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Byrd

bərd
WordNet
  1. (n) Byrd
    explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)
  2. (n) Byrd
    English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623)
Usage in the news

HERMITAGE — Mary Stuard Byrd , age 73, of Hermitage, Ark. pbcommercial.com

Mary Joyce Stuard Byrd , 73, of Hermitage, died on Monday, Nov 5, 2012, at home. camdenarknews.com

Byrd 's Garry Lewis fumbled at the 1-yard line on fourth down to end the game, and the Eagles' season at 8-4. fayobserver.com

Down 23-20, Byrd 's opportunity to win it was hurt it lost a play on a bad snap to quarterback Breon Davis on second-and-3 at the 7. fayobserver.com

Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd -Bennett speaks at the Chicago Urban League on Friday. southbendtribune.com

A Jan-Care Ambulance was struck on Robert C Byrd Drive in Crab Orchard around 6:30 pm Wednesday, sustaining significant damage and injuring one crew member, confirmed Jan-Care Operations Director Paul Seaman. register-herald.com

Q&A: Hatari Byrd on OU official visit. espn.go.com

But one of the most intriguing visitors was OU safety commit Hatari Byrd (Fresno, Calif/Central East). espn.go.com

Byrd Cookie's Breast Cancer Event. 2.wsav.com

Staunton River had nothing to play for when it squared off against William Byrd last Friday evening. bedfordbulletin.com

Fighting back tears and surrounded by some of his former teammates, Dennis Byrd walked to the middle of the MetLife Stadium field in East Rutherford, N.J. As his No 90 jersey was retired by the New York Jets. thenewstribune.com

Monday's Morning Zone: Frosty and Jim Byrd . kgab.com

Jets retire Byrd 's No 90 jersey. star-telegram.com

Jets retire former DE Dennis Byrd 's No 90. usatoday.com

Former Jets player Dennis Byrd speaks during his jersey retirement ceremony during the game against the Dolphins at Met Life Stadium. usatoday.com

Usage in scientific papers

Furthermore, the low (luminous) disk surface density and the locations of the pseudorings make it unlikely that swing amplification (Toomre 1981) or bar-driving (Schwarz 1981, 1984; Byrd et al. 1994) can explain the bar and spiral patterns.
On the Spiral Structure of NGC 2915 and Dark Matter

This process should be a more effective mechanism than ram pressure stripping in causing activity (Byrd & Valtonen 1990; Rose et al. 2001).
At the Vigintennial of the Butcher-Oemler Effect

The mechanism that produce intense broadband CSR was known for long time (Nodvick and Saxon, 1954),but only recently recognized in laboratory accelerators (Williams, 2002; Carr et al., 2002; Byrd et al., 2002).
Sub-terahertz, microwaves and high energy emissions during the December 6, 2006 flare, at 18:40 UT

Todd Tilma, Mark Byrd, and ECG Sudarshan. A parametrization of bipartite systems based on SU(4) Euler angles.
Calculation of the unitary part of the Bures measure for N-level quantum systems

Internal triggers include cooling flows, bars in galaxies, which funnel material to the core (Shlosman et al. 1989, Thronson et al. 1989), or flybys of companion galaxies (Byrd et al. 1986) which shock the ISM of the host galaxy into collapsing (perhaps aided by the formation of a bar).
An Investigation into the Geometry of Seyfert Galaxies

Usage in literature

Miss Tilghman, Miss Lashiel and Miss Tayloe, Mr. Dangerfield, Mr. Leigh, and Mr. Byrd. "In Her Own Right" by John Reed Scott

William Byrd I, Daniel Parke, "King" Carter were every whit as proud as were Randolph, Madison or Jefferson. "Patrician and Plebeian" by Thomas J. Wertenbaker

And all foules and byrdes rostiez lune plus laultre mains. "An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly" by Anonymous

To this proposition Colonel Byrd assented, and the gates were thrown open. "Chronicles of Border Warfare" by Alexander Scott Withers

You remember Johnny Byrd. "The Innocent Adventuress" by Mary Hastings Bradley

Byrd, Col. William, 304. "Afloat on the Ohio" by Reuben Gold Thwaites

Byrd, William, of Westover, describes Sarah Syme, Henry's mother, 1, 2. "Patrick Henry" by Moses Coit Tyler

What then, you ask me, did befall Mehitable Byrde? "The Universal Reciter" by Various

This doctour thought that the vnderstandynge, and nat the noyse, hadde feared awaye the byrdes. "Shakespeare Jest-Books;" by Unknown

Byrd, Mary E., Director Smith Coll. "The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV" by Various