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PRONUNCIATION OF NYCTALOPE

nyctalope  [ˈnɪktəˌləʊp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NYCTALOPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nyctalope 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 NYCTALOPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nyctalope

The Nyctalope is the name of a lesser-known fictional superhero who appears in a book series of novels written by French writer Jean de La Hire, a prolific author of popular adventure series, many of which include science fiction elements. First appearing in 1911, he's the first superhero of the genre, followed by the Japanese Ogon Bat, Superman and Doc Savage in the 1930s and, later again, Batman in 1939. Nyctalope possessed enhanced night vision, special color-shifting irises, and an artificial heart. Nyctalopics - term used in describing the process of cybernetic adaptation.

Definition of nyctalope in the English dictionary

The definition of nyctalope in the dictionary is a person or animal affected by nyctalopia or poor vision when it is dark or there is bad light.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NYCTALOPE


antelope
ˈæntɪˌləʊp
aslope
əˈsləʊp
cope
kəʊp
delope
dɪˈləʊp
dope
dəʊp
downslope
ˈdaʊnˌsləʊp
elope
ɪˈləʊp
envelope
ˈɛnvəˌləʊp
grope
ɡrəʊp
hope
həʊp
interlope
ˌɪntəˈləʊp
lope
ləʊp
microscope
ˈmaɪkrəˌskəʊp
pope
pəʊp
rope
rəʊp
scope
skəʊp
slope
sləʊp
soap
səʊp
telescope
ˈtɛlɪˌskəʊp
upslope
ʌpˈsləʊp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NYCTALOPE

nyanza
nyas
Nyasa
Nyasaland
Nyassa
nybble
NYC
nychthemeral
nychthemeron
nyctaginaceous
nyctalopia
nyctalopic
nyctalops
nyctanthous
nyctinastic
nyctinasty
nyctitropic
nyctitropism
nyctophobia
nyctophobic

WORDS THAT END LIKE NYCTALOPE

airmail envelope
back-of-the-envelope
dry-ski slope
dry slope
escalope
glide slope
manila envelope
manilla envelope
natural slope
pay envelope
Penelope
push the envelope
sable antelope
self-addressed envelope
self-addressed stamped envelope
ski slope
slippery slope
stamped addressed envelope
Trollope
window envelope

Synonyms and antonyms of nyctalope in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nyctalope» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NYCTALOPE

Find out the translation of nyctalope to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nyctalope from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nyctalope» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

nyctalope
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nyctalope
570 millions of speakers

English

nyctalope
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nyctalope
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعشى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

nyctalope
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Nyctalope
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাত্র্যন্ধ ব্যক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nyctalope
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nyctalope
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nyctalope
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nyctalope
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nyctalope
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyctalope
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nyctalope
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nyctalope
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नायटॅलोप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nyctalope
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nyctalope
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nyctalope
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

nyctalope
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nyctalope
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nyctalope
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nyctalope
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nyctalope
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nyctalope
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nyctalope

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NYCTALOPE»

The term «nyctalope» is normally little used and occupies the 148.966 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NYCTALOPE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nyctalope» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nyctalope» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NYCTALOPE»

Discover the use of nyctalope in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nyctalope and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Enter the Nyctalope
Written in 1933, this is the origin story of the greatest of all French pulp heroes. Created by prolific writer de La Hire, it is presented here with three additional short stories also featuring the Nyctalope.
Jean De La Hire, Brian M. Stableford, 2009
2
The Nyctalope Steps in
Also included in this book is a complete Nyctalope chronology by Emmanuel Gorlier.
Jean De La Hire, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, 2011
3
The Nyctalope on Mars
In The Nyctalope on Mars (1911), Leo faces the megalomaniacal Oxus, master of the secret society of the Fifteen, who is plotting to conquer Earth from his secret base on Mars.
Jean De La Hire, Brian M. Stableford, 2008
4
The Nyctalope Vs. Lucifer
Leo Saint-Clair, alias the Nyctalope, was created in 1911 by Jean de La Hire, one of France's most prolific writer of adventure serials.
Jean de La Hire, Brian M. Stableford, 2007
5
Return of the Nyctalope
His adventures, which spanned 30 years, created a template that was later adopted by other pulp and comic-book heroes, and continue today in new stories, of which this is the most recent.
Jean De La Hire, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, 2013
6
Night of the Nyctalope
Sixteen other stories, all written especially for this volume, offer more exciting adventures spanning over a century, from Leo's first exploits against dark mystic powers in 1900 Paris, his adventures as an explorer in darkest Africa ...
Jean De La Hire, Jean-Marc Lofficier, Randy Lofficier, 2012
7
Inventing Iron Man: The Possibility of a Human Machine
1911 and his origin story was described in “L'Assassinat du Nyctalope”—“The Assassination of the Nyctalope”—published in 1933 and recently translated by Brian Stableford and reissued. (In true comic book style, though, Saint-Clair wasn 't ...
E. Paul Zehr, 2013
8
The American Journal of EEG Technology
was believed to be generated by the cone system without detectable rod participation (4-7). Accordingly, flicker ERGs were nondetectable in the rod monochromat (Fig. 2:B, 4) whereas they were well developed in the nyctalope ( Fig. 2:C, 4).
‎1980
9
Human physiology ...
The nyctalope is precisely so situated. His nervous system of sight is so irritable, that, although he can see well in the night, he is incapable of accurate discrimination by day. On the other hand, exposure to intense light renders the sensibility of ...
Robley Dunglison, 1832
10
Niedermeyer's Electroencephalography: Basic Principles, ...
Waveforms in B+C are the algebraic summation of individual traces from rod monochromat (B) and congenital nyctalope (C), respectively. (From Chatrian GE, Nelson PL, Lettich E, et al. Computer assisted electroretinography. II. Separation of ...
Donald L. Schomer, Fernando Lopes da Silva, 2012

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NYCTALOPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nyctalope is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Apple Watch and our cyborg future
It's named after the world's first fictional superhero and one of literature's early cyborgs, the Nyctalope, created by the French writer Jean de La ... «Computerworld, May 15»
2
Happy Wold Newton Day, everybody, and I'll see you next week.
Follow characters like Fantomas, Arsene Lupin, Judex, Irma Vep, Madame Atomos, the Nyctalope, Dr. Omega, Sar Dubonatal, and Dr. Francis ... «Comic Book Resources, Dec 14»
3
Joost Swarte, Marion Fayolle and Brecht Vandenbroucke join 2014 …
... of the co-founders of the acclaimed French graphics and illustration magazine Nyctalope, five issues of which have been published to date. «Comics Beat, Dec 13»
4
'Black Dossier': Alan Moore Outdoes Himself, By Kurt Loder
There were also rival French and German teams, it turns out, among their number the Parisian sociopath Fantômas, the bizarre Nyctalope, the ... «MTV.com, Nov 07»

REFERENCE
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