NEWCOMB

Meaning of NEWCOMB in English

Pronunciation: ' nü-k ə m, ' nyü-

Function: biographical name

Simon 1835-1909 American (Canad.-born) astron.

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NEWCOMB — biographical name Simon 1835-1909 American (Canadian-born) astronomer
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NEWCOMB — ˈn(y)ükəm noun also newcomb ball ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized N Etymology: probably from the name Newcomb : a …
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NEWCOMB — /nooh"keuhm, nyooh"-/ , n. Simon , 1835-1909, U.S. astronomer.
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NEWCOMB — biographical name Simon 1835-1909 American (Canadian-born) astronomer
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NEWCOMB — Newcomb, Newcombe, Newcome BrE AmE ˈnjuːk əm § ˈnuːk- AmE ˈnuːk- ˈnjuːk-
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NEWCOMB — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: New Mexico (NM) Total Population (2000): 387 Total Housing Units (2000): 138 Land …
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NEWCOMB BALL — noun see newcomb
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NEWCOMB, SIMON — (b. March 12, 1835, Wallace, Nova Scotiad. July 11, 1909, Washington, D.C.), Canadian-born American astronomer and mathematician who prepared ephemeridestables …
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NEWCOMB, JOSEPHINE LOUISE LE MONNIER — born Oct. 31, 1816, Baltimore, Md., U.S. died April 7, 1901, New York, N.Y. ne Josephine Louise Le Monnier American …
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SIMON NEWCOMB — Ньюкомб, Саймон
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NEWCOMB'S PARADOX — Парадокс Ньюкома
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NEWCOMB, SIMON — (1835-1909) Ньюком, Саймон Астроном, математик. С 1861 работал в Военно-морской обсерватории [Naval Observatory, U.S.] в г. Вашингтоне. С 1877 разрабатывал новые …
NEWCOMB, SIMON — (1835-1909) Ньюком, Саймон Астроном, математик. С 1861 работал в Военно-морской обсерватории [Naval Observatory] в г. Вашингтоне. С 1877 разрабатывал новые …
37819 — State: TENNESSEE City: NEWCOMB
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12852 — State: NEW YORK City: NEWCOMB
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FERULE — I. ˈferəl noun also fer·u·la ˈfer(y)ələ ( -s ) Etymology: Latin ferula giant fennel, whip, rod for punishment 1. : …
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UNMATERIAL — “+ adjective Etymology: Middle English unmateriall, from un- (I) + materiel, material, materiall material : immaterial , insubstantial their … …
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STAND IN HAND — phrasal chiefly dialect : to be serviceable or advantageous the architect was possessed of a … virtuosity which stood him …
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MIDDLE-CLASS — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: middle class 1. : of or relating to the middle class his unrecognized claim to middle-class status …
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KENTON — /ken"tn/ , n. Stan(ley Newcomb) , 1912-79, U.S. jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader.
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EPHEMERIS — plural Ephemerides, table giving the positions of one or more celestial bodies, often published with supplementary information. Ephemerides were constructed …
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DYNAMICAL TIME — the time scale of dynamical astronomy (celestial mechanics). The orbital motions of celestial bodies subject only to Newton's laws of …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2001: ART-ANTIQUES-AND-COLLECTIBLES
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: ART-ANTIQUES-AND-COLLECTIBLES
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TULANE UNIVERSITY — private, coeducational institution of higher learning in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. It grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through 11 …
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KENTON, STAN — born Feb. 19, 1912, Wichita, Kan., U.S. died Aug. 25, 1979, Los Angeles byname of Stanley Newcomb Kenton American jazz …
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KEAN, EDMUND
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EPHEMERIS TIME — (ET), the first dynamical time scale in history; it was defined by the International Astronomical Union in the 1950s and …
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EASTERN WOODLANDS INDIAN — any American Indian of the largely wooded area stretching easterly across North America from the Mississippi River valley to the …
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BERENSON, SENDA — born March 19, 1868, Butryrmantsy, Russian Empire [near present-day Vilnius, Lithuania] died Feb. 16, 1954, Santa Barbara, Calif., U.S. original …
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HYTIME — Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language: an emerging ANSI/ISO Standard from the SGML Users' Group's Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia (SIGhyper). …
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ПАРАДОКС НЬЮКОМА — Newcomb's paradox
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