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methodology of the experiments. These criticisms also led to the second series of experiments, now known as Cranfield 2. Cranfield 2 attempted to gain
Cranfield_experiments
British postgraduate public research university
Cranfield University is a postgraduate public research university in the United Kingdom that specialises in science, engineering, design, technology and
Cranfield_University
Field of study related to Library and Information Science
Cranfield experiments, which were founded in the 1950s, and the TREC experiments (Text Retrieval Conferences) starting in 1992. It was the Cranfield experiments
Knowledge_organization
Topics referred to by the same term
cricketer Cranfield experiments, computer information retrieval experiments Cranfield United F.C., English football club Cranfield Vertigo, 1980s British
Cranfield_(disambiguation)
Measure of a document's applicability to a given subject or search query
benchmark tasks to measure topical relevance, starting with the Cranfield Experiments of the early 1960s and culminating in the TREC evaluations that
Relevance (information retrieval)
Relevance_(information_retrieval)
British librarian and computer scientist
set the stage for information retrieval research. In the Cranfield project, retrieval experiments were conducted on test databases in a controlled, laboratory-like
Cyril_Cleverdon
Former UK association of special libraries
Association, published: The Audiovisual Librarian ASLIB Microfilm Service Cranfield Experiments Bawden, David (2016). "ASLIB: A de facto national library/information
ASLIB
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cyril W. Cleverdon 1970 Cranfield Experiments; "Cyril W. Cleverdon." No Award 1969 Carlos Cuadra 1968 Best Information
Award of Merit - Association for Information Science and Technology
Award_of_Merit_-_Association_for_Information_Science_and_Technology
Female SS in Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen
principal defendant (number 11) and was represented by British Major L. S. W. Cranfield, R.A. who also represented the infamous Irma Grese, Ilse Lothe, and Josef
Hilde_Lobauer
1950s UK government initiative and the subject of conspiracy theories
seeding experiments. The project, which was operational between 1949 and 1952, was known jokingly as Operation Witch Doctor. The experiments involved
Project_Cumulus
Research aircraft developed by Airbus
Dept., R.A.E., Farnborough. C.P. Nº 1076. From Cranfield Repository. https://reports.aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1826.2/1089/arc-cp-1076.pdf
Airbus_Sagitta
Criteria used by test pilots and engineers
exhibiting poor reliability. The Cranfield Aircraft Handling Qualities Rating Scale (CAHQRS), developed at Cranfield University's School of Engineering
Cooper–Harper_rating_scale
British inventor and aviator (1867–1899)
his powered aircraft never having been tested. Research carried out by Cranfield University in the early 2000s concluded that Pilcher's triplane was more
Percy_Pilcher
Information retrieval system
notably ADI: publications from information science reviews Computer science Cranfield collection: publications from aeronautic reviews Forensic science: library
SMART Information Retrieval System
SMART_Information_Retrieval_System
Subspecies of the eastern gorilla
Uwingeli, P.; Mburanumwe, I.; Kagoda, E.; Basabose, A.; Stoinski, T. S.; Cranfield, M. R.; Byamukama, J.; Spelman, L. H.; Robbins, A. M. (2011). "Extreme
Mountain_gorilla
Type of cows cheese
for its strong smell, and in November 2004 was found by researchers at Cranfield University to be the "smelliest" of 15 French and British cheeses that
Vieux-Boulogne
Statistics about search result quality
Cranfield, England, began a series of experiments of print indexing and retrieval methods in what is known as the Cranfield paradigm, or Cranfield tests
Evaluation measures (information retrieval)
Evaluation_measures_(information_retrieval)
Universe The list shows only the experiments from Experiment 001, Shrink, to Experiment 626, Stitch. It does not include Experiment 627 (who is mentioned when
List of films with post-credits scenes
List_of_films_with_post-credits_scenes
Hypothetical species and thought experiment
Dinosaurs. Salem House. p. 111. ISBN 978-0881623017. Retrieved 17 June 2021. Cranfield, Ingrid (2000). The Illustrated Directory of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric
Dinosauroid
English polymath (1773–1829)
(1959). Great Experiments in Physics. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. pp. 96–101. Young, Thomas (1804). "Bakerian Lecture: Experiments and calculations
Thomas_Young_(scientist)
Finding information for an information need
techniques had been shown to perform well on small text corpora such as the Cranfield collection (several thousand documents). Large-scale retrieval systems
