Cayley

American  

[key-lee] / ˈkeɪ li /

noun

1. Arthur, 1821–95, English mathematician.

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Cayley British  

/ ˈkeɪlɪ /

noun

1. Arthur. 1821–93, British mathematician, who invented matrices

2. Sir George. 1773–1857, British engineer and pioneer of aerial navigation. He constructed the first man-carrying glider (1853) and invented the caterpillar tractor

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Example Sentences

Andrew Cayley, HM Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Inspectorate, suggested some of the government's pop-up Nightingale Courts, set up during the pandemic, could be used as specialist rape courts.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2022

Every month, Milena, her mother, Lori Kelly, and her sister Cayley Kelly visit the center.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2016

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

Cayley is a minor but not insignificant figure in the history of science and technology; but there is no doubt that our sense of his significance derives entirely from hindsight.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton