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Hartley

//ˈhɑːtli// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7808). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A placename:; A suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX488325). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ605675). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename:; A village in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst parish, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7534). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename:; A suburb of Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, England, on the border with Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ3375) countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename:; A census-designated place in Solano County, California, United States. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename:; A city in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename:; An unincorporated community in Haakon County, South Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename:; A census-designated place in Hartley County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename:; A locality in the Lithgow council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    Ellipsis of Hartley County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  8. 13
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable
Noun
  1. 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
  2. 2
    a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Named after Ralph Hartley (1888–1970), electronics researcher.

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