Deakin

[ dee-kin ]

noun

1. Alfred, 1856–1919, Australian statesman: prime minister 1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10.

Deakin

/ ˈdiːkɪn /

noun

1. DeakinAlfred18561919MAustralianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Alfred. 1856–1919, Australian statesman. He was a leader of the movement for Australian federation; prime minister of Australia (1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10)

Example Sentences

Peter Enticott, a psychologist at Australia’s Deakin University, is leading a multisite trial of TMS for autism funded by the Australian government.

From Los Angeles Times

Mylene Mariette, a behavioral ecologist at Deakin University, and her team set out to answer that question with zebra finches held in an aviary on campus in Melbourne, Australia.

From Science Magazine

Adult monitors do not stay with their eggs, says Thomas Madsen, an evolutionary ecologist at Deakin University, so they can’t teach the next generation of monitors to avoid the toads.

From Science Magazine

“As far as we know, it seems like other penguin colonies do not suffer from such raven attacks,” says Mike Weston, a professor of wildlife and conservation biology at Melbourne’s Deakin University who has been studying the phenomenon.

From National Geographic

John Deakin, head of trees and woodlands at the National Trust, said: "Temperate rainforests used to be expansive wooded habitats along the western seaboard of the UK, but now all that's left are fragments."

From BBC