Somerville

[ suhm-er-vil ]

noun

1. Mary Fairfax Greig [greg], 1780–1872, Scottish mathematician and astronomer.
2. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
3. a town in central New Jersey.

Somerville

/ ˈsʌməvɪl /

noun

1. SomervilleMary17801872FBritishWRITING: science writer Mary, original name Mary Fairfax . 1780–1872, British scientific writer, author of Physical Geography (1848) and other textbooks. Somerville College, Oxford, was named after her

Somerville

/ sŭm′ər-vĭl′ /

1. Scottish astronomer and mathematician who wrote expository works on mathematics, physical geography, microscopic science, and astronomy. Her writings explained complex scientific ideas to the general public through simple illustrations and experiments that the average reader could easily understand.

Example Sentences

In it, Somerville recounts a piece of advice he got from Damon Lindelof, who happens to be the co-creator of famed mystery-box show Lost.

From Vox

Somerville shares Inside’s distinctive and lovely aesthetic.

From Time

Regional food and water sources may have dwindled when the last Ice Age peaked between 26,000 and 19,000 years ago, causing the earliest settlers to leave and delaying further occupations until conditions improved, Somerville speculates.

From Science News

BKB, she said, was undergoing a rapid expansion following the opening of the Somerville location, and she moved to the company’s Denver headquarters after being promoted to a manager role.

From Outside Online

For example, Somerville, Massachusetts, relocated voting from a nursing home to a school a little less than a mile away.

From ProPublica

They lured Castucci to their headquarters, an office inside Marshall Motors, a garage at 14 Marshall Street in Somerville.

From The Daily Beast

Samuel Putnam, a Massachusetts judge and senator, died at Somerville, aged 85.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Watson, five miles away in Somerville, promptly answered in the affirmative, and soon was heard a voice singing "America."

From Project Gutenberg

But Lionel never heard the question, for he was most busily occupied about Mrs. Somerville and her horse.

From Project Gutenberg

"There they go at last," said he, as Lionel and Mrs. Somerville cantered forth, followed by two grooms.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Somerville hovered behind, a paler thing of broken lavender and white and black, with screwed up, sandy-lashed eyes.

From Project Gutenberg