Humboldt

[huhm-bohlt, hoom-bawlt]

noun

1. Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Baron von 1769–1859, German naturalist, writer, and statesman.

2. his brother (Karl) Wilhelm Baron von, 1767–1835, German philologist and diplomat.

3. a town in NW Tennessee.

4. a river in NE Nevada, flowing W and SW to the Humboldt Sink. 290 miles (467 km) long.

Humboldt

/ ˈhʊmbɔlt, ˈhʌmbəʊlt /

noun

1. Baron ( Friedrich Heinrich ) Alexander von (alɛˈksandər fɔn). 1769–1859, German scientist, who made important scientific explorations in Central and South America (1799–1804). In Kosmos (1845–62), he provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe

2. his brother, Baron ( Karl ) Wilhelm von (ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn). 1767–1835, German philologist and educational reformer

Humboldt

1. German naturalist and writer who explored South America, Cuba, and Mexico (1799–1804) and recorded a wide range of species, particularly plants, and attempted to explain their geographic distribution with respect to their environment. His work laid the foundation the science of ecology.

Example Sentences

In May, a task force led by Cal Poly Humboldt recommended that the state fund a research and educational center that would start work on the model and develop a multi-year plan to implement it.

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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Humboldt University in Berlin have developed a way to capture nearly all the light emitted from tiny diamond defects known as color centers.

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Mikkelsen, of the Humboldt Bay Harbor District, said he has no qualms about persevering, even in the face of such federal setbacks.

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The purges of Chinese residents here began in earnest in 1885, in the Humboldt County town of Eureka, 100 miles south of Smith River.

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It is a critical thoroughfare — the only viable route linking Crescent City, a tsunami-prone town of 6,200 people, with neighboring Humboldt County and the rest of the state.

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