Information_retrieval
Tendency of a fluid jet to stay attached to a surface of any form
measured for h/r = 0.25. More experiments and a more accurate boundary layer calculation would be desirable. Other experiments made in 2004 with a wall jet
Coandă_effect
English author on aerodynamics (1929 to 2014)
Clancy studied aerodynamics[when?] at the College of Aeronautics at RAF Cranfield, where his teachers were Terence Nonweiler, later of Glasgow University
Laurence_Clancy
English actor (1916–2000)
Seinfeld (1995, TV series) .... Geoffrey Haarwood Air Bud (1997) .... Judge Cranfield Mouse Hunt (1997) .... Ernie and Lars' Lawyer - Final film role Eric Christmas
Eric_Christmas
Business process improvement technique
fortunes. One criticism voiced by Yasar Jarrar and Andy Neely from the Cranfield School of Management's Centre for Business Performance is that while Six
Six_Sigma
Danish physicist (1885–1962)
series of experiments using his father's laboratory in the university; the university itself had no physics laboratory. To complete his experiments, he had
Niels_Bohr
2024 studio album by Beyoncé
26) Andrea Roberts – engineering (all tracks), recording (1, 4) John Cranfield – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 8, 10–17, 19–27), recording (26, 27)
Cowboy_Carter
British engineer
The Economist. July 2, 2015. "Blue Bear and Cranfield to create drone experiment corridor". Cranfield University. August 10, 2018. "RAF Air Space and
Yoge_Patel
Hartford, Connecticut post nubes lux out of darkness, light Motto of Cranfield University post scriptum (p.s.) after what has been written A postscript
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
British politician and diplomat (1889–1952)
College of Aeronautics, now Cranfield University, in 1946. The Stafford Cripps Learning and Teaching Centre on Cranfield's campus is named after him. In
Stafford_Cripps
Four-engined regional jet airliner family by British Aerospace, later BAE Systems
Extension for the BAe 146/RJ" Archived 16 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine Cranfield Aerospace Brochure "How to make Flight Pay." Flight International, 28
British_Aerospace_146
War crimes committed by Allied personnel in World War II
Battle of Normandy, June to August 1944 (PhD thesis). Cranfield, Bedford: Cranfield University; Cranfield Defence and Security School, Department of Applied
Allied war crimes during World War II
Allied_war_crimes_during_World_War_II
Anti-personnel and anti-tank mine
Co. Clarke, D. M. (2011). "Arming the British Home Guard, 1940–1944". Cranfield University. hdl:1826/6164. Dear, Ian; Foot, MRD (2001). The Oxford Companion
Flame_fougasse
British academic, author, film-maker and journalist
metropolitan studies at New York University, and held a research fellowship at Cranfield University, where he explored the uses of art in organisational leadership
Michael_Hrebeniak
Air force of Nazi Germany (1935–1945)
of these experiments were carried out by Luftwaffe personnel and others were performed by the SS on the orders of the OKL. In 1941, experiments with the
Luftwaffe
British aerospace engineer (1885–1962)
played a major role the establishment of the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield, and was chairman of its governing body until his death. Page was awarded
Frederick_Handley_Page
English polymath (1642–1727)
rigorous method, which was conducting experiments, taking detailed notes, making measurements, conducting more experiments that grew out of the initial ones
Isaac_Newton
Anti-tank mortar
United Kingdom: Cranfield University. p. 212. Clarke, D. M. (2010). Arming the British Home Guard, 1940-1944. United Kingdom: Cranfield University. p. 213
Blacker_Bombard
Starchy tuber used as a staple food
The risks, impacts and opportunities for UK potato production" (PDF). Cranfield Water Science Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September
Potato
2022 song by Beyoncé
– recording engineer, mixing engineer, vocal recording engineer John Cranfield - engineer Andrea Roberts - engineer Matheus Braz - assistant engineer
Plastic_Off_the_Sofa
Experimental unmanned aerial vehicle
aeronautics companies, specialists, and academic institutions included Cranfield University and nine other British universities. During August 2007, an
BAE_Systems_Demon
Information about current events
important." Smith,The Newspaper: An International History (1979), pp. 9–10. Cranfield, Press and Society (1978), p. 1. Heyd, Reading newspapers (2012), p. 11
News
scientists while they work as a team designing experiments. As part of this program, at least one experiment designed by the students is sent to, and carried
Mission_Discovery
British single-seat WWII fighter aircraft
131." Archived 26 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk.. Retrieved 27 June 2010. Andrews and Morgan 1987, pp. 227–228.
