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Advanced search
- To get a definition use "define:"
- define: fascism
- define: reification
- Use a tilda (~) for synonym words
- solar car ~summary
- Use a minus (-) for words to be excluded
- peanuts -charlie -brown
- Use a plus (+) to insist that a word be included
- +la playa
- Use quotes for the exact phrase. Without the quotes small words are ommitted.
- "by the book"
- "in the pink"
- use an asterisk for a missing word
- "queen of the * dollar
- "like * for chocolate
- "phenomonolgy of *" hegel
- Use "related:" to find a site similar to one you found in a successful search
- related: http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
- Use "allintitle:" to search titles only
- allintitle: reify
- allintitle: banana boat
- Use "allinurl:" to search the url only
- allinurl: banana boat
- Use "allintext:" to search the text only
- allintext: banana boat
- Use "allinanchor:" to search for links to the page only
- allinanchor banana boat
Calculator
- Enter the expression
- 1244 * 33 / 22
- 2 ** 8
- Use standard functions
- sqrt 361
- log 100000
- 12 mod 5
- 5!
- sin 90
- sin (90 degrees)
- Use standard constants
- pi * 2 ** 2
- 1000 * mass of a proton
- 2 * speed of sound
- mass of earth / mass of mars
- mass of sun / mass of earth
- half a cup in teaspoons
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