Aitken

[ eyt-kuhn ]

noun

1. Robert Grant, 1864–1951, U.S. astronomer.
2. William Maxwell. Lord William Maxwell Aitken Beaverbrook.

Aitken

/ ˈeɪtkɪn /

noun

1. AitkenRobert Grant18641951MUSSCIENCE: astronomer Robert Grant. 1864–1951, US astronomer who discovered over three thousand double stars
2. AitkenWilliam Maxwell William Maxwell See Beaverbrook

Example Sentences

It’s a scene from “Lightscape,” the latest hard-to-explain creation by Los Angeles artist Doug Aitken.

From Los Angeles Times

“Lightscape” will then transmogrify into an exhibition opening Dec. 17 at the Marciano Art Foundation in L.A.’s Windsor Square neighborhood, where Aitken’s film will be “exploded” onto seven screens and extended with physical artwork related to the film.

From Los Angeles Times

“Kaleidoscope” is a far preferable and more colorful description of Aitken’s ambition here, which takes stunning, impressionistic and often dreamlike images of ordinary people moving through extraordinary California landscapes, and stirs them into seemingly improvised songs as well as familiar minimalist masterpieces by composers like Glass, Steve Reich and Terry Riley.

From Los Angeles Times

Aitken, 56, is an equally hard-to-explain person.

From Los Angeles Times

Born and raised in Redondo Beach, Aitken sprang from ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena to an early career in New York, playing with sculpture, light displays, performance, film and other media.

From Los Angeles Times