libby

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Definition of libby in English English dictionary

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth

(Adlar, İsimler) Diminutive form of Elizabeth

United States chemist who developed a method of radiocarbon dating (1908-1980)

Related Terms

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr.

{i} Lewis Libby (born 1950), former assistant to President George W. Bush and former chief of staff from 2001 to 2005 to US vice-president Dick Cheney

Lewis Libby

{i} I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr. (born 1950), former assistant to President George W. Bush and former chief of staff from 2001 to 2005 to US vice-president Dick Cheney

Willard Frank Libby

born Dec. 17, 1908, Grand Valley, Colo., U.S. died Sept. 8, 1980, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. chemist. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley and later taught there and at the University of Chicago and UCLA. With the Manhattan Project, he helped develop a method for separating uranium isotopes and showed that tritium is a product of cosmic radiation. In 1947 he and his students developed carbon-14 dating, which proved to be an extremely valuable tool for archaeology, anthropology, and earth science and earned him a 1960 Nobel Prize

Willard Libby

born Dec. 17, 1908, Grand Valley, Colo., U.S. died Sept. 8, 1980, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. chemist. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley and later taught there and at the University of Chicago and UCLA. With the Manhattan Project, he helped develop a method for separating uranium isotopes and showed that tritium is a product of cosmic radiation. In 1947 he and his students developed carbon-14 dating, which proved to be an extremely valuable tool for archaeology, anthropology, and earth science and earned him a 1960 Nobel Prize

Hyphenation

Lib·by

Turkish pronunciation

lîbi

Pronunciation

/ˈləbē/ /ˈlɪbiː/