Supermarine_Spitfire
British fighter aircraft
Second World War. LA607 was presented to the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield, Bedfordshire and is currently (As of 2011[update]) preserved at Fantasy
Hawker_Tempest
1016/S0013-7944(02)00125-X. A. A. Wells, Crack Propagation Symposium, Cranfield, (1961) 210 Soboyejo, W. O. (2003). "11.7.1 Crack Opening Displacement"
Crack tip opening displacement
Crack_tip_opening_displacement
Long-legged predatory wading bird
season". Japanese Journal of Ornithology 43.2 (1994): 61-71. Smith, Carol; Cranfield, Jonathon; Allain, Steven J. R. (2024). "'Stress and wash' may make great
Grey_heron
2008 studio album by Scars on Broadway
piano, percussion Production Dave Schiffman – engineering John Silas Cranfield – additional engineering, editing Ryan Williams – mixing Eddy Schreyer
Scars_on_Broadway_(album)
British WW2 war department
(help) Clarke, D.M. (2011). "Arming the British Home Guard, 1940–1944". Cranfield University. hdl:1826/6164. Cull, Nicholas John; Culbert, David Holbrook;
Petroleum_Warfare_Department
US Air Force night fighter in service 1944-1954
February 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2016 – via AERADE Reports Archive, Cranfield University. Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in
Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow
American computer scientist (1924–2012)
publisher (link) Swanson, Don R. (January 1965). "The Evidence Underlying the Cranfield Results". The Library Quarterly. 35: 1–20. doi:10.1086/619296. Joseph
Don_R._Swanson
Public university in England
conservation. It is set in 100 hectares of parkland used for ecological field experiments. Imperial has teaching hospitals across London which are used by the
Imperial_College_London
Public collegiate university in England
are alumni of the university. Isaac Newton, who conducted many of his experiments on the grounds of Trinity College, ranks among the most famed University
University_of_Cambridge
Public university in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023. "Literate Ladies – A fifty year experiment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2018. Retrieved
University_of_St_Andrews
Type of aircraft
distribution. By November 2019, the airframe (G-WEFX) had arrived at Cranfield to be modified; first flight was then planned for 2021. In April 2020
Airbus_E-Fan_X
British space exploration expert (born 1981)
MSc in Astronautics and Space Engineering at Cranfield University in 2003. After graduating from Cranfield, Jackson worked as a graduate engineer at EADS
Libby_Jackson
a simple test application for searching over the Braun Corpus or the Cranfield Corpus. Jorge Machado, Bruno Martins, José Borbinha, Gilberto Pedrosa
LGTE
Public university in London, England
Britain - Grant in Aid. HMSO. p. 11. Swapnajit Mitra (12 October 2014). "My Experiment with Truth". India Currents. "UCL marks a place in British intellectual
University_College_London
Mammalian protein found in humans
1186/s12958-015-0017-0. PMC 4379743. PMID 25889012. Weenen C, Laven JS, Von Bergh AR, Cranfield M, Groome NP, Visser JA, et al. (February 2004). "Anti-Müllerian hormone
Anti-Müllerian_hormone
British TV quiz (since 1962)
become more energetic towards the end of the programme. The 1986 series experimented with an actual two-tier set, which was discontinued the following year
University_Challenge
Teaching approach
(formerly the European Case Clearing House), headquartered in Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, United Kingdom, and with its US office at Babson
Case_method
2003 single by Pink
six. Personnel are lifted from the liner notes of Try This. John Silas Cranfield – arrangement, engineering, production, writing Jonnie "Most" Davis –
God_Is_a_DJ_(Pink_song)
engine; automotive engineer Neil Oatley; aerodynamicist Ross Brawn at Cranfield Institute of Technology; 4 March 1986 at Donington Park in Leicestershire;
List_of_Equinox_episodes
Type of agriculture that emphasizes natural and environmentally friendly techniques
similarly high greenhouse gas emissions. A 2003 to 2005 investigation by the Cranfield University for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Organic_farming
Acquisition of goods beyond essential needs
position, with speculative architects like Nicholas Barbon and Lionel Cranfield operating. This then-scandalous line of thought caused great controversy
Consumerism
English actor (1869–1960)
