Pickering

American  

[pik-er-ing, pik-ring] / ˈpɪk ər ɪŋ, ˈpɪk rɪŋ /

noun

1. Edward Charles, 1846–1919, and his brother, William Henry, 1858–1938, U.S. astronomers.

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Pickering British  

/ ˈpɪkərɪŋ /

noun

1. Edward Charles. 1846–1919, US astronomer, who invented the meridian photometer

2. his brother, William Henry. 1858–1938, US astronomer, who discovered Phoebe, the ninth satellite of Saturn, and predicted (1919) the existence and position of Pluto

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Pickering Scientific  

/ pĭk′ər-ĭng /

1. American astronomer who made many innovations in the equipment used to observe and measure the distance of stars. In 1884 he published the first catalog of stellar magnitudes. His brother William Henry Pickering (1858–1938) discovered Phoebe, the ninth moon of Saturn (1899), and predicted the existence of Pluto (1919).

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Example Sentences

Pierre: “He’s out to the road! Luckily the other horses were nickering, you know, and he came back to the fence . . .”

From Washington Post • May 3, 2023

He could easily picture the “goofy,” bigheaded horse nickering for treats and their weekend camping trips to northwestern Utah.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2022

But the battles of Tewkesbury and Bosworth with nickering horses and the knightly clang of iron against iron set a new high for realistic racket that should deafen the most demanding.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their delegates roamed like rambunctious mavericks, uttering mating calls, nickering for sympathy, stampeding in any direction, unbossed and unled.

From Time Magazine Archive

Goblin, tied to the head of the wharf, was pawing, turning toward him and nickering.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes