Sanger

[ sang-er ]

/ ˈsæŋ ər /

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noun

Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.

Margaret Hig·gins

[hig-inz], /ˈhɪg ɪnz/, 1883–1966, U.S. nurse and author: leader of birth-control movement.

a town in central California.

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Words nearby Sanger

Sangallo, Sangamon, sangar, sangaree, San Gennaro, Sanger, San Germán, Sanger, Margaret, sang-froid, Sangh, Sangha

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How to use Sanger in a sentence

“He was specifically interested in finding a philosopher to lead the project,” Sanger recalled.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Because of the neutrality policy, we have partisans working together on the same articles,” Sanger explained.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Consequently, nearly everyone with much expertise but little patience will avoid editing Wikipedia,” Sanger lamented.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To help develop it, he hired a doctoral student in philosophy, Larry Sanger, whom he first met in online discussion groups.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It then dawned on Sanger, he claimed, that a wiki could be used to help solve the problems he was having with Nupedia.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sam was heavier and stronger than Yan, but Yan had gained wonderfully since coming to Sanger.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton
A thousand dollars in Sanger was like one hundred thousand dollars in a big city.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton
They proposed to take the whole Sanger camp, but in a hand-to-hand fight of both tribes it was another draw.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton
This swamp was a wild tract, ten miles by thirty, that lay a dozen miles north of Sanger.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton
For this was Sanger, where small gatherings held the same place as the club, theatre and newspaper do in the lives of city folk.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton

British Dictionary definitions for Sanger (1 of 2)

sanger

/ (ˈsæŋə) /

noun

Australian slang a sandwichAlso called: sango

British Dictionary definitions for Sanger (2 of 2)

Sanger

/ (ˈsæŋə) /

noun

Frederick. born 1918, English biochemist, who determined the molecular structure of insulin: awarded two Nobel prizes for chemistry (1958; 1980)

Margaret (Higgins). 1883–1966, US leader of the birth-control movement

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

Medical definitions for Sanger (1 of 2)

Sanger

Margaret Higgins 1883-1966

American nurse who campaigned widely for birth control and founded (1929) the organization that became the Planned Parenthood Federation (1942).

Medical definitions for Sanger (2 of 2)

Sanger

[ săng′ər ]

Frederick Born 1918

British biochemist. He won a 1958 Nobel Prize for determining the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule and shared a 1980 Nobel Prize for developing methods for mapping DNA structure and function.

Scientific definitions for Sanger

Sanger

[ săng′ər ]

Frederick Born 1918

British biochemist who determined the order of amino acids in the insulin molecule, thereby making it possible to manufacture synthetic insulin. For this work, he received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1958. In 1980 Sanger received another Nobel Prize for chemistry (jointly with American molecular biologists Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert) for his development of methods for mapping the structure and function of DNA.