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Fitzgerald, Barry

Fitz ger ald, Barry |fitsˈjerəld fɪtsˈʤɛrəld | (1888 –1961 ), Irish actor; born in Ireland; born William Joseph Shields. His movies include Going My Way (1944 ), The Naked City (1948 ), and The Quiet Man (1952 ).

 

Fitzgerald, Edward

Fitzgerald, Edward |fɪtsˈdʒɛr (ə )ld | (1809 –83 ), English scholar and poet. Notable works: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (translation, 1859 ).

 

Fitzgerald, Ella

Fitz ger ald, Ella |fɪtsˈʤɛr (ə )ld fitsˈjerəld | (1917 –96 ), US jazz singer; full name Ella Jane Fitzgerald. Known for her distinctive style of scat singing, she appeared with Count Basie and Duke Ellington. From the mid 1950s, she made a series of recordings of songs by George Gershwin and Cole Porter.

 

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Fitz ger ald, F. Scott |fɪtsˈʤɛr (ə )ld fitsˈjerəld | (1896 –1940 ), US novelist; full name Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. His novels, in particular The Great Gatsby (1925 ), provide a vivid portrait of the US during the jazz era of the 1920s. Fitzgerald later became part of an affluent and fashionable set living on the French Riviera; their lifestyle is reflected in Tender is the Night (1934 ), a semiautobiographical novel.

 

FitzGerald contraction

Fitz Ger ald con trac tion |fitsˈjerəld fɪtsˌʤɛrəld kənˈtrækʃən |(also FitzGerald –Lorentz contraction ) noun Physics another term for Lorentz contraction. ORIGIN named after George. F. FitzGerald (1851 –1901 ), Irish physicist, and H. A. Lorentz, Hendrik, who independently postulated the theory in 1892.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Fitzgerald, Barry

Fitz ger ald, Barry |fitsˈjerəld fɪtsˈʤɛrəld | (1888 –1961 ), Irish actor; born in Ireland; born William Joseph Shields. His movies include Going My Way (1944 ), The Naked City (1948 ), and The Quiet Man (1952 ).

 

Fitzgerald, Edward

Fitzgerald, Edward |fɪtsˈdʒɛr (ə )ld | (1809 –83 ), English scholar and poet. Notable works: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (translation, 1859 ).

 

Fitzgerald, Ella

Fitzgerald, Ella |fɪtsˈdʒɛr (ə )ld | (1917 –96 ), American jazz singer, known for her distinctive style of scat singing.

 

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Fitzgerald, F. Scott |fɪtsˈdʒɛr (ə )ld | (1896 –1940 ), American novelist; full name Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. His novels, in particular The Great Gatsby (1925 ), provide a vivid portrait of the US during the jazz era of the 1920s.

 

FitzGerald contraction

FitzGerald contraction |fɪtsˈdʒɛr (ə )ld |(also FitzGerald –Lorentz contraction ) noun Physics the shortening of a moving body in the direction of its motion, especially at speeds close to that of light. ORIGIN named after George. F. FitzGerald (1851 –1901 ), Irish physicist, and H. A. Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon, who independently postulated the theory in 1892.

 

Duden Dictionary

Fitzgerald

Fitz gerald Eigenname amerikanische Jazzsängerin

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Fitzgerald

Fitz ger ald /fɪtsdʒér (ə )ld /名詞 フィッツジェラルド a Edward , 1809 --83; 英国の詩人.b Francis Scott (Key ) , 1896 --1940; 米国の小説家 〙.