Cayley
Americannoun
noun
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Arthur. 1821–93, British mathematician, who invented matrices
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Sir George. 1773–1857, British engineer and pioneer of aerial navigation. He constructed the first man-carrying glider (1853) and invented the caterpillar tractor
Example Sentences
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Every month, Milena, her mother, Lori Kelly, and her sister Cayley Kelly visit the center.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2016
But the director of service prosecutions, Andrew Cayley, said he has now concluded that decision was wrong.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2015
A new Nature paper, by Louis Moresi, Peter Betts, Meghan Miller, and Ross Cayley, explains in depth the chain of events following impact between continental fragments at subduction zones.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2014
Then the English can proudly offer George Cayley, who developed a glider that carried a 10-year-old boy in 1849 and an adult—perhaps Cayley’s coachman—in 1853.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2013
There is nothing peculiarly present-centered about regarding Cayley as important, unless the present is extended to include the period of the first flying machines.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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