herschel
/ˈhɝʃl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A surname.
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A male given name.
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The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.
Obsolete
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One of several impact craters in the Solar System, such as the one on Mimas.
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A place name:
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A place name:
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A place name:
Example Sentences
- "Herschel Walker’s campaign for Senate removed a false claim – which inaccurately said the Republican candidate graduated from the University of Georgia – from a website for his Senate bid, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported."
- "This Herschel could be sent through stages of Buckingham's components, producing an arbitrary excess of gliders along a variety of different paths."
- "This uses Paul Callahan's catalysis of a glider into a Herschel and a glider, followed by David Buckingham's 77, 64, 64, 77, and 77 gen Herschel moves."
- "In Conway's Life, for example, a surprising number of small patterns serendipitously create R-pentominos and/or B-heptominos, which are "tamable" and happen to travel very well; this is what allows Herschel circuitry to be built."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɝʃl̩/
- British English: /ˈhɜːʃl̩/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
D-heptomino
J-heptomino