Humboldt

[huhm-bohlt, hoom-bawlt]

noun

1. Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Baron von 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.

2. his brother (Karl) Wilhelm Baron von, 1767–1835, German philologist and diplomat.

3. a town in NW Tennessee.

4. a river in NE Nevada, flowing W and SW to the Humboldt Sink. 290 miles (467 km) long.

Humboldt

/ ˈhʊmbɔlt, ˈhʌmbəʊlt /

noun

1. Baron ( Friedrich Heinrich ) Alexander von (alɛˈksandər fɔn). 1769–1859, German scientist, who made important scientific explorations in Central and South America (1799–1804). In Kosmos (1845–62), he provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe

2. his brother, Baron ( Karl ) Wilhelm von (ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn). 1767–1835, German philologist and educational reformer

Humboldt

1. German naturalist and writer who explored South America, Cuba, and Mexico (1799–1804) and recorded a wide range of species, particularly plants, and attempted to explain their geographic distribution with respect to their environment. His work laid the foundation the science of ecology.

Example Sentences

Other major upwelling systems include the Humboldt Current off Peru and the Benguela and Canary Currents along the west coast of Africa.

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Today, thousands remain scattered across museums in Europe and North America -- including the British Museum, Berlin's Humboldt Forum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Farther up the coast, heavy rains were expected Thursday in Del Norte County, which borders Oregon, and Humboldt County, directly below it.

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In May, a task force led by Cal Poly Humboldt recommended that the state fund a research and educational center that would start work on the model and develop a multi-year plan to implement it.

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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Humboldt University in Berlin have developed a way to capture nearly all the light emitted from tiny diamond defects known as color centers.

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