the Night (1955) as Mr. Potts Jumping for Joy (1956) as Lord Reginald Cranfield Loser Takes All (1956) as Elderly Man in Casino Around the World in 80
A._E._Matthews
Public university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
science and music events take place. The science events include live experiments and academic speeches regarding specific subjects, while the arts events
University_of_Mannheim
Former tertiary education teaching institution
needed] The creation of polytechnics is regarded by many as a controversial experiment, with no clear consensus as to its overall effectiveness. The original
Polytechnic_(United_Kingdom)
English polymath (1792–1871)
tended to impart their own colour to a photographic paper. Herschel made experiments using photosensitive emulsions of vegetable juices, called phytotypes
John_Herschel
Australian rules footballer
November 1987) is a Gaelic and former Australian rules footballer from Cranfield Point who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football
Martin_Clarke_(footballer)
Accumulation of nutrients in water
Wayback Machine. Main Report. Defra Research Project IS0205. Bedford: Cranfield University and Defra. Kumazawa K (2002). "Nitrogen fertilization and nitrate
Eutrophication
British turbojet engine
collection at Royal Air Force Museum Cosford. A W.2/700 is on display at Cranfield University. Awarded Engineering Heritage Award no.102. A sectioned W.2/700
Power_Jets_W.2
Public research university in England
Chairmanship of Lord Robbins. HMSO. 1963. Pratt, John (1997). The Polytechnic Experiment. Open University Press. Haworth-Booth, Mark (1997). Photography: An Independent
Nottingham_Trent_University
Device for separating compressed gas into hot and cold streams
A bibliography and survey of the vortex tube. College of Aeronautics, Cranfield note, UK Curley W, McGree R Jr (1951) Bibliography of vortex tubes. Refrig
Vortex_tube
Sustainable fuel used to power aircraft
Universities working on algae jet fuel are Arizona State University and Cranfield University. Major investors for algae-based SPK research are Boeing, Honeywell/UOP
Aviation_biofuel
Personal electromagnetic field shark deterrent device
behaviour: male-female interactions, choice and cognitive ability". Dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk. hdl:1826/3494. Ryan M. Kempster; Nathan S. Hart; Shaun P. Collin
Ocean_Guardian
chair of engineering from 1889 to 1901 Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver of Cranfield (1926–), 1961–69 Wellesley Curram Clinton (1871-1934), Pender Chair from
List of people associated with University College London
List_of_people_associated_with_University_College_London
Space propulsion method using Sun radiation
atmospheric drag to accelerate satellite reentry. A de-orbit sail developed at Cranfield University is part of the UK satellite TechDemoSat-1, launched in 2014
Solar_sail
the tailplane detaches while making a low-level pass over the runway at Cranfield, causing the aircraft to crash with the loss of the crew. Attached to
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1950–1954)
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1950–1954)
English philosopher (1880–1962)
Attack and Other Papers (1953) Business and Politics under James I: Lionel Cranfield as Merchant and Minister (1958), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
R._H._Tawney
2005 studio album by Backstreet Boys
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (tracks 9, 10) Tom Coyne – mastering John Silas Cranfield – engineer (track 6) Dave Dilbeck – engineer (track 1) Aaron Fessel –
Never_Gone
Buying goods
position with speculative architects like Nicholas Barbon and Lionel Cranfield. Much pamphleteering of the time was devoted to justifying conspicuous
Shopping
RG England Cheshire 1940 1945 RAF Cranfield CX England Bedfordshire 1937 1952 Now Cranfield University and Cranfield Airport RAF Credenhill England Herefordshire
List of former Royal Air Force stations
List_of_former_Royal_Air_Force_stations
Aerospace operation in the United Kingdom and Ireland
to Boeing's products and future business needs. Cranfield University Boeing's partnership with Cranfield began in 2002. Boeing designed the X-48 experimental
Boeing_UK
British experimental train
Birmingham Maglev, the first operational maglev system. RTV 31 ended up at Cranfield University where it was kept in the open for more than 20 years. In 1996
Tracked_Hovercraft
University in Newcastle upon Tyne, England
