Explore Verrier through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Verrier in a sentence
Verrier meaning
A surname.
Using Verrier
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname.
- In the example corpus, verrier often appears in combinations such as: le verrier.
Context around Verrier
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Verrier
- In this selection, "verrier" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, adam, renewed, predicted and noticed stand out and add context to how "verrier" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1843 le verrier published his and adam verrier is a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "verrier" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with verrier
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1845, Urbain Le Verrier began his own independent research into Uranus's orbit. (14 words)
Nevertheless, Le Verrier continued to tinker with Vulcan’s orbital parameters as each new reported sighting reached him. (18 words)
On 23 September 1846, the night following his receipt of the letter, Galle and his student Heinrich d'Arrest discovered Neptune, exactly where Le Verrier had predicted. (27 words)
Le Verrier's recent success in discovering the planet Neptune citation using the same techniques lent veracity to his claim, and astronomers around the world attempted to observe a new planet there, but nothing was ever found. (37 words)
As it turned out, predictions from Le Verrier's theory failed to match the observations. citation Le Verrier renewed his work and, in 1859, published a more thorough study of Mercury's motion. (33 words)
Calculations by both John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier predicted the general position of the planet, and Le Verrier's calculations are what led Johann Gottfried Galle to the discovery of Neptune. (33 words)
Example sentences (12)
As it turned out, predictions from Le Verrier's theory failed to match the observations. citation Le Verrier renewed his work and, in 1859, published a more thorough study of Mercury's motion.
Calculations by both John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier predicted the general position of the planet, and Le Verrier's calculations are what led Johann Gottfried Galle to the discovery of Neptune.
Neptune was discovered when astronomer and mathematician Urbain Le Verrier noticed there was a difference between the observed orbit of Uranus and the way Newtonian physics predicted it to be.
Adam Verrier is a former Olympic cross-country skier who lives in Anchorage, but would travel all the way to Skagway for the Buckwheat International and other events.
Attempting to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named "Vulcan".
By 1843, Le Verrier published his provisional theory on the subject, which would be tested during a transit of Mercury across the face of the Sun in 1843.
He postulated, based largely on simple subtraction from Le Verrier's calculations, that another planet of roughly 12 Earth masses, which he named "Hyperion", must exist beyond Neptune.
In 1845, Urbain Le Verrier began his own independent research into Uranus's orbit.
Le Verrier postulated that the excess precession could be explained by the presence of a small planet inside the orbit of Mercury, and he proposed the name "Vulcan" for this object.
Le Verrier's recent success in discovering the planet Neptune citation using the same techniques lent veracity to his claim, and astronomers around the world attempted to observe a new planet there, but nothing was ever found.
Nevertheless, Le Verrier continued to tinker with Vulcan’s orbital parameters as each new reported sighting reached him.
On 23 September 1846, the night following his receipt of the letter, Galle and his student Heinrich d'Arrest discovered Neptune, exactly where Le Verrier had predicted.
Common combinations with verrier
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- le verrier 9×