galton

1. 1.

   English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)

   SynonymsFrancis GaltonSir Francis Galton

   Broaderscientist

Other forms of galton

plural

galtons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about galton

What does galton mean?

galton means "English scientist (cousin of Charles Darwin) who explored many fields including heredity, meteorology, statistics, psychology, and anthropology; founder of eugenics and first to use fingerprints for identification (1822-1911)".

How many syllables are in galton?

galton has 2 syllables: gal-ton. The stress falls on "gal". In IPA it is /ˈɡæltən/.

What is another word for galton?

Close synonyms include Francis Galton, Sir Francis Galton. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is galton a common word?

galton is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.