Lowndean

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adjective

Of or relating to the astronomer Thomas Lowndes, or the academic professorship of astronomy and geometry that he founded at the University of Cambridge in 1749.

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Meanings

adjectiveLowndean (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to the astronomer Thomas Lowndes, or the academic professorship of astronomy and geometry that he founded at the University of Cambridge in 1749.

    He referred mainly to his tidology when he applied for the Lowndean professorship of astronomy, which had become vacant that fall.

    2009, Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy, page 269

Origin

From Lowndes + -an.

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APA

Lowndean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lowndean

MLA

“Lowndean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lowndean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lowndean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lowndean.

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