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prediscoverer

prediscoverer noun: one who prediscovers.

Noun

prediscoverer (plural prediscoverers)

  1. One who prediscovers.
    • While the auroral oval was not recognized at the time, Gordon Shepherd a former student and facutly member at the University of Saskatchewan has called Currie the "prediscoverer" of the auroral oval.1985, Wilfried Schröder, International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. Interdivisional Commission on History, Historical Events and People in Geosciences: Selected Papers (page 70)
    • Murray Gell-Mann, prediscoverer of quarks, makes a similar point.2002, Tom Siegfried, Strange Matters

Forms of prediscoverer

pluralprediscoverers

Questions about prediscoverer

What does prediscoverer mean?
Prediscoverer means one who prediscovers.
What part of speech is prediscoverer?
Prediscoverer is a noun.
What is the plural of prediscoverer?
The plural of prediscoverer is prediscoverers.

Words near prediscoverer in the dictionary

  1. prediscontinuance
  2. prediscontinuation
  3. prediscount
  4. prediscover
  5. prediscovered
  6. prediscoverer
  7. prediscoverers
  8. prediscoveries
  9. prediscovering
  10. prediscovers
  11. prediscovery

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