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

Helicopter crews were also sent to the mountain town of Agassiz to rescue about 300 people who became trapped on a cut-off road.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2021

For other descendants — those of Agassiz — it is not a question of honor so much as redress.

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

In 1850, soon after the invention of the daguerreotype, Louis Agassiz, a Swiss-born Harvard biologist, traveled to several plantations in Columbia, S.C., where he observed enslaved people of Fulani, Gullah, Guinea and other ethnicities.

From New York Times • May 5, 2021

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

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton