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

Treasury chief Rachel Reeves stays clear of raising income taxes or lowering the thresholds at which they are paid, her remaining option would likely be to opt for a haphazard patchwork of smaller anti-growth tax increases, Peel Hunt economist Kallum Pickering said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jeremy Mogford, 78, from Oxford, has been charged alongside 71-year-old Sarah Pickering, from Guildford, with one count of murder and one count of attempted murder.

From BBC

France's Brieuc Rolland took third place while British rider Finlay Pickering, 22, finished eighth.

From BBC

Nevada Supreme Court justices Kristina Pickering and Elissa Cadish dissented from the ruling Monday, suggesting that Gruden should have been aware of language in his contract stipulating arbitration.

From Los Angeles Times

“As a former Super Bowl champion coach and long-time media personality signing the most lucrative NFL coaching contract in history, while being represented by one of the country’s leading sports agents, Gruden was the very definition of a sophisticated party,” Pickering wrote.

From Los Angeles Times