needed] In 2017, the university was fined £400,000 after a sports science experiment gave volunteers a hundred times the safe dose of caffeine. A court hearing
Northumbria_University
Research university in England
control of BiO's operations. It has completed many technical trials and experiments including open access to Wi-Fi as a reduction of the digital divide and
University_of_Bristol
Battle during the First World War in France
British Cavalry on the Western Front, 1916–1918 (PhD thesis). Shrivenham: Cranfield University. OCLC 656092455. Docket uk.bl.ethos.488016. Retrieved 15 May
Battle_of_Flers–Courcelette
English baronet
position of Robert Harley, in favour of the previous incumbent Randal Cranfield, who then died suddenly. In 1642 he was, as a steady royalist, stripped
Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet
Sir_Thomas_Aylesbury,_1st_Baronet
Agricultural university in Cirencester, England
Kingdom England East of England Anglia Ruskin Bedfordshire Cambridge Cranfield East Anglia Essex Hertfordshire Norwich University of the Arts Suffolk
Royal_Agricultural_University
Government-owned mint that produces coins for the United Kingdom
background in chemistry, he persuaded the Royal Mint to allow him to experiment with the alloy, and was ultimately able to produce 167,539 gold sovereigns
Royal_Mint
Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher
from the Civil Service, Maddock served as an advisor on committees of Cranfield, Surrey, Brunel and Swansea colleges from 1969 to 1987. In 1979, he became
Ieuan_Maddock
Aircraft engine operating on the Diesel principle
Assessment of Rotorcraft Archived 2016-01-27 at the Wayback Machine , page 36. Cranfield University, 20 October 2015. Shute, Nevil (1954). Slide Rule. London:
Aircraft_diesel_engine
2009 studio album by AFI
to the next, with a sound rooted in punk rock but having absorbed and experimented with hardcore punk, gothic rock, and electropop influences on previous
Crash_Love
British multi-disciplinary professional institution
Bristol, Brough, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chester, Christchurch, Coventry, Cranfield, Cranwell, Derby, FAA Yeovilton, Farnborough, Gatwick, Gloucester & Cheltenham
Royal_Aeronautical_Society
Costa Rican diplomat (born 1956)
Edinburgh, 2019 Honorary Degree, University of Warwick, 2017 Honorary Degree, Cranfield University, 2017 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Georgetown
Christiana_Figueres
Aviation and aerospace scientist and engineer
navy.mil Images of the construction of USS Akron http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/reports/1942/naca-tn-875.pdf Design Paper on Analog Computer for
Wolfgang_Klemperer
Decade
In 2003, a research effort carried out at the School of Aeronautics at Cranfield University, commissioned by the BBC2 television series "Horizon", has
1890s
(FACE) experiments plants are grown in field plots and the CO2 concentration of the surrounding air is artificially elevated. These experiments generally
Effects of climate change on agriculture
Effects_of_climate_change_on_agriculture
2017 studio album by Pink
Churchyard – string engineering (track 12) Dave Clauss – editing (track 12) John Cranfield – engineering (track 6) Roger Davies – executive production Matt Dyson –
Beautiful_Trauma
CRANFIELD EXPERIMENTS
CRANFIELD EXPERIMENTS
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant spelling of Caulfield.Americanized form of German Kauffeld, a development from Kaufwald, seemingly topographic names with the familiar suffixes -feld ‘open country’, -wald ‘wood(s)’, but actually derivatives or nicknames from Old High German kouf ‘trade’, ‘purchase’. See Koff.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Raven's Field
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named in Old English from bēan ‘beans’ (collective singular) + feld ‘field’, ‘open land’, as for example Benville in Dorset.Irish : variant of the Norman family name Banville (see Bonfield), associated primarily with county Wexford.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Stanfill, itself a variant of Stanfield.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Yorkshire)
