Kendall
ken·dall
noun
1.
United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
Origin
From the placename Kendal in Cumbria, "valley of the river Kent", and Kendale in Humberside, from Old Norse kelda (“spring”) + dalr (“valley”).
Phrases
- Kendall County
- Kendall notation
- Kendall rank correlation coefficient
- Kendall tau distance
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