English Dictionary: Edward Goldenberg Robinson |
by the
DICT Development Group |
Eadweard Muybridge
n 1: United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his
pictures of running horses taken with a series of still
cameras (born in England) (1830-1904) [syn: {Muybridge},
{Eadweard Muybridge}, {Edward James Muggeridge}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edouard Lemaitre
- n
- Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the
origin of the universe (1894-1966)
Synonym(s): Lemaitre, Georges Henri Lemaitre, Edouard Lemaitre
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edouard Manet
- n
- French painter whose work influenced the impressionists
(1832-1883)
Synonym(s): Manet, Edouard Manet
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edouard Vuillard
- n
- French painter (1868-1940) [syn: Vuillard, {Edouard
Vuillard}, Jean Edouard Vuillard]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Eduard Buchner
- n
- German organic chemist who studied alcoholic fermentation
and discovered zymase (1860-1917)
Synonym(s): Buchner, Eduard Buchner
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward
- n
- King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis
Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
- King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VII, Albert Edward
- King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VI
- King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward V
- King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward IV
- son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward III
- King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward II
- King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward I
- third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)
Synonym(s): Edward, Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis
- son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)
Synonym(s): Edward, Black Prince
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Albee
- n
- United States dramatist (1928-) [syn: Albee, {Edward
Albee}, Edward Franklin Albeen]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Antony Richard Louis
- n
- third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) [syn: Edward,
Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Appleton
- n
- English physicist remembered for his studies of the
ionosphere (1892-1966)
Synonym(s): Appleton, Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Benjamin Britten
- n
- major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his
operas (1913-1976)
Synonym(s): Britten, Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Bouverie Pusey
- n
- English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John
Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)
Synonym(s): Pusey, Edward Pusey, Edward Bouverie Pusey
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Calvin Kendall
- n
- United States biochemist who discovered cortisone
(1886-1972)
Synonym(s): Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward D. White
- n
- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United
States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
Synonym(s): White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Douglas White Jr.
- n
- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United
States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
Synonym(s): White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Durell Stone
- n
- United States architect (1902-1978) [syn: Stone, {Edward
Durell Stone}]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Estlin Cummings
- n
- United States writer noted for his typographically
eccentric poetry (1894-1962)
Synonym(s): cummings, e. e. cummings, Edward Estlin Cummings
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Everett Hale
- n
- prolific United States writer (1822-1909) [syn: Hale,
Edward Everett Hale]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Fitzgerald
- n
- English poet remembered primarily for his free translation
of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883)
Synonym(s): Fitzgerald, Edward Fitzgerald
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Franklin Albeen
- n
- United States dramatist (1928-) [syn: Albee, {Edward
Albee}, Edward Franklin Albeen]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward G. Robinson
- n
- United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles
(1893-1973)
Synonym(s): Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
- n
- English writer of historical romances (1803-1873) [syn:
Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Gibbon
- n
- English historian best known for his history of the Roman
Empire (1737-1794)
Synonym(s): Gibbon, Edward Gibbon
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Goldenberg Robinson
- n
- United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles
(1893-1973)
Synonym(s): Robinson, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Henry Harriman
- n
- United States railway tycoon (1848-1909) [syn: Harriman,
E. H. Harriman, Edward Henry Harriman]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward I
- n
- King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales
(1239-1307)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward I
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward II
- n
- King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was
defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward II
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward III
- n
- son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his
claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward III
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward IV
- n
- King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483;
was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward IV
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward James Hughes
- n
- English poet (born in 1930) [syn: Hughes, Ted Hughes,
Edward James Hughes]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward James Muggeridge
- n
- United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his
pictures of running horses taken with a series of still cameras (born in England) (1830-1904)
Synonym(s): Muybridge, Eadweard Muybridge, Edward James Muggeridge
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Jean Steichen
- n
- United States photographer who pioneered artistic
photography (1879-1973)
Synonym(s): Steichen, Edward Jean Steichen
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Jenner
- n
- English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner
inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823)
Synonym(s): Jenner, Edward Jenner
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Kendall
- n
- United States biochemist who discovered cortisone
(1886-1972)
Synonym(s): Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Kennedy Ellington
- n
- United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader
(1899-1974)
Synonym(s): Ellington, Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Lawrie Tatum
- n
- United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by
regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)
Synonym(s): Tatum, Edward Lawrie Tatum
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Lear
- n
- British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
Synonym(s): Lear, Edward Lear
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Lee Thorndike
- n
- United States educational psychologist (1874-1949) [syn:
Thorndike, Edward Lee Thorndike]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward MacDowell
- n
- United States composer best remembered as a composer of
works for the piano (1860-1908)
Synonym(s): MacDowell, Edward MacDowell
