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Definition of Plucker
1. n. One who, or that which, plucks.
Definition of Plucker
1. Noun. One who plucks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plucker
1. one that plucks [n -S] - See also: plucks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plucker
Literary usage of Plucker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoir and Scientific Correspondence of the Late Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart by Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1907)
"LETTERS FROM JULIUS ROBERT plucker. The following statement was made by General
Sabine, ... 30, 1866, in transmitting the Copley Medal to Professor plucker. ..."
2. Higher Geometry: An Introduction to Advanced Methods in Analytic Geometry by Frederick Shenstone Woods (1922)
"The plucker coordinates. The straight lines in space form a simple example of a
four-dimensional extent, since a line is determined by four coordinates. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Science: Comprising Astronomy, Chemistry, Dynamics by George Farrer Rodwell (1873)
"plucker designates by this a form of gaseous spectrum which is apparent when a
high temperature is employed. (See Nitrogen, Spectrum of. ..."
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