Galton

[ gawl-tn ]

/ ˈgɔl tn /

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noun

Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Galton

Gal·to·ni·an

[gawl-toh-nee-uhn], /gɔlˈtoʊ ni ən/, adjective

Words nearby Galton

galoshes, gal pal, gals., Galsworthy, Galt, Galton, galtonia, galumph, Galuppi, Galuth, galv

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How to use Galton in a sentence

Both Facebook and Twitter have recently launched crowdsourced fact-checking products, hoping to harness the power of the masses Galton discovered at that county fair.
How the Wisdom of Crowds Could Solve Facebook's Fact-Checking Problem|Jennifer Allen and David Rand|December 6, 2021|Time
To Galton’s surprise, while the guesses of the individual attendees varied wildly, the average of the crowd’s guesses was just one pound away from the true weight of the ox—closer than the closest individual’s.
How the Wisdom of Crowds Could Solve Facebook's Fact-Checking Problem|Jennifer Allen and David Rand|December 6, 2021|Time
After Galton and Adler, the idea that family position affects personality has been subjected to many a scientific test.
Does Birth Order Really Determine Personality? Here's What the Research Says|Lynn Berger|April 13, 2021|Time
Galton’s observation was the first in a long line of scientific and pseudoscientific publications on the birth-order effect.
Does Birth Order Really Determine Personality? Here's What the Research Says|Lynn Berger|April 13, 2021|Time

Galton and Eliot remained, but they, like Darwin, departed unconverted.
Our Crazy Quest for Immortality|Malcolm Jones|May 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Galton first took up the subject of the transmissibility of intellectual gifts in his 'Hereditary Genius' .
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15|Various
This name was proposed by Galton in 1863, and means the opposite of cyclone.
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology|Robert DeCourcy Ward
But Galton's theory was a "Theory of Heredity," and nothing more.
Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume II (of 3)|George John Romanes
A few minutes afterwards Mrs. Galton offered her the treasurership.
Manslaughter|Alice Duer Miller
Galton also draws many of the same conclusions from his theory.
Darwinism (1889)|Alfred Russel Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for Galton

Galton

/ (ˈɡɔːltən) /

noun

Sir Francis. 1822–1911, English explorer and scientist, a cousin of Charles Darwin, noted for his researches in heredity, meteorology, and statistics. He founded the study of eugenics and the theory of anticyclones

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