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Meaning of "nixie" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NIXIE

See nix.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF NIXIE

ˈnɪksɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIXIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nixie is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NIXIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nixie in the English dictionary

The definition of nixie in the dictionary is a female water sprite, usually unfriendly to humans.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NIXIE

asphyxy · boxy · dixie · epoxy · flexi · foxy · galaxy · hydroxy · maxi · methoxy · mixy · moxie · orthodoxy · pixie · pixy · proxy · pyxie · sexy · taxi · tricksy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIXIE

nitwittedness · nitwittery · Niu Tirani · Niu Tireni · Niue · Niuean · nival · nivation · Niven · niveous · Nivernais · nix · nixe · nixer · nixie mail · Nixie tube · Nixon · nizam · Nizam al-Mulk · nizamate

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIXIE

Basse-Normandie · bonxie · chronaxie · cookie · dexie · die · doxie · foxie · hoodie · hottie · ie · jaxie · lie · lingerie · Marie · movie · pie · prexie · tie · vie

Synonyms and antonyms of nixie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nixie» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF NIXIE

Find out the translation of nixie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of nixie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nixie» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

数码
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

nixie
570 millions of speakers
en

English

nixie
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Nixie
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nixie
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

русалка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

ninfa
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জলের ভূত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

nixie
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Nixie
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Nixe
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ニキシー
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

배달 불능 우편물
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nixie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thủy thần
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நிக்ஸிக்கு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Nixie
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

su perisi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

nixie
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Nixie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

русалка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Nixie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Nixie
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

water gees
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nixie
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nixie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nixie

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIXIE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of nixie
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «nixie».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nixie

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIXIE»

Discover the use of nixie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nixie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Biting Nixie
Nitro? Meet glycerin... A Biting Love Novel Punk musician Nixie Schmeling is a hundred pounds of Attitude who spells authority a-n-c-h-o-r and thinks buying insurance is just one more step toward death.
Mary Hughes, 2009
2
The Nixie's Song
The Spiderwick Chronicles leave the old-fashioned charm of New England far behind and head south for some fiendish faerie fun in the hot Florida sun.
Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi, 2009
3
The Nixie's Song
And now, not only has Nick lost his bedroom to his wacky new step-sister Laurie (who lugs around this huge book about faeries) - if that wasn't bad enough - Nick's father actually wants him to spend time with her!
Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black, 2007
4
Boys' Life
PART 1 OF 3 PARTS HEEL, NIXIE," THE boy said softly, "and keep quiet." The little mongrel took position left and rear of his boy, waited. He could feel that Charlie was upset and he wanted to know why — but an order from Charlie could not ...
5
Articles on Vacuum Tube Displays, Including: Cathode Ray ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
6
Operator and Organizational Maintenance Manual Including ...
The nixie display is limited to a maximum error rate of 99 errors per thousand or million bit times. When this limit is reached the OVERFLOW lamp illuminates and the number of errors displayed becomes invalid. The time required to complete ...
‎1990
7
Neon: Isotopes of Neon, Neon Lighting, Nixie Tube, Neon ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
LLC Books, 2010
8
Neon Lighting: Neon Artists, Nixie Tube, Bruce Nauman, Neon ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
9
Articles on Gas-Filled Tubes, Including: Nixie Tube, Neon ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
10
The Horn of Evenwood
At the climax of her rite, the lake erupts in a fury and her dead husband runs out in mortal fear, for he knows what a violation of the natural order this is, and how furious the Nixie will be. The Nixie is all-powerful within the region of the pond, ...
Robin Artisson, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIXIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nixie is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Anniversary - Robert and Naomi Fulgham
They have two daughters and a son-in-law, Nixie Fulgham of Walla Walla and Darla and David Nolan of Touchet; a son and daughter-in-law, ... «Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Jul 15»
2
Linux games market, Nixie Pixel on Tacoma, and more open gaming …
Hello, Linux gaming fans! In this week's edition, we take a look at Introversion Software's views on the market for Linux games, new games out ... «opensource.com, Jul 15»
3
Chihuahua volunteers as nurse to 4 orphaned kittens
What's amazing about Lucy Lu is the fact that the dog never was pregnant, said Nixie Gueits, a Hi Tor board member. “She might be the littlest ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
4
MB&F's audio ode to Star Wars
Those scamps MB&F, whose off-shoot M.A.D. Gallery not long ago gave us a clock using rare Nixie valves, have been creating music-making ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Former NASA tech chief takes startups under his wing
Last month, Kemp joined the board of Scalr, a cloud management company; he was already advising Nixie, a company building a wearable ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
6
Sneak Peek: Nixie, the Drone You Wear on Your Wrist
What It Is: Nixie, the small drone with a built-in HD camera that you wear around your wrist, looks like an oversize watch. But a flick of the arm ... «Men's Journal, Jun 15»
7
Frank Buchwald's Nixie Machine illuminates time at Geneva's MAD …
Frank Buchwald's Nixie Machine, currently on show there, is so nicely ... can still pick up Nixie bulb clock designs, but Buchwald's look different. «wallpaper.com, Apr 15»
8
Is Nixie One Step Further Than GoPro?
A drone that doubles as a wrist band. Nixie is targeted towards rock climbers and is the first wearable that is a wrist band but can also fly off ... «Clapway, Mar 15»
9
Building steampunk clocks from Soviet-era Nixie cold cathode tubes
Vancouver Island artist Kyle Miller has found a new use for an old technology, using Soviet-era​, cold cathode Nixie tubes to build displays for ... «CBC.ca, Mar 15»
10
Blub Uno Clock Displays Time with One Nixie Tube
We've seen our share of Nixie tube clocks, but the Blub Uno is different. This is a clock that displays time with just a single Nixie tube. One tube ... «Technabob, Feb 15»
REFERENCE
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