Lowndean

English

Etymology

Lowndes +‎ -an

Adjective

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.