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KETTERING
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• KETTERING (noun)
The noun KETTERING has 1 sense:
1. United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
Familiarity information: KETTERING used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Charles Franklin Kettering; Charles Kettering; Kettering
Instance hypernyms:
applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)
Context examples
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the world's oldest and largest private cancer center.
(Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have shown that autologous fecal microbiota transplantation (auto-FMT) is a safe and effective way to help replenish beneficial gut bacteria in cancer patients who require intense antibiotics during allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
(Fecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients, National Institutes of Health)
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