A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
geoffrey
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for geoffrey.
Editorial note
If you haven't, check out The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller or similar books.
Quick take
A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of geoffrey gathered in one view.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for geoffrey.
noun
A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
Example sentences
If you haven't, check out The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller or similar books.
Look up the work of Geoffrey West at the Santa Fe Institute on cities and total economic activity (which scales with land values) by population.
I would suggest you read Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm and Inside the Tornado.
The Tao of Programming, by Geoffrey James.
In the classic book Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey Moore divided the early market for a product into three groups, not two - the technophiles, the early adopters, and the early majority.
Finally, I have to admit as a former biologist, I'm intrigued by microtubule activity and it seems like Dileep George and even Geoffrey Hinton are heading towards smarter but fewer neurons as opposed to just increasing the neuron count.
In the absence of hugely comprehensive and cash-intensive approaches to schooling in economically devastated areas (e.g., the model developed by Geoffrey Canada), a limited focus on schools that avoids the myriad ways impoverished home life undermines academic study may end up doing more harm than good, in the same way junk food provides a lot of calories without providing much nutrition.
The dynamic (which was also well documented in Geoffrey Moore's books) is that companies that make it to an IPO and grow, add value over time and their relative value at a size of <= 1000 employees, to their size at 10,000 employees makes the equity compensation of those 1000 employees a lot more valuable than the later employees got.
Quote examples
Geoffrey Hinton gave results to this effect in a talk about "Dark Knowledge" [1].
That's why it makes sense for restaurants to follow Geoffrey Moore's advice of using the "bowling alley strategy" from Crossing the Chasm.
In a way, it's like what Geoffrey Moore talks about in his book "Crossing the Chasm", about the difference between early adopters and mainstream users.
I'd recommend "Crossing the Chasm" by Geoffrey A.
Proper noun examples
Geoffrey Colvin of Fortune magazine once wrote about this some years back, you could probably find it with a bit of google.
Thanks Geoffrey, I appreciate the kind words.
I know that Google has been doing a lot of research into that, but that has been focused heavily on producing lyrics for rap battles (Geoffrey Hinton is known as Grandmaster BackProp in the rap community).
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use geoffrey in a sentence?
If you haven't, check out The Mating Mind by Geoffrey Miller or similar books.
What does geoffrey mean?
A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
What part of speech is geoffrey?
geoffrey is commonly used as noun.