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Slipher is an English word starting with the letter S. With 7 example sentences you'll see exactly how it works in context.

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Slipher in a sentence

Using Slipher

  • In the example corpus, slipher often appears in combinations such as: vesto slipher, slipher was.

Context around Slipher

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

vesto 4× correlated 1× urged 1×

Often after:

measured 1× tried 1×

Sentence patterns with Slipher

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

1912 vesto slipher measured the 1× hubble correlated slipher s measurements 1× mostly by slipher 1× slipher and edwin 1× tombaugh urged slipher to suggest 1× vesto slipher tried to 1× vesto slipher was the 1× vesto slipher was working 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

vesto slipher was 2× in 1912 vesto 1× slipher and edwin 1× this allowed him 1× tombaugh urged slipher 1× vesto slipher tried 1×

Common sentence endings:

detect any rotation 1× formulate his law 1× mostly by slipher 1× of star light 1× receding from earth 1× someone else did 1×

Words around Slipher

Just before it in the word index:

slipgate 2 slipfaces 2 slipe 2 slipcover 3 slipcased 3 slipcase 2

Just after it in the word index:

slipknot 19 slipmat 3 slipp 2 slippage 55 slippages 12 slipped 967

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaba 10 aafc 10 aaib 10 aalbers 10 abbate 10 abbesses 10

Corpus analysis for Slipher

  • In this selection, "slipher" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, vesto, correlated, urged, measured and tried stand out and add context to how "slipher" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1912 vesto slipher measured the and hubble correlated slipher s measurements. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "slipher" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with slipher

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Vesto Slipher was working on such measurements when he turned his attention to spiral nebulae. (15 words)

Tombaugh urged Slipher to suggest a name for the new object quickly before someone else did. (16 words)

This allowed him to estimate distances to galaxies whose redshifts had already been measured, mostly by Slipher. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

In 1912 Vesto Slipher measured the first Doppler shift of a " spiral nebula " (spiral nebula is the obsolete term for spiral galaxies), and soon discovered that almost all such nebulae were receding from Earth. (34 words)

Vesto Slipher was the first to discover galactic redshifts, in about the year 1912, while Hubble correlated Slipher's measurements with distances he measured by other means to formulate his Law. (31 words)

Slipher and Edwin Hubble continued to collect the spectra from many diffuse nebulae, finding 29 that showed emission spectra and 33 that had the continuous spectra of star light. (29 words)

Example sentences (7)

Vesto Slipher was the first to discover galactic redshifts, in about the year 1912, while Hubble correlated Slipher's measurements with distances he measured by other means to formulate his Law.

In 1912 Vesto Slipher measured the first Doppler shift of a " spiral nebula " (spiral nebula is the obsolete term for spiral galaxies), and soon discovered that almost all such nebulae were receding from Earth.

Slipher and Edwin Hubble continued to collect the spectra from many diffuse nebulae, finding 29 that showed emission spectra and 33 that had the continuous spectra of star light.

This allowed him to estimate distances to galaxies whose redshifts had already been measured, mostly by Slipher.

Tombaugh urged Slipher to suggest a name for the new object quickly before someone else did.

Vesto Slipher tried to measure the Doppler shift of light from Venus, but found he could not detect any rotation.

Vesto Slipher was working on such measurements when he turned his attention to spiral nebulae.

Common combinations with slipher

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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