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Lowell

[ loh-uhl ]

noun

  1. Ab·bott Lawrence [ab, -, uh, t], 1856–1943, political scientist and educator: president of Harvard University 1909–33.
  2. his sister Amy, 1874–1925, U.S. poet and critic.
  3. James Russell, 1819–91, U.S. poet, essayist, and diplomat.
  4. Percival, 1855–1916, U.S. astronomer and author (brother of Abbott Lawrence Lowell and Amy Lowell).
  5. Robert, 1917–77, U.S. poet.
  6. a city in NE Massachusetts, on the Merrimack River.
  7. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “little wolf.”


Lowell

/ ˈləʊəl /

noun

  1. LowellAmy (Lawrence)18741925FUSWRITING: poetWRITING: critic Amy ( Lawrence ). 1874–1925, US imagist poet and critic
  2. LowellJames Russell18191891MUSWRITING: poetWRITING: essayistPOLITICS: diplomat James Russell. 1819–91, US poet, essayist, and diplomat, noted for his series of poems in Yankee dialect, Biglow Papers (1848; 1867)
  3. LowellRobert (Traill Spence)19171977MUSWRITING: poet Robert ( Traill Spence ). 1917–77, US poet. His volumes of verse include Lord Weary's Castle (1946), Life Studies (1959), For the Union Dead (1964), and a book of free translations of European poems, Imitations (1961)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Nevertheless, several solvers, like Emily Boyajian of Minneapolis, Minnesota, explicitly found the probability distribution that Lowell approximated computationally.

Lowell ran a total of 4 million simulations, dividing each of the two hops into 2,000 uniformly distributed angles.

Lowell had searched for what he called Planet X until he died in 1916.

In February, a judge granted a protective order for women incarcerated at Lowell and other Florida facilities who alleged that they were subjected to “unconstitutional isolation practices” in retaliation for outspokenness about prison conditions.

A University of Massachusetts at Lowell poll published last week showed Cunningham up six points over Tillis, and he was closing in on 50 percent of support for all voters in North Carolina.

He could recite reams of Frost, Dickinson, Whitman, and Lowell, and he did so while I stood there, amazed.

Robert Lowell called him the most important Irish poet since William Butler Yeats.

Lowell worried that he had whittled away his talent in the pursuit of “some ironic integrity.”

Cast: Geoff Stults, Chris Lowell, Parker Young, Keith David, Angelique Cabral.

Wilde set sail from Liverpool with letters of introduction from James Russell Lowell and Edward Burne-Jones.

A Lowell factory-girl would consider this entirely out of character, and a New-York milliner would be shocked at the idea of it.

Moreover, Mr. Lowell has failed to discover any traces of clouds upon the surface of the planet.

Lowell straightened up suddenly, a tingle of apprehension running through him.

The sheriff was out, but Lowell left the necessary information as to the location of the automobile and the body.

Lowell was frankly worried as he sped away from the agency with Plenty Buffalo and the interpreter.

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