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MOTT

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Overview

MOTT (noun)
  The noun MOTT has 1 sense:

1. United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)play

  Familiarity information: MOTT used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MOTT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lucretia Coffin Mott; Mott

Instance hypernyms:

feminist; libber; women's liberationist; women's rightist (a supporter of feminism)

suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))


 Context examples 


For their study, the Cambridge researchers squashed layers of FePS3 together under high pressure (about 10 Gigapascals), they found that it switched between an insulator and conductor, a phenomenon known as a Mott transition.

(‘Magnetic graphene’ switches between insulator and conductor, University of Cambridge)



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