Eckert

[ ek-ert ]

noun
  1. John Pres·per [pres-per], /ˈprɛs pər/, 1919–95, U.S. engineer and computer pioneer.

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How to use Eckert in a sentence

  • Meyer and Eckert carefully purified coffee oil and saponified it with Li2O in alcohol.

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  • One day Eckert called me into his office and made inquiries about money matters.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
  • It was in the evening, and we went in by the servants' entrance, as Eckert probably feared that he was watched.

    Edison, His Life and Inventions | Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
  • So the next morning Eckert came over with Jay Gould and introduced him to me.

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British Dictionary definitions for Eckert

Eckert

/ (ˈɛkət) /


noun
  1. John Presper. 1919–95, US electronics engineer: built the first electronic computer with John W. Mauchly in 1946

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Scientific definitions for Eckert

Eckert

[ ĕkərt ]


  1. American engineer who contributed to the development of ENIAC (Electronic Numeral Integrator and Calculator), the first electronic computer (1946). He later helped develop one of the first computers to be sold commercially.

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