ajax
/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.48 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.
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A male given name.
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A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
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A ghost town in Utah.
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An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
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Example Sentences
- "In the legend of the Trojan War, Ajax was king of Salamis and son of Telamon. After Achilles, he was the bravest Greek warrior at Troy. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Ajax engages in many combats for..."
- "In relative terms, the history of Ajax, Ontario, a town twenty-three miles east of Toronto, is short, spanning a little more than half a century. (Interestingly, to me at least, is the fact that the town is the same age as I am.)."
- "An Ajax application eliminates the start-stop-start-stop nature of interaction on the Web by…"
- "Seldom was the missionary more agreeably surprised than when the mail stage which had picked him up from the train at Ajax, Utah, drew up at an old ranch."
- "Once across Spring Creek the branch line turns southeast and then southwest and proceeds toward Ajax, South Dakota."
- "THE road north took us to Ajax, Louisiana, more of a crossroads than an actual town. The RV park sat just a minute or so from the interstate and miles from much else; a saw mill near the highway and a diner across the road were the only..."
Etymology
From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴᾱς (Aíās).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Aiāx, Αἴᾱς