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Morley
- n
- United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with
Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
Synonym(s): Morley, E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Osborne Wilson
- n
- United States entomologist who has generalized from social
insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
Synonym(s): Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Pusey
- n
- English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John
Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882)
Synonym(s): Pusey, Edward Pusey, Edward Bouverie Pusey
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward R. Murrow
- n
- United States broadcast journalist remembered for his
reports from London during World War II (1908-1965)
Synonym(s): Murrow, Edward R. Murrow, Edward Roscoe Murrow
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Roscoe Murrow
- n
- United States broadcast journalist remembered for his
reports from London during World War II (1908-1965)
Synonym(s): Murrow, Edward R. Murrow, Edward Roscoe Murrow
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Sapir
- n
- anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North
American Indians (1884-1939)
Synonym(s): Sapir, Edward Sapir
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Teach
- n
- an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the
Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
Synonym(s): Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Teller
- n
- United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the
first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)
Synonym(s): Teller, Edward Teller
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Thatch
- n
- an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the
Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718)
Synonym(s): Teach, Edward Teach, Thatch, Edward Thatch, Blackbeard
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward the Confessor
- n
- son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to
1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066)
Synonym(s): Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward the Elder
- n
- king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes
made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward the Martyr
- n
- King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged
for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)
Synonym(s): Edward the Martyr, Saint Edward the Martyr, St. Edward the Martyr
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward V
- n
- King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the
death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward V
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
- n
- the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War
I (1890-1973)
Synonym(s): Rickenbacker, Eddie Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward VI
- n
- King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry
VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VI
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward VII
- n
- King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and
Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VII, Albert Edward
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward VIII
- n
- King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis
Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
Synonym(s): Edward, Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Vincent Sullivan
- n
- United States host on a well known television variety show
(1902-1974)
Synonym(s): Sullivan, Ed Sullivan, Edward Vincent Sullivan
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Weston
- n
- United States photographer(1886-1958) [syn: Weston,
Edward Weston]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward White
- n
- United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United
States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
Synonym(s): White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Williams Morley
- n
- United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with
Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923)
Synonym(s): Morley, E. W. Morley, Edward Morley, Edward Williams Morley
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Winslow
- n
- English colonial administrator who traveled to America on
the Mayflower and served as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony (1595-1655)
Synonym(s): Winslow, Edward Winslow
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Wyllis Scripps
- n
- United States newspaper publisher who founded an important
press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)
Synonym(s): Scripps, Edward Wyllis Scripps
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edward Young
- n
- English poet (1683-1765)
Synonym(s): Young, Edward Young
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edwardian
- adj
- of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward
VII in England; "Edwardian furniture"
- n
- someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of
Edward VII
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- Edwards
- n
- American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a
period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
Synonym(s): Edwards, Jonathan Edwards
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- eider duck
- n
- duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine
soft down of the females
Synonym(s): eider, eider duck
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- eiderdown
- n
- a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
Synonym(s): eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt
- down of the eider duck
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Peppermint \Pep"per*mint\, n. [Pepper + mint.]
1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus {Mentha}
({M. piperita}), much used in medicine and confectionery.
2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the
fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence
of peppermint) obtained from it.
3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
{Peppermint} camphor. (Chem.) Same as {Menthol}.
{Peppermint tree} (Bot.), a name given to several Australian
species of gum tree ({Eucalyptus amygdalina}, {E.
piperita}, {E. odorata}, etc.) which have hard and durable
wood, and yield an essential oil.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Eider \Ei"der\, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [91][?]r; akin to
Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo[94]l.)
Any species of sea duck of the genus {Somateria}, esp.
{Somateria mollissima}, which breeds in the northern parts of
Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken
from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called
also {eider duck}. The American eider ({S. Dresseri}), the
king eider ({S. spectabilis}), and the spectacled eider
({Arctonetta Fischeri}) are related species.
{Eider down}. [Cf. Icel. [91][eb]ard[d4]n, Sw. eiderd[d4]n,
Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after
as an article of luxury.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Eider \Ei"der\, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [91][?]r; akin to
Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo[94]l.)
Any species of sea duck of the genus {Somateria}, esp.
{Somateria mollissima}, which breeds in the northern parts of
Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken
from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called
also {eider duck}. The American eider ({S. Dresseri}), the
king eider ({S. spectabilis}), and the spectacled eider
({Arctonetta Fischeri}) are related species.
