Dictionary - Definition of Huggins

Definition: Huggins


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910).[Wordnet].
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"Huggins" is a common misspelling or typo for: huggings, juggins.

Date "Huggins" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references)

Common Expressions: Huggins

Expressions	Definition
Bob Huggins	Bob Huggins (born September 21, 1953 in Gnadenhutten, Ohio) was the head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Cincinnati from 1989 to 2005. (references)
Charles B. Huggins	Dr. Charles Breton Huggins (September 22, 1901 - January 12, 1997) was a Canadian-born American physician and physiologist and cancer researcher specialising in prostate cancer. He and Peyton Rous were awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering that hormones could be used to control the spread of some cancers. This was the first discovery that showed that cancer could be controlled by chemicals. (references)
Henry Huggins	Henry Huggins is a character appearing in a series of juvenile fiction novels by Beverly Cleary. Henry is a young boy living on Klickitat Street in Portland, Oregon. The novels take place in the 1950s. The books describe several different adventures Henry experiences in his neighborhood as well as Henry's interactions with other neighborhood children. (references)
Huggins (lunar crater)	Huggins is a lunar crater that lies in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon's near side. This crater lies across the eastern rim of the larger Orontius crater. The eastern rim of Huggins is laid across in turn by the slightly smaller Nasireddin crater. Thus these three craters form a triplet of decreasing age from west to east. To the northwest of Huggins is the Miller crater, which is attached to the northern rim of Nasireddin. (references)
Margaret Lindsay Huggins	Margaret Lindsay Huggins (born in 1848 in Dublin; died in 1915) was a British astronomer. With her husband William Huggins she was a pioneer in the field of spectroscopy. (references)
Miller Huggins	Miller James Huggins (March 27, 1879 - September 25, 1929), nicknamed "Mighty Mite", was a Major League Baseball player and manager. He managed the powerhouse New York Yankee teams of the 1920s and won six American League pennants and three World Series championships. (references)
Roy Huggins	Roy Huggins (July 18, 1914 - April 3, 2002) was an influential writer and producer of humorous, character-driven US television series. Shows he was involved in typically featured misfits and rascals rather than conventional heroes. (references)
Sir William Huggins	English astronomer who pioneered spectroscopic analysis in astronomy and who discovered the red shift (1824-1910). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
William Huggins	Sir William Huggins, OM , FRS (February 7 1824 - May 12 1910) was a British astronomer. (references)
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Specialty Expressions: Huggins

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Huggins and Muggins	Literature	Mr. and Mrs. Vulgarity, of Pretension Hall. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Huggins band	Aerospace	Ozone absorption band extending from 310 to 350 nm, weaker than Hartley band (see Hartley and Chappuis bands). (references)
Huggins bands	Aerospace	See absorption band. (references)
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Extended Definition: Huggins

Huggins

Huggins refers to:

People with the surname Huggins:

Bob Huggins (born 1953), American college basketball coach
Charles Brenton Huggins (1901–1997), Canadian-born American physician, physiologist, and cancer researcher
Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern (1883–1971), Rhodesian politician and physician
John Huggins (1945–1969), American Black Panther party political activist
Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848–1915), British astronomer; pioneer in the field of spectroscopy
Maurice Loyal Huggins (1897–1981), scientist and chemist
Miller Huggins (1879–1929), American professional baseball player and manager
Roy Huggins (1914–2002), American novelist, screenwriter, and television producer
William Huggins (1824–1910), British astronomer

In fictional characters:

Henry Huggins, a character in a series of juvenile fiction novels by Beverly Cleary

In places:

Huggins, Missouri, USA

Other:

Flory-Huggins solution theory, mathematical model of the thermodynamics of polymer solutions
Huggins (lunar crater)

Topics by Level of Interest: Huggins
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Bob Huggins	59	Bob Huggins	59
Miller Huggins	24	Charles Brenton Huggins	22
Charles Brenton Huggins	22	Cornelius Bernard Huggins	8
Henry Huggins	18	Craig Huggins	6
Huggins	15	Felton Huggins	5
Roy Huggins	12	Graham Huggins	4
Huggins (lunar crater)	10	Henry Huggins	18
Nathan Huggins	8	Henry Huggins (novel)	7
Cornelius Bernard Huggins	8	Huggins	15
Henry Huggins (novel)	7	Huggins (crater)	2
William Huggins	7	Huggins (lunar crater)	10
Craig Huggins	6	John Huggins	5
Maurice Loyal Huggins	6	Margaret Lindsay Huggins	4
Felton Huggins	5	Maurice Loyal Huggins	6
John Huggins	5	Miller Huggins	24
Graham Huggins	4	Nathan Huggins	8
Margaret Lindsay Huggins	4	Roy Huggins	12
Huggins (crater)	2	William Huggins	7
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"Huggins" is a common misspelling or typo for: huggings, juggins.

Synonym: Huggins
Position	Synonym (sorted by strength)
Expression	sir William Huggins.
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Definition: Huggins

Common Expressions: Huggins

Specialty Expressions: Huggins

Extended Definition: Huggins

Huggins

See also

Topics by Level of Interest: Huggins

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