English (mainly Yorkshire) : habitational name, perhaps from Dransfield Hill in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, which contains the Old English genitive of drÄn ‘drone’ + feld ‘open country’. DrÄn may be a byname in this instance.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various minor places called Barnfield (near Egerton in Kent) or Barnfields (in Herefordshire and Staffordshire), probably from Middle English barn ‘barn’ + feld ‘area of open country’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : altered spelling of Cockfield or Caulfield.Americanized spelling of German Kauffeld (see Caufield).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a variant of Canfield.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Canfield.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : origin unidentified; probably a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place, perhaps an altered form of Rayford.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Chatfields in Sussex, which is named with the Old English personal name Ceatta (probably a variant of Catta) + Old English feld ‘open country’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Great or Little Canfield in Essex, named with the Old English personal name Cana + feld ‘open country’.English : in some cases the surname may be of Norman origin, a habitational name from Canville-les-Deux-Églises in Seine-Maritime, France.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Bedfordshire named Cranfield, from Old English cran(uc) ‘crane’ + feld ‘open country’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Cold Brayfield in Buckinghamshire or from Brafield-on-the-Green in Northamptonshire. Both are named with an Old English bragen ‘higher ground’ + feld ‘open country’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently a topographic name for someone who lived near an area of open land frequented by cranes, from Old English corn, a metathesized form of cron, cran ‘crane’ + feld ‘open country’, or a habitational name from a place name with the same origin.Translation of Jewish or German Kornfeld.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Stony Field
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the places in Berkshire, Devon, Essex, Suffolk, South Yorkshire, and elsewhere named Bradford, from Old English brÄd ‘broad’ + feld ‘open country’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Leicestershire)
English (Leicestershire) : habitational name from either of two places called Stanfield, in Norfolk and Staffordshire, or a topographic name from Middle English stan(e) ‘stone’ + feld ‘field’.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Raven's Field
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Raphael.
CRANFIELD EXPERIMENTS
CRANFIELD EXPERIMENTS
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Ascetic
Boy/Male
Irish
Handsome child.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Sum of the Vedas
Male
English
Pledge
Female
Native American
Native American Navajo name SHIMA means "mother."
Boy/Male
British, English, French, German, Italian, Teutonic
Form of Reginald; Counsel Power
Boy/Male
Arabic
Creative
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Day.
Boy/Male
Indian
Be superior, Elder
Boy/Male
Biblical
Snake, serpent.
CRANFIELD EXPERIMENTS
CRANFIELD EXPERIMENTS
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CRANFIELD EXPERIMENTS
n.
That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.
v. i.
To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
n.
A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.
imp. & p. p.
of Cranny
a.
Of or pertaining to air, or to elastic fluids or their properties; pertaining to pneumatics; as, pneumatic experiments.
n.
One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines anything by a test or standard.
n.
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
n.
The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see Illust. of Air pump.
n.
A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
n.
One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments.
a.
Of or pertaining to spectrology; as, spectrological studies or experiments.
n.
One who makes experiments; an experimenter.
v. i.
To make experiments (upon); to experiment.
a.
Having the same color; connecting parts having the same color, as lines drawn through certain points in experiments on the chromatic effects of polarized light in crystals.
n.
A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477.
n.
A field where grain is grown.
n.
A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc.
n.
The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed.
a.
Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall.