Goddard

[ god-erd ]

noun

1. Robert Hutch·ings [huhch, -ingz], 1882–1945, U.S. physicist: pioneer in rocketry.

Goddard

/ ˈɡɒdɑːd /

noun

1. GoddardRobert Hutchings18821945MUSSCIENCE: physicist Robert Hutchings. 1882–1945, US physicist. He made the first workable liquid-fuelled rocket

Goddard

/ gŏd′ərd /

1. American physicist who developed numerous rockets and rocket devices, including the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1926), the first instrument-carrying rocket that could make observations in flight (1929), and the first rockets to exceed the speed of sound.

Example Sentences

The irony is not lost on Dee Goddard, who grew up "down south", when she says that she originally moved to the area because "we thought it would be a cheaper option".

From BBC

Defence barrister Katherine Goddard KC said there was "no dispute over the facts" of the case.

From BBC

Speaking before the bodies were recovered, professional diver Andy Goddard said conditions would be "pretty dark" on the wreck with very limited ambient light at that depth.

From BBC

October’s supermoon will be slightly closer than September’s, according to Noah Petro, a lunar reconnaissance orbiter project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

From Los Angeles Times

“The source is like a piston,” says Adam Szabo, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and principal investigator for the magnetometer.

From Science Magazine