Used in a Sentence

petrie

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for petrie.

Editorial note

Again well documented by Petrie and others, supported by overwhelming physical evidence, so not a point of contention.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

A surname transferred from the given name.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of petrie gathered in one view.

noun

A surname transferred from the given name.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for petrie.

noun

A surname transferred from the given name.

Example sentences

1

Again well documented by Petrie and others, supported by overwhelming physical evidence, so not a point of contention.

2

In the way a bacteria dominates a petrie dish until it exhausts all the resources and dies off?

3

Thus to equalize experience, according to the Petrie multiplier, men should decrease their sexism way below women's.

4

You didn't even read what the Petrie multiplier is, making your whole post a straw man attack.

5

If you think this is not a big deal, you should become familiar with the Petrie multiplier.

6

Odio came along and scraped all the carbohydrates out of the Petrie dish, to give to ants outside the lab.

7

Garlic kills cancer cells in petrie dishes, but not at all when you eat it.

8

If we placed some primordial sludge in a petrie dish overnight, we wouldn't worry that a sentient creature will have materialized.

9

Forcing men to decrease their sexism way below women's is an attack on men by definition, and the Petrie multiplier provides mathematical foundation for it.

10

The UCL Flinders petrie collection is small but beautifully formed and from memory has a collection of ancient weights and measures from Egyptian market/pay regulators.

11

That's how Rob Petrie worked, with Buddy and Sally.

12

Equal experience would necessarily require lower sexism displayed by the members of the majority - read the Petrie multiplier post again if you don't understand that statement.

Quote examples

1

Why the OP failed to mention spiral grooves and talks about "concentric circles" instead is unclear, given they otherwise quote Petrie extensively.

2

I recommend the book "The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue", by Johnson and Petrie, for more information.

Proper noun examples

1

Ground Penetrating radar wasn't even a dream in the days of Mortimer Wheeler and Flinders Petrie.

2

Yes, it's interesting isn't it, how everyone is debunking eachother, and that hasn't changed much from the days of Petrie.

3

Petrie himself documented spiral grooves that span many drill rotations, sometimes totaling over 6 metres in a single continuous groove.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use petrie in a sentence?

Again well documented by Petrie and others, supported by overwhelming physical evidence, so not a point of contention.

What does petrie mean?

A surname transferred from the given name.

What part of speech is petrie?

petrie is commonly used as noun.