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Martial Art

Definition: Martial Art

Martial Art

Noun

1. Any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport; "he had a black belt in the martial arts".

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

Crosswords: Martial Art

English words defined with "martial art": aikidoKung Futae kwon do. (references)

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Modern Usage: Martial Art

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Martial Art (1991)

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

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Commercial Usage: Martial Art

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dynamic Taekwondo: A Martial Art and Olympic Sport (reference)

  • Taking It to the Street : Making Your Martial Art Street Effective (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

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

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Image Slideshow: Martial Art

Photos:
Martial Art

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Photo Album: Martial Art

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Taigichuan (Tai Chi), a kind of slow-motion martial art, is regarded as a healthy exercise ... / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud..

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Martial Art

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  martial art

4,387

  martial art school

10

  martial art supply

870

  martial art store

10

  martial art weapon

54

  martial art training

10

  martial art equipment

44

  martial art magazine

9

  martial art style

25

  martial art uniform

9

  martial art trick

23

  martial art form

9

  type of martial art

23

  chinese martial art

8

  russian martial art

18

  aikido martial art

8

  martial art movie

18

  martial art gear

7

  best martial art

17

  martial art wallpaper

7

  martial art video

15

  martial art sword

7

  martial art shoes

15

  choosing a martial art

6

  martial art information

15

  century martial art

6

  martial art book

15

  martial art mat

6

  century martial art supply

13

  martial art wepons

6

  martial art photo

12

  most effective martial art

6

  martial art technique

12

  japanese martial art

6

  kung fu martial art

12

  martial art move

6

  martial art clip art

12

  brazilian martial art

6

  different martial art style

11

  israeli martial art

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Martial Art

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

Japanese Kanji 

  

捕り手 (bujutsu, official in charge of imprisoning offenders, policeman). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

とりて (a good practitioner of judo or sumo, an acceptor, bujutsu, official in charge of imprisoning offenders, policeman, receiver, recipient, taker). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

artialmay artay

   

Swedish

  

kampsport. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Martial Art

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-i-l-m-r-r-t-t"

-3 letters: malaria, marital, martial, rattail, talaria.

-4 letters: amrita, atrial, lariat, latria, mitral, ramtil, tamari, tarama, tartar, tatami.

-5 letters: alarm, altar, artal, atilt, atria, attar, laari, lamia, malar, maria, ratal, riata, talar, tamal, tatar, tiara, trail, trait, trial.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-i-l-m-r-r-t-t"
 

+2 letters: extramarital.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Martial Art


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

4D 61 72 74 69 61 6C      41 72 74

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

    

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

01001101 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101001 01100001 01101100 00100000 01000001 01110010 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#114 &#116 &#105 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#65 &#114 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0072 0074 0069 0061 006C      0041 0072 0074

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

476784867567782358486

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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