English Explanatory Dictionary

Hartley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7808).
  3. A suburb of Plymouth, Devon (OS grid ref SX488325).
  4. A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ605675).
  5. A village in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ7534).
  6. A suburb of Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, on the border with Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3375)
  7. A place in the United States:
  8. A census-designated place in Solano County, California.
  9. A city and township in O'Brien County, Iowa.
  10. An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan.
  11. A township in Union County, Pennsylvania.
  12. An unincorporated community in Haakon County, South Dakota.
noun
  1. A unit of information (symbol Hart) representing the information content of an event if the probability of that event occurring is 1/10. It is therefore equal to the information contained in one decimal digit

Pronunciation

/ˈhɑːtli/ /ˈhɑɹtli/

Word forms

Hartley Hartleys Artley

Etymology

From Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hart + -ley (“lea”).

Derived words

Hart Hartley County Hartley function hartley Hartley oscillator Hartley transform Hartley Vale Hartley Wintney Little Hartley New Hartley decihartley
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