Get Free Checker

Humboldt

[ US /ˈhəmˌboʊɫt/ ]
NOUN
  1. German philologist noted for his studies of the relation between language and culture (1767-1835)
  2. German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)

How To Use Humboldt In A Sentence

  • And there is plenty of food here-both the trawls and acoustic surveys have revealed an abundant supply of myctophid lanternfish, the most common prey eaten by large Humboldt squid in these waters in other years. Scientific American
  • Trauth contrasted those findings from Humboldt County with earlier and ongoing research on Ireland's transformation from an agrarian economy to a high-tech one.
  • ‘Like a mine worked by unskillful hands’: this reminds us that Humboldt got his start in mining and that, for all his enlightenment, the darkness of the mine never quite left him.
  • science of distribution," or chorology (chora = a place) -- has been pursued with lively interest since the discoveries made by Alexander von Humboldt. The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
  • The bug-eyed sea creatures, believed to be Humboldt squid, normally reside in deep water and only come to the surface at night.
  • The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is poised tomorrow to deliver yet another slap to the cadre of railroad dreamers who have been hoping against hope, year after year, to restore freight service along the 10-years-dead Northwestern Pacific Railroad line and so develop the similarly stagnant Humboldt Bay into some kind of entrepot in Pacific Rim international trade. North Coast Journal Comments
  • Madame Calderón de la Barca (a quien, debo decirlo, Dresser cita mal en su discurso, pues vivió en México en el siglo XIX y no en el XVII, como la Dra. mencionó) y Alexander von Humboldt se maravillaron de muchas de las cosas que vieron en México, pero si algo llamó su atención fue la enorme riqueza del país y la gran pobreza que vivía a su alrededor. ��Cu��ndo nos daremos cuenta de que M��xico es s��lo nuestro?
  • Humboldt used lines, called isotherms, to delineate regions of equal temperatures.
  • Bastian was not merely borrowing metaphors from political liberalism in order to explain Humboldt's intellectual importance.
  • Gradually it became the fashion in Humboldt to "unload" redwood timber-claims on thrifty, far-seeing, visionary John Cardigan who appeared to be always in the market for any claim worth while. The Valley of the Giants
View all