Associations to the word «Herschel»
Noun
- Astronomer
- Nebula
- Telescope
- Slough
- Caroline
- Discoverer
- Greer
- Observatory
- Talbot
- Planck
- Astronomy
- Saturn
- Reflector
- Comet
- Walker
- Brewster
- Faraday
- Prism
- Galaxy
- Thermometer
- Yukon
- Peacock
- Fingerprint
- Catalogue
- Constellation
- William
- Hardin
- Hanover
- Observation
- Crater
- Davy
- Caldwell
- Dunlop
- Cluster
- Ernst
- Clemens
- Darwin
- Photography
- Whaler
- Discovery
- Asteroid
- Negative
- Palma
- Planet
- Forester
- Atkins
- Frederick
- Chloride
- Edmond
- Burke
- Aperture
- Space
- Clint
- Wilhelm
- Newton
- Sir
- Beech
- Gottfried
- Neptune
- Whaling
- Rb
- Hermann
- Galileo
- Diameter
- Buchanan
- Draper
- Jupiter
- Evans
- Eastman
- Perseverance
- Nashville
- Helium
- Heinrich
- Vertex
- Ammonium
- Savage
- Johann
- John
- Magnitude
- Rushing
Adjective
Wiktionary
HERSCHEL, proper noun. (astronomy) (obsolete) The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.
Dictionary definition
HERSCHEL, noun. English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871).
HERSCHEL, noun. English astronomer (born in Germany) who discovered infrared light and who catalogued the stars and discovered the planet Uranus (1738-1822).
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.