{Eider down}. [Cf. Icel. [91][eb]ard[d4]n, Sw. eiderd[d4]n,
Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after
as an article of luxury.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Edward, NC
Zip code(s): 27821
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Edwards, IL
Zip code(s): 61528
Edwards, MO
Zip code(s): 65326
Edwards, MS (town, FIPS 21580)
Location: 32.33231 N, 90.60472 W
Population (1990): 1279 (464 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 39066
Edwards, NY (village, FIPS 23635)
Location: 44.32360 N, 75.25328 W
Population (1990): 487 (218 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13635
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Edwards AFB, CA (CDP, FIPS 21600)
Location: 34.90962 N, 117.93457 W
Population (1990): 7423 (2107 housing units)
Area: 38.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Edwards County, IL (county, FIPS 47)
Location: 38.41682 N, 88.05765 W
Population (1990): 7440 (3260 housing units)
Area: 575.9 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
Edwards County, KS (county, FIPS 47)
Location: 37.88348 N, 99.30407 W
Population (1990): 3787 (1867 housing units)
Area: 1611.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Edwards County, TX (county, FIPS 137)
Location: 29.97123 N, 100.30035 W
Population (1990): 2266 (1550 housing units)
Area: 5490.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Edwardsburg, MI (village, FIPS 25040)
Location: 41.79675 N, 86.08349 W
Population (1990): 1142 (488 housing units)
Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49112
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Edwardsport, IN (town, FIPS 20458)
Location: 38.81239 N, 87.25159 W
Population (1990): 380 (185 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 47528
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Edwardsville, AL (town, FIPS 23176)
Location: 33.70668 N, 85.50984 W
Population (1990): 118 (65 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Edwardsville, IL (city, FIPS 22697)
Location: 38.79636 N, 89.96497 W
Population (1990): 14579 (6109 housing units)
Area: 22.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 62025
Edwardsville, KS (city, FIPS 20000)
Location: 39.07829 N, 94.81863 W
Population (1990): 3979 (1520 housing units)
Area: 23.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Edwardsville, PA (borough, FIPS 22672)
Location: 41.26042 N, 75.90701 W
Population (1990): 5399 (2553 housing units)
Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: |
Ethridge, TN (town, FIPS 24460)
Location: 35.32115 N, 87.30229 W
Population (1990): 565 (236 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 38456
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
Edward Lorenz
A mathematical meteorologist who discovered the
{Lorenz attractor} in the 1960s.
(1996-01-13)
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
Edward Yourdon
A {software engineering} consultant, widely known as
the developer of the "{Yourdon method}" of structured systems
analysis and design, as well as the co-developer of the
Coad/Yourdon method of {object-oriented analysis} and design.
He is also the editor of three software journals - American
Programmer, Guerrilla Programmer, and Application Development
Strategies - that analyse software technology trends and
products in the United States and several other countries
around the world.
Ed Yourdon received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from {MIT},
and has done graduate work at MIT and at the Polytechnic
Institute of New York. He has been appointed an Honorary
Professor of {Information Technology} at Universidad CAECE in
Buenos Aires, Argentina and has received numerous honors and
awards from other universities and professional societies
around the world.
He has worked in the computer industry for 30 years, including
positions with {DEC} and {General Electric}. Earlier in his
career, he worked on over 25 different {mainframe} computers,
and was involved in a number of pioneering computer projects
involving {time-sharing} and {virtual memory}.
In 1974, he founded the consulting firm, {Yourdon, Inc.}. He
is currently immersed in research in new developments in
software engineering, such as object-oriented software
development and {system dynamics} modelling.
Ed Yourdon is the author of over 200 technical articles; he
has also written 19 computer books, including a novel on
{computer crime} and a book for the general public entitled
Nations At Risk. His most recent books are Object-Oriented
Systems Development (1994), Decline and Fall of the American
Programmer (1992), Object-Oriented Design (1991), and
Object-Oriented Analysis (1990). Several of his books have
been translated into Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish,
Portugese, Dutch, French, German, and other languages, and his
articles have appeared in virtually all of the major computer
journals.
He is a regular keynote speaker at major computer conferences
around the world, and serves as the conference Chairman for
Digital Consulting's SOFTWARE WORLD conference. He was an
advisor to Technology Transfer's research project on software
industry opportunities in the former Soviet Union, and a
member of the expert advisory panel on CASE acquisition for
the U.S. Department of Defense.
Mr. Yourdon was born on a small planet at the edge of one of
the distant red-shifted galaxies. He now lives in the Center
of the Universe (New York City) with his wife, three children,
and nine Macintosh computers, all of which are linked together
through an Appletalk network.
(1995-04-16)
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
eta reduction
See {eta conversion}.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
EtherTalk
An {Apple Computer} {network} {standard} used to
extend an {AppleTalk} network across an {Ethernet} network.
Compare {LocalTalk}.
(1994-11-29)
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