HUXLEY

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• HUXLEY (noun)
  The noun HUXLEY has 3 senses:

1. English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

2. English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)

3. English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)

  Familiarity information: HUXLEY used as a noun is uncommon.

• HUXLEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English physiologist who, with Alan Hodgkin, discovered the role of potassium and sodium ions in the transmission of the nerve impulse (born in 1917)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Andrew Fielding Huxley; Andrew Huxley; Huxley

Instance hypernyms:

physiologist (a biologist specializing in physiology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Aldous Huxley; Aldous Leonard Huxley; Huxley

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3

Meaning:

English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Huxley; Thomas Henry Huxley; Thomas Huxley

Instance hypernyms:

biologist; life scientist ((biology) a scientist who studies living organisms)

Derivation:

Huxleian; Huxleyan (of or relating to Thomas Huxley)

 Context examples 

Hypnopedia, or the ability to learn during sleep, was popularized in the '60s, with for example the dystopia Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, in which individuals are conditioned to their future tasks during sleep. This concept has been progressively abandoned due to a lack of reliable scientific evidence supporting in-sleep learning abilities.

(Learning While Sleeping?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)