Lowndean

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English

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Etymology

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From Lowndes +‎ -an.

Adjective

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Lowndean (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    • 2009, Michael S. Reidy, Tides of History: Ocean Science and Her Majesty's Navy[1], page 269:
      He referred mainly to his tidology when he applied for the Lowndean professorship of astronomy, which had become vacant that fall.