Somerville

[ suhm-er-vil ]

/ ˈsʌm ərˌvɪl /

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noun

Mary Fairfax Greig

[greg], /grɛg/, 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.

a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

a town in central New Jersey.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Words nearby Somerville

Somerset House, Somerset Island, Somersetshire, Somers Point, Somersworth, Somerville, somesthesia, something, something else, something else again, something in the wind

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For example, Somerville, Massachusetts, relocated voting from a nursing home to a school a little less than a mile away.
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They lured Castucci to their headquarters, an office inside Marshall Motors, a garage at 14 Marshall Street in Somerville.
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Samuel Putnam, a Massachusetts judge and senator, died at Somerville, aged 85.
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Mr. Watson, five miles away in Somerville, promptly answered in the affirmative, and soon was heard a voice singing "America."
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But Lionel never heard the question, for he was most busily occupied about Mrs. Somerville and her horse.
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"There they go at last," said he, as Lionel and Mrs. Somerville cantered forth, followed by two grooms.
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Miss Somerville hovered behind, a paler thing of broken lavender and white and black, with screwed up, sandy-lashed eyes.
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British Dictionary definitions for Somerville

Somerville

/ (ˈsʌməvɪl) /

noun

Mary, original name Mary Fairfax . 1780–1872, British scientific writer, author of Physical Geography (1848) and other textbooks. Somerville College, Oxford, was named after her

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Scientific definitions for Somerville

Somerville

[ sŭm′ər-vĭl′ ]

Mary Fairfax Greig 1780-1872

Scottish astronomer and mathematician who wrote expository works on mathematics, physical geography, microscopic science, and astronomy. Her writings explained complex scientific ideas to the general public through simple illustrations and experiments that the average reader could easily understand.

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