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Thorndike
[ thawrn-dahyk ]
noun
- Ashley Horace, 1871鈥1933, U.S. literary historian and teacher.
- Edward Lee, 1874鈥1949, U.S. psychologist and lexicographer.
- (Everett) Lynn, 1882鈥1965, U.S. historian and scholar (brother of Ashley Horace Thorndike).
- Dame Sybil, 1882鈥1976, English actress.
Thorndike
/ 藞胃蓴藧苍藢诲补瑟办 /
noun
- ThorndikeEdward Lee18741949MUSSCIENCE: psychologist Edward Lee. 1874鈥1949, US psychologist, who worked on animals and proposed that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments ( Thorndike's law or law of effect )
- Thorndike(Agnes) Sybil18821976FBritishTHEATRE: actress Dame ( Agnes ) Sybil . 1882鈥1976, British actress
Example Sentences
Then there鈥檚 the phantom of 鈥淭he Shining,鈥 a film Thorndike aspires to summon, down to the creepy joggers who might as well be Kubrick鈥檚 menacing girls in grown-up athleisure wear.
A fan of the director, Thorndike, then in her early 20s, desperately wanted to be on that set in whatever way possible.
They also embraced the new field of psychological testing, offering tests that measured aptitude and not achievement, such as the Thorndike Tests for Mental Alertness.
A landslide has buried a stretch of highway, almost completely cutting off the town of Thorndike and canceling development of a 375-acre plot abutting a national park.
So if many companies follow these guidelines, it could have a significant effect on heart health, Thorndike says.
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