Houston
['hju:stən]
Definition
(noun.) the largest city in Texas; located in southeastern Texas near the Gulf of Mexico; site of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(noun.) United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863).
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Examples
- Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Houston & Kennelly in their Electricity in Everyday Life sum the matter up as follows: The Edison chemical meter is capable of giving fair measurements of the amount of current passing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was in the condition of Sam Houston, the pioneer and founder of Texas, who, it was said, knew no fear. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He confronted Houston suddenly, and Sam stopped and said: 'If you are a man, you can't hurt me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Other early inventors were Hart of Scotland, Siemens of Germany, Thompson and Houston of England, and Farmer, Brush, Wallace, Maxim, and Weston and Westinghouse of America. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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