Eponym (Noun)
Meaning 1
The name derived from a person (real or imaginary); "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Parkinson's disease is an eponym for the English physician James Parkinson who first described it.
- The Mach number is an eponym in honor of Austrian physicist Ernst Mach who developed the concept of the speed ratio.
- The Farad is an eponym in honor of English scientist Michael Faraday who studied electrical capacitance.
- The Sandersonian library is an eponym of an imaginary literary figure, John Sanderson.
- The unit of measurement ampere is an eponym derived from French mathematician André-Marie Ampère.
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Meaning 2
The person for whom something is named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Edward Jenner is the eponym for the Jenner Laboratory at the University of Oxford.
- King George IV is the eponym for George Street in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Marie Curie is the eponym for curium, a synthetic chemical element.
- Alexander Graham Bell is the eponym for the Bell telephone company.
- Alzheimer is the eponym for Alzheimer's disease, a progressive neurological disorder.