Examples of 'eponym' in a sentence
Meaning of "eponym"
Eponym (noun) - a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named. It is often used in the context of medical terminology or to refer to terms named after people
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- A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item.
- A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
- A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
How to use "eponym" in a sentence
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This procedure is the eponym of this method.
No separate entry appears for the alternative eponym.
Cangjie was the eponym for the c.
An eponym refers to a person or thing after which something else is named.
Her name is used as an eponym for a female advisor or counselor.
The same basic phrasing occurs in the eponym lists.
The adjectives derived from eponym include eponymous and eponymic.
The contribution of an eponym.
The nature of the office of eponym is not completely clear.
The eponym member of this family acts as an essential nutritional sensor in the cell.
Ngwane thus became the eponym of his country and his people.
The description of the nodes made Osler an eponym.
First eponym album.
Venus was named once again by the Romans after their eponym goddess.
This is the eponym of the Hhohho region.
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It is clear from these examples that Benjamin is not merely a geographic eponym.
He is the eponym of the lunar crater Lubiniezky.
She was said to be the eponym of Mycenae.
He is the eponym of the lunar crater Goclenius.
He was founder and eponym of the Wm.
He is the eponym of the Bell polynomials and the Bell numbers of combinatorics.
He was also the eponym of Swaziland.
This is perhaps the most defaced crater formation on the Moon that possesses an eponym.
Walther is the eponym of lunar crater Walther.
Her daughter Amazo was thought of as the eponym of the Amazons.
He is the eponym of the Cartier divisor.
Neilus of Aegyptus the eponym of Egypt.
His son was the eponym of the city of Nacoleia in Phrygia.
Beyond the Eponym.
He is the eponym of the Kravchuk polynomials and Kravchuk matrix.
He was also the eponym of Eswatini.
The eponym for this crater is ancient Roman engineer and architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio.
The name is possibly an eponym for the god Freyr.
Founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein Incorporated cosmetics company.
Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
This etiological eponym served to account for the Greek ethnic name Lydoi Λυδοί.
His other daughter Phrygia was the eponym of the country Phrygia.
She was the eponym of the city Amphissa in Ozolian Locris.
William of Ockham the eponym of Occamism.
The eponym Thaiaditus.
Thus, the name of the inventor became an eponym.
The latter name is an eponym for Friedrich Arnold.
An eponym is a name or phrase formed from or based on a person's name.
He is regarded as the eponym of the Mushki tribe of Anatolia.
Quisling 's name has become an international eponym for traitor.
Raum the Old eponym of Raumaríki.
It details the name of the island, its location and eponym.
He was the eponym of Pieria and Mt.
Over time, lunar observers assigned many of the satellite craters an eponym.
Aegypius is the eponym of the species, whatever it was.
