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scribner

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for scribner.

Editorial note

Author: Morgan, Alfred Powell, Publisher: New York, Scribner Date: [1954] The Boys' Second Book of Radio and Electronics.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Ellipsis of Scribner Creek. [A creek in Klondike, Yukon, Canada, a tributary of the Indian River]

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

Ellipsis of Scribner Creek. [A creek in Klondike, Yukon, Canada, a tributary of the Indian River]

noun

(countable) A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for scribner.

noun

Ellipsis of Scribner Creek. [A creek in Klondike, Yukon, Canada, a tributary of the Indian River]

noun

(countable) A surname.

Example sentences

1

Author: Morgan, Alfred Powell, Publisher: New York, Scribner Date: [1954] The Boys' Second Book of Radio and Electronics.

2

Author: Morgan, Alfred Powell, Publisher: New York, Scribner Date: [1957] The Boy's Third Book of Radio and Electronics.

3

I don't see any copyright claim in the Scribner edition.

4

It's a good list, but might just be a bit too androcentric with only 5 women out of the ~90 persons listed, (including anthologies.) Counting: Hannah Arendt, Maria Montessori, Mary Midgley, Sylvia Scribner and Rebecca West.

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Author: Morgan, Alfred Powell, Publisher: New York, Scribner Date: [1962] The Boys' Fourth Book of Radio and Electronics; an introduction to solid state physics, semiconductors, and transistors, Author: Morgan, Alfred Powell.

6

One is a Scribner's juvenile, and the other is a novel written for adults.

7

You don't think Amazon/WalMart/Target forced Scribner to sell "Under the Dome" for $9, do you?

8

A Farewell to Arms, for example, was completed entirely before it was serialized in Scribner's.

9

Scribner filed a patent in 1878 to facilitate switchboard operation using his spring-jack switch.

10

Scribner was issued US Patent 293,198 for a "jack-knife" connector that is the origin of calling the receptacle a "jack".

11

Anyway, what I did and how it did it can be found in Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar, published hy Scribner.

12

Scribner filed a patent in 1880 which removes the lever and resembles the modern connector and made improvements to switchboard design in subsequent patents filed in 1882.

Quote examples

1

You don't think Amazon/WalMart/Target forced Scribner to sell "Under the Dome" for $9, do you?

2

Scribner was issued US Patent 293,198 for a "jack-knife" connector that is the origin of calling the receptacle a "jack".

3

Scribner calls the switch "spring-jack" after "jack-knife" where the "jack" part of it comes from the name Jack and in the 1300s meant a mechanical device.

4

> Adapted from “Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis” by The Wall Street Journal’s Scott Patterson, to be published on June 6 by Scribner.

Proper noun examples

1

One is a Scribner's juvenile, and the other is a novel written for adults.

2

A Farewell to Arms, for example, was completed entirely before it was serialized in Scribner's.

3

Scribner filed a patent in 1878 to facilitate switchboard operation using his spring-jack switch.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use scribner in a sentence?

Author: Morgan, Alfred Powell, Publisher: New York, Scribner Date: [1954] The Boys' Second Book of Radio and Electronics.

What does scribner mean?

Ellipsis of Scribner Creek. [A creek in Klondike, Yukon, Canada, a tributary of the Indian River]

What part of speech is scribner?

scribner is commonly used as noun.