Sperry

American  

[sper-ee] / ˈspɛr i /

noun

1. Elmer Ambrose, 1860–1930, U.S. inventor and manufacturer.

2. Roger Wolcott, 1913–94, U.S. neurobiologist: Nobel Prize 1981.

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Sperry Scientific  

/ spĕr′ē /

1. American neurobiologist who pioneered the behavioral investigation of “split-brain” animals and humans, establishing that each hemisphere of the brain controls specific higher functions. He shared with American neurophysiologist David H. Hubel and Swedish neurophysiologist Torsten N. Wiesel the 1981 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Example Sentences

Hernández was shot early Tuesday during a targeted immigration enforcement operation in the area of Interstate 5 and Sperry Avenue in Patterson, a Stanislaus County suburb.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

"When you try to silence a voice like this, they don't go away - you only amplify it," sophomore Scott Sperry said.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

In 1976, Warashina married Sperry, and they lived and worked together in their Eastlake studio until his death in 1998.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

In 1969, after jobs at Sperry Gyroscope Co. and IBM, he joined the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, where he worked on software policy and served on the U.S.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

Mr. Sperry was amused by the article, but distressingly perplexed by apprehensions concerning it.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary