricites Milne-Edw. and Haime. Siderastraea galaxea Milne-Edw. and Haime. In: "Report on the Florida Reefs", 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate XI. These plates help document the oldest studies of the Florida Reefs. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
![]() | Text accompanying Plate XI. In: "Report on the Florida Reefs", 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate XI. NOAA Central Library Call No. QE565.A263 1880 These plates help document the oldest studies of the Florida Reefs. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. | ![]() | The upper laboratory on the ALBATROSS. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate IV, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | The chart-room on the ALBATROSS. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate V, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | The table sieve and cradle sieve, hopper and tray exposed. In: "Report on the Construction and Work in 1880 of United States Fish Commission Steamer FISH-HAWK", by Lieutenant Zera Luther Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part IX. Report of the Commissioner for 1881. Plate XI, p. 53. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | The ALBATROSS dredging. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate I, p. 111. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | "The cabin." This was the captain's quarters. The individual sitting is Zera Luther Tanner, first commanding officer of the ALBATROSS. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS" , by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate III. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Pope Pius XI | When there is question of saving souls, or preventing greater harm to souls, We feel the courage to treat with the devil in person. |
| Free competition, ... though within certain limits just and productive of good results, cannot be the ruling principle of the economic world. | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The provisions of this Article do not, however, apply to the territories of East Prussia and the Free City of Danzig, as defined in Article 28 of Part II (Boundaries of Germany) and in Article 10o of Section XI (Danzig) of this Part. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was the stupendous architect of a downfall, the successor of Charlemagne, of Louis XI. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | FFP is efficacious for treatment of deficiencies of factors II, V, VII, IX, X, and XI when specific component therapy is neither available nor appropriate. (references) | |
Economic History | India | Opportunities also exists for relaxin, rennin, clot-dissolving agents, insulin, interferons, interleukins and anticancer therapeutics, human growth hormones, erythropoietin, blood factors VIII & XI, urokinase, tissue plasminogen activator, streptokinase tissue necrosis factor. (references) |
Human Rights | Guatemala | Nor was there progress in the disappearance cases of Arnoldo Xi, an indigenous- and peasant-rights activist who reportedly was shot and abducted in 1995; Lorenzo Quiej Pu, a human rights activist who disappeared in 1994; and Juan Jose Cabrera ("Mincho"), the guerrilla commander reportedly captured by the EMP in 1996 while taking part in a kidnaping. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GUILLOTINE, n. A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason. In his great work on Divergent Lines of Racial Evolution, the learned Professor Brayfugle argues from the prevalence of this gesture -- the shrug -- among Frenchmen, that they are descended from turtles and it is simply a survival of the habit of retracing the head inside the shell. It is with reluctance that I differ with so eminent an authority, but in my judgment (as more elaborately set forth and enforced in my work entitled Hereditary Emotions -- lib. II, c. XI) the shrug is a poor foundation upon which to build so important a theory, for previously to the Revolution the gesture was unknown. I have not a doubt that it is directly referable to the terror inspired by the guillotine during the period of that instrument's activity. |
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| "Xi" is generally used as a cardinal number -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Xi" is used about 400 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 |
| Cardinal Number | 100% | 400 | 13,972 |
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Expressions using "xi": Factor XI ♦ Factor XI Deficiency ♦ Louis XI ♦ Pius XI. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "xi": Xi-nu. | |
Ending with "xi": vi-xi, x-xi. | |
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| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
final fantasy xi | 1,807 | fantasy final xi online | 20 |
jordan xi | 252 | fantasy final wallpaper xi | 19 |
minolta dimage xi | 127 | minolta xi | 18 |
xi | 116 | xi computer | 17 |
air jordan xi | 92 | clothing xi | 17 |
dimage xi | 63 | xi an tax services | 17 |
beta fantasy final xi | 61 | air jordan nike xi | 17 |
alpha xi delta | 60 | accelerated graphic xi | 17 |
