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Definition: Gray Area |
Gray AreaNoun1. An intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Gray AreaSynonym: grey area (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gray Area |
| English words defined with "gray area": gray, grey. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "gray area": black body, blackbody ♦ Very high radiation area. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hey Matsu, New York is one big gray area. (Black Rain; writing credit: Craig Bolotin; Warren Lewis) There is no gray area. (Black Rain; writing credit: Craig Bolotin; Warren Lewis) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Superficial spreading melanoma arising from a dysplastic nevus. The 4-by-8-mm, pink-tan lesion with irregular borders at the upper left (arrow) is a dysplastic nevus. Arising from it is an invasive malignant melanoma, with its characteristic blue-black color, notched border, and distorted surface. The gray area at the lower left represents tumor regression. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Bulgaria | The national Government has on some occasions, but not systematically, stopped local governments from enforcing restrictive municipal government decisions, which appear to fall into a gray area of the law. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "gray area"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Dutch | grijze zone-wapens (gray area weapons). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 何方付かず (uncertain, unclear area). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | どっちつかず (uncertain, unclear area). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | aygray areaay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Gray Area" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: grey area. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-g-r-r-y" | |
-2 letters: grayer. | |
-3 letters: array, gayer, yager, yarer. | |
-4 letters: aery, agar, ager, area, eyra, gear, gray, grey, gyre, raga, rage, rare, raya, rear, yare, year. | |
-5 letters: aga, age, are, aye, ear, era, erg, err, gae, gar, gay, gey, rag, ray, reg, rya, rye, yar, yea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-e-g-r-r-y" | |
+3 letters: carriageway. | |
+4 letters: carriageways. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 72 61 79 41 72 65 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01110010 01100001 01111001 00100000 01000001 01110010 01100101 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G r a y   A r e a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0072 0061 0079 0041 0072 0065 0061 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41846791235847167 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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