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Definition of Hutton

1. Noun. English cricketer (1916-1990).

2. Noun. Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hutton

Hutchinson's mask Hutchinson's patch Hutchinson's pupil Hutchinson-Gilford disease Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome Hutchinsonian Hutchinsonians Hutchison Hutchison syndrome Hutson

Hutt Hutterite Hutterites Hutton (current term) Huttonian Hutu Huws Huxleian Huxley Huxley's layer

Huxley's membrane Huxley's sheath Huxleyan Huya Huygenian eyepiece Huygens Huygens' ocular Huygens' principle

Literary usage of Hutton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1919)
"Elizabeth Hutton born Sept. 8 Day on Friday evening and in the year 1749. ... Benjamin Hutton born May 4th on Monday about 3 o'clock in the afternoon in the ..."

2. The Library by Bibliographical Society (Great Britain)., Library Association (1895)
"WILLIAM Hutton. ALTHOUGH only a few weeks have elapsed since the ... After a fortnight's illness, Mr. William Hutton, librarian of Stirling's and Glasgow ..."

3. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1873)
"188 Hutton says (Theory of the Earth, Edinb. 1795, vol. ip 94), ' The place of mineral ... 97, ' The present Theory of the Earth holds »' Hutton, however, ..."

4. Cavendish by Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach (1996)
"Just a year or so before Cavendish's paper, Hutton had called attention to his calculation of the density of the earth from the Royal Society's experiment. ..."

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