Herschel
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Herschel
- /ˈhɜːʃəl/ UK
- /ˈhɝʃəl/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʃəl
Where it comes from
(Uranus): after its discoverer, William Herschel.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A male given name. Herschel Walker’s campaign for Senate removed a false claim – which inaccurately said the Republican candidate graduated from the University of Georgia – from a website for his Senate bid, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
- The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.
- One of several impact craters in the Solar System, such as the one on Mimas.
- A special service area in the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A former settlement on Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada.
- A settlement in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after Sir John Herschel.
noun Herschels
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A heptomino shaped like the lowercase letter h, critical as a methuselah.
This Herschel could be sent through stages of Buckingham's components, producing an arbitrary excess of gliders along a variety of different paths.
Similar: D-heptomino, J-heptomino
Talk about this word "Herschel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/herschel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Herschel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/herschel "Herschel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/herschel.Cite this
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title = {Herschel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/herschel},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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