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Definitions: Herschel |
HerschelNoun1. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871). 2. English astronomer (born in Germany) who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Herschel" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a deer". |
Date "Herschel" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Synonyms: HerschelSynonyms: John Herschel (n), Sir Frederick William Herschel (n), Sir John Frederick William Herschel (n), Sir John Herschel (n), Sir William Herschel (n), William Herschel (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Herschel |
| English words defined with "Herschel": Alpha and Omega ♦ Earth light ♦ Georgium Sidus ♦ Herschelian, Herschelian telescope ♦ John Herschel, John Herschel Glenn Jr. ♦ Sir Frederick William Herschel, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Sir William Herschel ♦ William Herschel. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Herschel": Columbus of the Skies ♦ Herschel demulsibility number, Herschel double prism, Herschel effect, Herschel, Sir William ♦ Rudolphine Tables. (references) |
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 | When 19th century astronomer Sir John Herschel spied a swirling cloud of gas with a hole ...Credit: NASA. |  | Camp Hosts "Herschel and Herchetta" at Red Mountain Campsite.Credit: Merv Coleman. |
 | Flag campaign banner for Stephen A. Douglas and Herschel V. Johnson.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Sir John Herschel | Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue. |
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| "Herschel" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Herschel" is used about 39 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 39 | 55,036 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Herschel" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Herschel | First name Male | 7,000 | 792 |
| Herschel | Last name | 130 | 63,362 |
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| "Herschel" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a deer". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Herschel." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Herschel | Male | Jewish | Hirsh |
| Hersh | Male | Jewish | Hirsh |
| Hershel | Male | Jewish | Hirsh |
| Hirsh | Male | Jewish | N/A |
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Expressions using "Herschel": Herschel demulsibility number ♦ Herschel double prism ♦ Herschel effect ♦ John Herschel ♦ John Herschel Glenn Jr. ♦ Sir Frederick William Herschel ♦ Sir John Frederick William Herschel ♦ Sir John Herschel ♦ Sir William Herschel ♦ William Herschel. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
herschel walker | 54 | herschel hobbs | 2 |
herschel savage | 20 | burke gilbert herschel | 2 |
herschel | 19 | herschel video walker | 2 |
william herschel | 17 | herschel planet | 2 |
adam herschel | 13 | herschel evans | 2 |
caroline herschel | 13 | herschel physical savage | 2 |
herschel bernardi | 7 | herschel walker jersey | 2 |
adams.com herschel | 4 | caroline herschel william | 2 |
herschel sir william | 3 | gilbert herschel | 2 |
bulkley herschel | 3 | field herschel | 2 |
animal clinic herschel | 3 | greer herschel stadium | 2 |
caroline herschel lucretia | 3 | ||
greer herschel stadium | 2 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "Herschel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Herschels dobbeltprisme (Herschel double prism), Herschel-effekt (Herschel effect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Herschel-effect (Herschel effect), Herschel-demulgeerbaarheidsindex (Herschel demulsibility number), dubbelprisma van Herschel (Herschel double prism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Herschelin emulsion hajaantumisluku (Herschel demulsibility number). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prisme double de Herschel (Herschel double prism), indice de désémulsibilité Herschel (Herschel demulsibility number), effet Herschel (Herschel effect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Herschel-Effekt (Herschel effect), Herschel Doppel-Prisma (Herschel double prism), Herschel Demulgierbarkeitszahl (Herschel demulsibility number). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φαινόμενο Herschel (Herschel effect), αριθμός απογαλακτωματοποιητικής ικανότητας Herschel (Herschel demulsibility number), διπλό πρίσμα του Herschel (Herschel double prism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prisma di Herschel (Herschel double prism), indice di disemulsionabilit di Herschel (Herschel demulsibility number), effetto Herschel (Herschel effect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erschelhay prisma duplo de Herschel (Herschel double prism), efeito de Herschel (Herschel effect), índice de desemulsibilidade Herschel (Herschel demulsibility number). (various references) prisma doble de Herschel (Herschel double prism), efecto de Herschel (Herschel effect), índice de desemulsibilidad Herschel (Herschel demulsibility number). (various references) Herchels tal för emulsionsbrytning (Herschel demulsibility number). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Herschel" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Haschke, Henschil, Herchel, hershell, Hershelle, Heschel, Horche, Hurschell, Merschell, Pheriche, Reuschel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-h-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: lechers. | |
-2 letters: cheers, creels, creesh, lecher, leches. | |
-3 letters: ceres, cheer, creel, eches, heels, heres, herls, leech, leers, lehrs, reels, scree, sheer. | |
-4 letters: cees, cels, cere, eche, eels, else, heel, hehs, here, herl, hers, lech, leer, lees, lehr, recs, reel, rees, resh, seel, seer, sere. | |
-5 letters: cee, cel, eel, els, ere, ers, heh, her, hes, lee. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-h-l-r-s" | |
+3 letters: cherishable, wheelchairs. | |
+4 letters: breechcloths, clotheshorse, homeschooler. | |
+5 letters: clotheshorses, hemispherical, homeschoolers, leprechaunish, schoolteacher. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 72 73 63 68 65 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-. ... -.-. .... . .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110010 01110011 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e r s c h e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0072 0073 0063 0068 0065 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4271848569747178 |
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