PICCARD

Meaning of PICCARD in English

Function: biographical name

Jacques (-Ernest-Jean) 1922- son of prec. Swiss (Belg.-born) oceanographer

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PICCARD — I. biographical name Auguste 1884-1962 Swiss physicist, II. biographical name Jacques (-Ernest-Jean) 1922- son of preceding Swiss (Belgian-born) oceanographer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PICCARD — Fr. /pee kannrdd"/ , n. 1. Auguste Fr. /oh gyuust"/ , 1884-1962, Swiss physicist, aeronaut, inventor, and deep-sea explorer: designer …
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PICCARD — I. pi-ˈkär, -ˈkärd biographical name Auguste 1884-1962 Swiss physicist II. biographical name Jacques (-Ernest-Jean) 1922- son of preceding Swiss (Belgian-born) …
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PICCARD — Pronunciation: pi- ' kär, - ' kärd Function: biographical name Auguste 1884-1962 Swiss physicist
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PICCARD, AUGUSTE — born Jan. 28, 1884, Basel, Switz. died March 24, 1962, Lausanne Swiss-born Belgian physicist and balloon and undersea explorer. He …
Английский словарь Британика
PICCARD, JEAN-FELIX — born Jan. 28, 1884, Basel died Jan. 28, 1963, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S. Swiss-born American chemical engineer and balloonist who conducted …
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PICCARD, JACQUES (-ERNEST-JEAN) — born July 28, 1922, Brussels Swiss oceanic engineer, economist, and physicist, who helped his father, Auguste Piccard, build the bathyscaphe …
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PICCARD, AUGUSTE — born Jan. 28, 1884, Basel, Switz. died March 24, 1962, Lausanne Swiss-born Belgian physicist notable for his exploration of both …
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PICCARD, AUGUSTE — born Jan. 28, 1884, Basel, Switz. died March 24, 1962, Lausanne Swiss-born Belgian physicist and balloon and undersea explorer. He …
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AUGUSTE PICCARD — Пикар, Огюст
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BALLOONING — Flying in a balloon in competition or for recreation. Sport ballooning began in the early 20th century and became popular …
Английский словарь Британика
BALLOON — Large airtight bag filled with hot air or a lighter-than-air gas such as helium or hydrogen that can rise and …
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AUGUSTE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Atget Jean Eugène Auguste Barrès Auguste Maurice Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Blanqui Louis– Auguste Bourgeois …
Английский словарь Британика
BATHYSCAPHE — /bath"euh skayf', -skaf'/ , n. Oceanog. a navigable, submersible vessel for exploring the depths of the ocean, having a separate, …
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UNDERSEA EXPLORATION — the investigation and description of the ocean waters and the seafloor and of the Earth beneath. Additional reading The classical …
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MESOSCAPHE — diving vessel built by the Swiss scientist Jacques Piccard that suspended itself automatically at predetermined depths. The first mesoscaphe was …
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BATHYSCAPHE — navigable diving vessel developed by the Swiss educator and scientist Auguste Piccard (with assistance in later years from his son …
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BALLOONING — Hot-air balloons in the 1965 U.S. National Championship balloon races at Reno, Nevada. unpowered balloon flight in competition or for …
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BALLOON — Ascent of a Piccard balloon large airtight bag filled with hot air or a lighter-than-air gas, such as helium or …
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TRIESTE — bathyscaphe (q.v.) launched by Auguste Piccard in 1953. ancient (Latin) Tergeste, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian Trst, German Triest city and capital …
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MARIANA TRENCH — submarine trench in the floor of the western North Pacific Ocean, situated east of the Mariana Islands. It is the …
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DIETZ, ROBERT S. — born Sept. 14, 1914, Westfield, N.J., U.S. died May 19, 1995, Tempe, Ariz. in full Robert Sinclair Dietz American geophysicist …
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CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA — city and episcopal see, Napoli provincia, Campania regione, southern Italy. It lies in the southeast angle of the Bay of …
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BATHYSCAPHE — n. Navigable diving vessel developed by Auguste Piccard (assisted by his son Jacques), designed to reach great depths in the …
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BALLOONING — n. Flying in a balloon in competition or for recreation. Sport ballooning began in the early 20th century and became …
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BALLOON — n. Large airtight bag filled with hot air or a lighter-than-air gas such as helium or hydrogen that can rise …
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AUGUSTE — n. Atget Jean Eugène Auguste Barrès Auguste Maurice Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Blanqui Louis Auguste Bourgeois Léon Victor Auguste Caillaux Joseph …
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INVENTOR
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ENGINEER — n. 25B6; noun a structural engineer : designer, planner, builder. See list. the ship's engineer : OPERATOR, driver, controller. the …
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ПИКАР, ОГЮСТ — Auguste Piccard
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
ОГЮСТ ПИКАР — Auguste Piccard
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ПИКАР — (Piccard), братья-близнецы Огюст (Auguste) (1884-1962) и Жан Феликс (Jean Felix) (1884-1963), швейцарские ученые. Родились 28 января 1884 в Лютри (кантон …
Русский словарь Colier

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