herschel

Speech parts

1. herschel - Noun

2. Herschel - Proper noun

Meaning

See Uranus.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

John Herschel Sir John Herschel William Herschel Sir John Frederick William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel Sir William Herschel d-heptomino j-heptomino hertzel

Phrases with the word

William Herschel herschel's graph

Examples

A 10-year quiescent period followed; then in 1849, Herschel noted another short cycle of variability, which peaked in 1852. Source: Internet

After Michell's death in 1793, Herschel bought a ten foot long, 30-inch reflecting telescope from Michell's estate ; he had to reconstruct this owing to damage in transport. Source: Internet

Because of the poor reflectivity of the speculum mirrors of that day, Herschel eliminated the small diagonal mirror of a standard newtonian reflector from his design and tilted his primary mirror so he could view the formed image directly. Source: Internet

Cannon, Walter F. "The impact of uniformitarianism: two letters from John Herschel to Charles Lyell, 1836–1837." Source: Internet

Combined data from the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2007 and the Herschel Space Observatory in 2011 suggests that Chiron is 218 ± 20 km in diameter. Source: Internet

Credit has traditionally been given to Sir John Herschel both for coining the word and for introducing it to the public. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hersage hersal Herschberger Herschel graph herschel's graph herschelian