Hutton

American  

[huht-n] / ˈhʌt n /

noun

1. James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.

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Hutton British  

/ ˈhʌtən /

noun

1. James. 1726–97, Scottish geologist, regarded as the founder of modern geology

2. Sir Leonard, known as Len Hutton . 1916–90, English cricketer; the first professional captain of England (1953)

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Hutton Scientific  

/ hŭt′n /

1. Scottish geologist whose theories of rock and land formation laid the foundation for modern geology. He showed that, over long periods of time, the erosion of rocks produces sediments, which are transported by water, ice, and air to locations at or near sea level. These sediments eventually become solidified into other rocks.

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Example Sentences

Ben Hutton and Kaedan Korczak are possible options to take McNabb’s spot if he can’t play in Saturday’s Game 3 in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Instead, I moved to New York in 1979 to model because Christie Brinkley and Lauren Hutton had been cast in films.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Farnum said that Negron and Hutton reconciled last year after decades of estrangement.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

“Cody gave the world its image of cowboys and what the American West was about while creating a new form of entertainment that out-Barnumed P.T. Barnum,” says Hutton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

To find the mass of the mountain from all these numbers required a great deal of tedious calculating, for which a mathematician named Charles Hutton was engaged.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson