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Bakerian

Bakerian adjective: applied to prize lectures by fellows of the Royal Society on natural history or experimental philosophy.

Adjective

Bakerian (not comparable)

  1. Applied to prize lectures by fellows of the Royal Society on natural history or experimental philosophy.

Origin of Bakerian

From Baker + -ian, named after Henry Baker, its original sponsor in 1775.

Questions about Bakerian

What does Bakerian mean?
Bakerian means applied to prize lectures by fellows of the Royal Society on natural history or experimental philosophy.
What part of speech is Bakerian?
Bakerian is an adjective.

Words near Bakerian in the dictionary

  1. Baker-Nunn cameras
  2. bakerdom
  3. bakeress
  4. bakeresses
  5. Bakerhill
  6. Bakerian
  7. bakeries
  8. bakeriesful
  9. bakerite
  10. bakerless
  11. Bakerloo

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