Newcomb

Newcomb
noun
United States astronomer (1835-1909)
• Syn: ↑Simon Newcomb
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑astronomer, ↑uranologist, ↑stargazer

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\\ˈn(y)ükəm\ noun also newcomb ball (-s)
Usage: usually capitalized N
Etymology: probably from the name Newcomb
: a game resembling volleyball in which a ball is thrown back and forth across a net by the opposing players by whom it has been caught

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/nooh"keuhm, nyooh"-/, n.
Simon, 1835-1909, U.S. astronomer.

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  • Newcomb — (spr. njuhkŏm), Simon, Astronom, geb. 12. März 1835 zu Wallace (Neuschottland), Prof. in Baltimore; schrieb theoretische Abhandlungen über die Bewegung des Mondes und der Planeten, sowie »Popular astronomy« (1878 u.ö.; deutsch, 2. Aufl. 1892),… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Newcomb —   [ njuːkəm], Simon, amerikanischer Astronom, * Wallace (Provinz Nova Scotia) 12. 3. 1835, ✝ Washington (D. C.) 11. 7. 1909; ab 1861 Professor in Washington, 1877 97 auch Leiter des »American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac Office«; Arbeiten über… …   Universal-Lexikon

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