Kilby is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Kilby in a sentence
Kilby meaning
- A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP618729).
- A habitational surname.
Using Kilby
- The main meaning on this page is: A village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP618729). | A habitational surname.
- In the example corpus, kilby often appears in combinations such as: jack kilby.
Context around Kilby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kilby
- In this selection, "kilby" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jack, chantelle, process, sending, expects and denied stand out and add context to how "kilby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 129 while kilby s invention and by jack kilby and led. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kilby" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kilby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kilby said a regional approach is needed to tackle the problem. (11 words)
Kilby expects a healthy August-September harvest and increased autumn visitation. (11 words)
Sole parental rights of two minor children granted to Laurie Ann Kilby. (12 words)
Their current tour—which features all three musicians performing together as well as solo—finds them playing some of the biggest stages of their careers (both Bridgers' and Baker's last shows in Salt Lake City were at Kilby Court). (40 words)
As part of that process, Kilby denied officers’ consent to search the vehicle but the department’s drug dog, K-9 Champi, conducted an open air sniff of the vehicle, indicating a positive alert for narcotics. (36 words)
Leeds-born mother-of-two Victoria Chantelle Kilby has opened her hotel doors to anyone who needs shelter and welcomed a family of eight who have all had to share one bed. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is believed Nathan might be travelling on foot, and that he could be in Countesthorpe or Kilby.
Jack Kilby, of the Texas Instruments company, and Robert Norton Noyce, of Fairchild Semiconductor, revolutionized modern electronics and the Silicon Valley when they invented silicon integrated circuits in 1958.
Leeds-born mother-of-two Victoria Chantelle Kilby has opened her hotel doors to anyone who needs shelter and welcomed a family of eight who have all had to share one bed.
Kilby said a regional approach is needed to tackle the problem.
Sean Fagan was next to have a go for Kilby, sending a shot just past the right post in 10 minutes.
Kilby expects a healthy August-September harvest and increased autumn visitation.
As part of that process, Kilby denied officers’ consent to search the vehicle but the department’s drug dog, K-9 Champi, conducted an open air sniff of the vehicle, indicating a positive alert for narcotics.
Tate took Kilby into custody and while doing so noticed a small bag containing a powered substance inside the driver’s side door.
City Councilor Bradford Kilby, chairman of the Committee on Public Safety, said on Tuesday he had just become aware of the situation regarding the police department by City Council President Cliff Ponte.
Following Elbert’s fumble return, SIU added one more touchdown on a 29-yard DeSomer touchdown pass to junior tight end Nigel Kilby.
Sole parental rights of two minor children granted to Laurie Ann Kilby.
Their current tour—which features all three musicians performing together as well as solo—finds them playing some of the biggest stages of their careers (both Bridgers' and Baker's last shows in Salt Lake City were at Kilby Court).
The short tour will close at the Great Bend Downtown Bandshell in Jack Kilby Square.
He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby ) with the realization of the first integrated circuit or microchip that fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name.
However, as the project was gaining momentum, Kilby came up with a new, revolutionary design: the IC.
Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958 while working at TI's Central Research Labs.
Kilby presented his idea to his superiors, and was allowed to build a test version of his circuit.
Kilby's idea was to make all the components and the chip out of the same block (monolith) of semiconductor material.
Lécuyer, p. 129 While Kilby's invention was six months earlier, neither man rejected the title of co-inventor.
This idea, which seemed very promising in 1957, was proposed to the US Army by Jack Kilby and led to the short-lived Micromodule Program (similar to 1951's Project Tinkertoy).
Common combinations with kilby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: