Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to James Smithson, an English scientific man and philanthropist (died 1829), who left a legacy to the United States government to found at Washington an institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge; specifically, noting this institution or its operations: as, Smithsonian Reports.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C..
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to James Smithson (1764–1829),
British mineralogist andchemist whosebequest was used to set up the Smithsonian Institution in theUnited States .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Night at the Museum: The Battle of the Smithsonian is a good example of a movie that is fun for kids but barely bearable for grownups.
READING: F&SF (Jun/Jul 2009), New Yorker (May 25, 2009), darkerblogistan 2009
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A new article in Smithsonian posits that Jackson Pollock hid his full name in the abstractions of his famed piece Mural.
Boing Boing 2009
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RESCUING HAITI'S CULTURAL HERITAGE, conservators and other professionals discuss how the Smithsonian is helping the Haitian government assess, recover and restore Haiti's cultural heritage. 7 p.m.,
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He called the Smithsonian's dependence on foreign goods an "insult" to American workers and artists.
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Some of you need to realize the Smithsonian is in WASHINGTON, DC.
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From the famous Daily Pie Café, featured in Smithsonian magazine, in Pie Town, Ariz.
Smoke Signals: The glory of a Hatch chile Jim Shahin 2010
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His reason for wanting the film banned was because the Smithsonian is “dedicated to promoting science, and not supporting religious claims.”
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Last fall, while writing that afterword, I called the Smithsonian again.
Michael Gross: Oral-gate: The Secret History of the Metropolitan Museum 2010
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Hopefully, I called the Smithsonian and located the curators in charge of the archives.
Michael Gross: Oral-gate: The Secret History of the Metropolitan Museum 2010
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Last fall, while writing that afterword, I called the Smithsonian again.
Michael Gross: Oral-gate: The Secret History of the Metropolitan Museum Michael Gross 2010
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