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Definitions

Wiktionary

  1. n. At the rate of; per.
  2. n. computing The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address ("at" the domain name).
  3. n. computing, IRC The most common choice of configurable prefix symbol to identify a channel operator.
  4. n. Internet Prepended to the name of the user to whom a remark is addressed.
  5. prep. at a rate of (so much each)
  6. prep. informal, neologism at (any sense)
  7. prep. text messaging Replacing the sounding /æt/ on any word that has this pronunciation or similar.

Etymologies

  1. A cursive variation of ᾱ or ᾱᾱ, the abbreviation of Greek ανα (ana) used in recipes and prescriptions with the meaning "of each", and later extended to accounting. (Other explanations have that it is ā, an abbreviation of Latin ad ("to"), or French à ("to").) (Wiktionary)

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Words with the same meaning

  1. invalid
  2. void
  1. nugatory
  2. useless
  1. empty
  2. cipher
  1. zero
  2. annul
  1. trifling
  2. nonexistent

equivalents (1)

Other words for ‘@’

  1. invalid

same context (15)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. valid
  2. optional
  3. static
  1. numeric
  2. 32-bit
  3. &&
  1. invalid
  2. negligible
  3. multiple
  1. erroneous
  2. integer
  3. Boolean
  1. discrete
  2. binary
  3. unauthorized

rhymes (19)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Hull
  2. Mull
  3. Shull
  1. crull
  2. cul
  3. cull
  1. dull
  2. gul
  3. gull
  1. hull
  2. kuhl
  3. lull
  1. mull
  2. scull
  3. skull
  1. stull
  2. trull
  3. tull
  1. ul

tagging (10)

Words tagged ‘@’

  1. at
  2. at the rate of
  1. atra
  2. commercial at
  1. grisehale
  2. hua a
  1. kissanhäntä
  2. little mouse
  1. quan a
  2. whirlpool

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  • valse arobase in French, see le petit escargot Mar 22, 2009

  • asativum Fascinating; thanks! Jan 21, 2008

  • sionnach Yes. Though there is a fair amount of variation in the definition of a quintal - there were regional variations (between countries) back in the 'olden days' (note deliberate vagueness); nowadays there seems to be a metric version as well, generally bigger than the traditional one.

    arroba is, of course, also just Spanish for the @ sign. Jan 20, 2008

  • asativum You're saying, then, that that @, from the Arab ar rub', is a quarter quintal? Jan 20, 2008

  • sionnach The @, or arroba: a traditional unit of weight in Spain and Portugal, equal to 1/4 quintal. However, the Spanish and Portuguese quintals are of different sizes. In Spain, the arroba equals 25.36 pounds (11.50 kilograms); arrobas of very similar sizes were established in the Spanish speaking countries of Latin America. In Portugal and Brazil, the arroba traditionally equals 32.38 pounds (14.69 kilograms, but in recent years this has been "metrized" to be exactly 15 kilograms). The arroba has also been used as a metric unit equal to exactly 15 kilograms. The name of the unit comes from ar rub', Arabic for "the quarter." The @ sign has been used in Spanish as a symbol for the arroba since the sixteenth century at least. Jan 20, 2008

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‘@’ has been looked up 893 times, added to 7 lists, commented on 5 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word. It's also a palindrome.