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Definition of Kettering
1. Noun. United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958).
Generic synonyms: Applied Scientist, Engineer, Technologist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kettering
Literary usage of Kettering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In 178:2 he removed to Kettering, where he remained till his death. ... The Baptist
Missionary Society was formed at Kettering in 1792. ..."
2. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"147 M. Kettering (Royal; George), a town of 19454 inhab., with an interesting
late-Perp. church. In a house on the N. side of the town is the room in which ..."
3. Labor Copartnership: Notes of a Visit to Co-operative Workshops, Factories by Henry Demarest Lloyd (1898)
"Kettering is especially interesting to the co-operative traveler because here
... This has been the line of development. The Kettering store has been a ..."
4. Transactions (1874)
"HENRY LINDSAY, to read a Paper upon Kettering, which that gentleman ... If the
aphorism be just, the people of Kettering ought to be supremely happy; ..."
5. Highways and Byways in Northamptonshire and Rutland by Herbert Arthur Evans (1918)
"CHAPTER XII Kettering—WEEKLEY—GEDDINGTON—BOUGHTON—RUSHTON — ROTHWELL IN the very
... Here at Kettering the traveller may if he pleases take up his abode, ..."
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