Piccard

Proper noun

Meaning

Piccard (plural Piccards)

A surname from French.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

As related by Auguste's son Jacques Piccard to fellow deep-sea explorer Hans Fricke, cited in: Fricke H. Der Fisch, der aus der Urzeit kam, pp. 23–24. Source: Internet

And it’s an undertaking so heady it requires a new generation of Piccard to carry the torch. Source: Internet

In 1960, Don Walsh and Bertrand Piccard, as part of a Navy exercise, went down 35,814 feet on the cumbersome bathyscaphe Trieste. Source: Internet

In the 1950s, Auguste Piccard invented the bathyscaphe and used the Trieste to investigate the ocean's depths. Source: Internet

On 23 January 1960, she reached the ocean floor in the Challenger Deep (the deepest southern part of the Mariana Trench), carrying Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh. Source: Internet

Piccard is said to have responded with encouraging words. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

piccalilli piccanin piccaninny piccata Picciano Piccione