Agassiz

American  

[ag-uh-see, a-ga-see] / ˈæg ə si, a gaˈsi /

noun

1. Alexander, 1835–1910, U.S. oceanographer and marine zoologist, born in Switzerland.

2. his father (Jean) Louis (Rodolphe) 1807–73, U.S. zoologist and geologist, born in Switzerland.

3. Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822–1907, U.S. author and educator, a founder and the first president (1894–1903) of Radcliffe College.

4. Lake Agassiz, a lake existing in the prehistoric Pleistocene Epoch in central North America. 700 miles (1,127 km) long.

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Agassiz British  

/ aɡasi /

noun

1. Jean Louis Rodolphe (ʒɑ̃ lwi rɔdɔlf). 1807–73, Swiss natural historian and geologist, settled in the US after 1846

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Agassiz Scientific  

/ ăg′ə-sē /

1. Swiss-born American naturalist whose studies of glaciers and their movement introduced the idea of the ice age in 1840. Agassiz later revolutionized science education in the United States by emphasizing direct observation of the natural environment.

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Example Sentences

Officials said that about 275 people who had been stuck since Sunday evening on Highway 7 near Agassiz, a small community east of Vancouver, were taken to safety by helicopter.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2021

Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born biologist who immigrated to the United States in 1847.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2021

In addition to her scientific research, Agassiz collaborated with her husband, natural historian Louis Agassiz, on marine expeditions.

From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2021

Dr David Agassiz wrote the original paper on a pale grey moth with brown speckles, Prays peregrina, first discovered in London in 2003.

From BBC • May 23, 2018

The eulogy pronounced on the great zoölogist Agassiz was well deserved.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton