SMITHSON

Meaning of SMITHSON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsmith-sən ]

biographical name

James 1765-1829 British chemist & mineralogist & benefactor of Smithsonian Inst.

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SMITHSON — biographical name James 1765-1829 British chemist & mineralogist & benefactor of ~ian Inst.
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SMITHSON — /smith"seuhn/ , n. James , 1765-1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SMITHSON — n. family name; James Smithson (1765-1829), British scientist who contributed his inheritance to help establish the Smithsonian Institute in 1846 …
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SMITHSON — Smithson BrE AmE ˈsmɪθ s ə n
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SMITHSON — Smithson
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SMITHSON — Smithson
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SMITHSON — Smithson
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SMITHSON — n. Pronunciation: ' smith-s ə n Function: biographical name James 1765-1829 Brit. chem. & mineralogist & benefactor of Smithsonian Inst.
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SMITHSON, ALISON; AND SMITHSON, PETER — born June 22, 1928, Sheffield, Yorkshire, Eng. died Aug. 16, 1993, London born Sept. 18, 1923, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, Eng. in …
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SMITHSON, JAMES — born 1765, Paris, France died June 27, 1829, Genoa English scientist who provided funds for the founding of the Smithsonian …
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SMITHSON, JAMES — (1765-1829) Смитсон, Джеймс Английский химик и минералог. Ни разу не бывал в США, но прославился тем, что завещал все свое имущество …
SMITHSON, JAMES — (1765-1829) Смитсон, Джеймс Английский химик и минералог. Ни разу не бывал в США, но прославился тем, что завещал все свое …
SMITHSONITE — noun Etymology: James Smithson Date: 1856 a mineral that is a carbonate of zinc and constitutes a minor ore of …
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — U.S. research institution. Enabled by the bequest of the English chemist James Smithson (1765–1829), it was established in Washington, D.C., …
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RUSH, RICHARD — born Aug. 29, 1780, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died July 30, 1859, Philadelphia U.S. diplomat. The son of Monroe Doctrine . …
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCULPTURE — Art form, developed in the 20th century, that involves or encompasses the spectator. The environmental sculptor can use any medium, …
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TENNANTITE — ˈtenən.ˌtīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Smithson Tennant died 1815 English chemist + English -ite : a mineral (Cu,Fe) 12 …
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SMITHSONITE — ˈsmithsəˌnīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: James Smithson died 1829 British chemist and mineralogist + English -ite 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMITHSONIAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he …
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SMITHSONIAN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TENNANT — /ten"euhnt/ , n. Smithson , 1761-1815, English chemist: discoverer of osmium and iridium.
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SMITHSONITE — /smith"seuh nuyt'/ , n. Mineral. a native carbonate of zinc, ZnCO 3 , that is an important ore of the …
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — /smith soh"nee euhn/ an institution in Washington, D.C., founded 1846 with a grant left by James Smithson, for the increase …
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BRUTALISM — — brutalist , n. , adj. /brooht"l iz'euhm/ , n. (in modern architecture) the aesthetic use of basic building processes …
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SMITHSONIAN — adj. of or pertaining to the Smithsonian Institution (national institution of learning established in 1846 Washington D.C. through an endowment …
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SMITHSONITE — noun Etymology: James Smithson Date: 1856 : a mineral that is a carbonate of zinc and constitutes a minor ore …
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SMITHSONIAN — noun the smithsonian institution. 2. smithsonian ·adj of or pertaining to the englishman j. l. m. smithson, or to the …
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SMITHSONITE — [smith.son.ite] n [James Smithson] (1856): a mineral that is a carbonate of zinc and constitutes an important ore of zinc
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PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION — a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, with assets provided by donors and managed by its own officials and with income expended for …
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OSMIUM — (Os), chemical element, one of the platinum metals of Group VIII of the periodic table and the densest naturally occurring …
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ENVIRONMENTAL SCULPTURE — 20th-century art form intended to involve or encompass the spectators rather than merely to face them; the form developed as …
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