barbie xi xu yuan | 58 | jordan xi shoes | 17 |
xi an hotel | 52 | beta fantasy final test xi | 16 |
delta omega xi | 43 | fantasy final pc xi | 14 |
ff xi | 42 | fantasy final trailer xi | 13 |
jordan xi retro | 40 | center education region service xi | 12 |
star trek xi | 33 | jordan low xi | 12 |
theta xi | 33 | fantasy final pic xi | 12 |
region xi | 32 | fantasy final screenshots xi | 12 |
sigma xi | 31 | title xi | 12 |
air jordan retro xi | 26 | pius xi high school | 11 |
nu theta xi | 24 | fantasy final movie xi | 11 |
date fantasy final release xi | 23 | ji xi | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "xi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | plasma tromboplastin antecedent (factor XI), koagulationsfaktor XI (factor XI). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | xi (irritant). (various references) | ||||||||||
Finnish | hyytymistekijä XI (factor XI). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | facteur XI (factor XI), facteur Rosenthal (factor XI). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Rosenthal-Faktor (factor XI). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | παράγοντας X1 (factor XI), παράγοντας Rosenthal (factor XI). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | undici (eleven). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ixay factor XI (factor XI). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 10, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Canaan de egennhsen ton sidwna prwtotokon kai ton cettaion |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Chanaan autem genuit Sidonem primogenitum suum Ettheum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Canaan, Cames sunu, gestrynde xi suna, [omitted: Sidonem his frumcennedan sunu, ond Hethæum, |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Chanaan forsothe gat Sydonem, his first gotun, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Canaan also begat zidon his eldest sonne and Heth |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth, |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 10, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Canaan nag-anak kang Sidon nga iyang panganay, ug kang Heth, |
| Chinese | 迦 南 " 長 子 西 " 、 又 " 赫 、 |
| Croatian | Od Kanaana potjeèe Sidon, njegov prvenac, i Het. |
| Danish | Kana'an avlede Zidon, hans førstefødte, Het, |
| Dutch | En Kanaan gewon Sidon, zijn eerstgeborene, en Heth, |
| Finnish | Ja Kanaanille syntyivät Siidon, hänen esikoisensa, ja Heet, |
| French | Canaan engendra Sidon, son premier-né, et Heth; |
| German | Kanaan aber zeugte Sidon, seinen ersten Sohn, und Heth, |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Premye pitit Kanaran se te Sidon. Apre sa vin Et. |
| Hungarian | Kanaán pedig nemzé Czídont, az õ elsõszülöttét, és Khétet. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Anak-anak Kanaan, ialah Sidon, yang sulung, dan Het. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Kanaan beranaklah akan Sidon, yaitu anaknya yang sulung, dan akan Het. |
| Maori | ¶ A whanau ake ta Kanaana ko Hairona, ko tana matamua, raua ko Hete, |
| Norwegian | Og Kana'an blev far til Sidon, som var hans førstefødte, og til Het |
| Portuguese | Canaã gerou a Sidom, seu primogênito, e Hete, |
| Rumanian | Canaan a nqscut pe Sidon, kntkiul lui nqscut, wi pe Het; |
| Russian | пФ иБОББОБ ТП"ЙМЙУШ: уЙ"ПО, ЕТЧЕОЕ" ЕЗП, иЕФ, |
| Swedish | Och Kanaan födde Sidon, som var hans förstfödde, och Het, |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "xi": xiphisterna, xiphisternum, xiphoid, xiphoids, xis. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "xi": amphioxi, maxi, taxi. (additional references) | |
Words containing "xi": abaxial, abaxile, adaxial, admixing, affixial, affixing, aflatoxin, aflatoxins, alexia, alexias, alexin, alexine, alexines, alexins, alkoxide, alkoxides, amoxicillin, amoxicillins, amphimixis, anaphylaxis, anatoxin, anatoxins, annexing, anorexia, anorexias, anorexic, anorexics, anorexies, anorexigenic, anoxia, anoxias, anoxic, antianxiety, antiauxin, antiauxins, antioxidant, antioxidants, antisexist, antisexists, antitoxic, antitoxin, antitoxins, anxieties, anxiety, anxiolytic, anxiolytics, anxious, anxiously, anxiousness, anxiousnesses, apomixis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "xi" (pronounced shē") |
| 2 | sh ē" | banshee, she. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "i-x" | |
+1 letter: fix, mix, nix, pix, six, xis. | |
+2 letters: axil, axis, exit, fixt, ibex, ilex, ixia, jinx, maxi, minx, mixt, nixe, nixy, oxid, oxim, pixy, taxi. | |
+3 letters: admix, affix, auxin, axial, axile, axils, axing, axiom, axion, axite, bemix, calix, cimex, comix, cylix, dexie, dixit, doxie, exile, exine, exist, exits, fixed, fixer, fixes, fixit, helix, immix, index, infix, ixias, ixora, ixtle, kylix, lexis, maxim, maxis, mirex, mixed, mixer, mixes, mixup, moxie, nixed, nixes, nixie, oxide, oxids, oxime, oxims, oxlip, pixel, pixes, pixie, pyxie, pyxis, radix, refix, remix, silex, sixes, sixmo, sixte, sixth, sixty, taxis, toxic, toxin, twixt, unfix, unmix, varix, vexil, vixen, xenia, xenic, xeric, xysti. | |
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