What does "plumian" mean?

Of or relating to Thomas Plume, Archdeacon of Rochester, or the academic professorship of astronomy and experimental philosophy that he founded at the University of Cambridge in 1704.

Plumian

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Adjective

1
Of or relating to Thomas Plume, Archdeacon of Rochester, or the academic professorship of astronomy and experimental philosophy that he founded at the University of Cambridge in 1704. not-comparable

Etymology

From Plume + -ian.

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