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British physicist (1941–2002)
Derek Charles Robinson FRS (27 May 1941 – 2 December 2002) was a physicist who worked in the UK fusion power programme for most of his professional career
Derek_Robinson_(physicist)
Topics referred to by the same term
trade union spokesman Derek Robinson (physicist) (1941–2002), fusion scientist and director of the Culham Science Center Derek Robinson (sport shooter) (born
Derek_Robinson
Fusion power device
experiment". Nuclear Fusion. 27 (12). 2178. Sykes 1998, p. 1. "Derek Robinson: Physicist devoted to creating a safe form of energy from fusion" Archived
Spherical_tokamak
British-Australian mathematician (1935–2021)
Derek William Robinson FAA (25 June 1935 – 31 August 2021) was a British-Australian theoretical mathematician and physicist. He was a researcher at the
Derek_W._Robinson
Commando in World War II (born 1922) 2 December Derek Robinson, physicist (born 1941) David Whiffen, physicist (born 1922) 5 December – Ann Welch, glider pilot
2002_in_the_United_Kingdom
(died 2025) 26 May – Ron Wallwork, English race walker 27 May – Derek Robinson, physicist (died 2002) 29 May – Doug Scott, English mountaineer (died 2020)
1941_in_the_United_Kingdom
Name list
lawyer Derek Worlock (1920–1996), British Roman Catholic bishop Derek Wyatt (born 1949), British politician Derek Abbott (born 1960), physicist and electronic
Derek
Physicist and science historian (1922–1983)
Derek John de Solla Price (22 January 1922 – 3 September 1983) was a British physicist, historian of science, and information scientist. He was known for
Derek_J._de_Solla_Price
Name list
Canadian Anglican priest in the 20th Century Henry Evelyn Derek Scovil (1923–2010), physicist, worked on masers and bubble memory John W. Scovil (1869–1953)
Scovil
Rowan-Robinson (astronomer) Abdus Salam (Nobel laureate, physics) John M Squire, biophysicist R. A. Stradling (physicist) Ray Streater, physicist Sir George
List of people associated with Imperial College London
List_of_people_associated_with_Imperial_College_London
business owner Gary Howard Kidgell, building consultant Matthew Levy, physicist Matt Mahan, mayor of San Jose (2023–present) Kalid Meky (write-in) Barack
2026 California gubernatorial election
2026_California_gubernatorial_election
Grammar school in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
playwright. Burnell House: Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, physicist. Bell House: George Derek Fleetwood Bell, MBE, musician. Abercorn House: Sacha, Duchess
Cambridge House Grammar School
Cambridge_House_Grammar_School
Annual prize by the MacArthur Foundation
astrophysicist Derek Walcott, poet and playwright Robert Penn Warren, poet, novelist, and literary critic Stephen Wolfram, computer scientist and physicist Michael
MacArthur_Fellows_Program
Surname list
American football player Derek Robinson, multiple people Doane Robinson (1856–1946), American historian Dollie Lowther Robinson (died 1983), American politician
Robinson_(name)
Country in Central Europe
invention of the modern contact lens and silon-synthetic fiber), physicists Ernst Mach (physicist and critic of Newton's theories of space and time, foreshadowing
Czech_Republic
of notable people born, raised or resident in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Derek Bell (1935–2002), harpist and composer Eric Bell (born 1947), guitarist;
List_of_people_from_Belfast
College of the University of Cambridge
broadcaster Gordon Reece, journalist, TV producer, political strategist Derek Robinson, novelist, rugby official Graham Savage, Education Officer for London
Downing_College,_Cambridge
Academy in East Ham, London, England
midfielder for West Ham United F.C. William Harold Joseph Childs FRSE, physicist Terrance Dicks, scriptwriter, especially for Doctor Who Christopher France
Langdon_Academy
New Zealand physicist
Jeffery Lewis Tallon CNZM (born 1948) is a New Zealand physicist specialising in high-temperature superconductors. Tallon was born in Hamilton on 17 December
Jeff_Tallon
List of characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
. Derek (portrayed by Brian d'Arcy James) and Eleanor Bishop (portrayed by Vera Farmiga) are the wealthy parents of Kate Bishop. Following Derek's death
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: A–L
Characters_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_A–L
Instrument for measuring, keeping or indicating time
The first known geared clock was invented by the great mathematician, physicist, and engineer Archimedes during the 3rd century BC. Archimedes created
Clock
botanist Professor Elizabeth Franz – neuroscientist Derek Freeman – anthropologist Crispin Gardiner – physicist specialising in Quantum Optics Nicola Gaston
List of New Zealand scientists
List_of_New_Zealand_scientists
94, Russian-Israeli physicist (SATEC). Jorge Calandrelli, 86, Argentine composer. André Cerdini, 96, French magistrate. Derek Conway, 72, English politician
Deaths_in_May_2026
End of the human species
wondering if abstract worlds existed, including a world without humans. Physicist Edmond Halley stated that the extinction of the human race may be beneficial
Human_extinction
List of former pupils of Eton College, UK
statistician Henry Moseley, physicist John Maynard Smith, biologist and geneticist John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, physicist and Nobel laureate Stephen
Old_Etonians
New Zealand academic molecular physicist (1887–1972)
Bannerman Macleod (21 July 1887 – 8 March 1972) was a New Zealand molecular physicist. Born at Doyleston, near Christchurch, in 1887, Macleod studied at Canterbury
Donald_Macleod_(physicist)
German physicist, mathematician and musician
ˈfloːʁɛns ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈkladniː]; 30 November 1756 – 3 April 1827) was a German physicist and musician. His most important work, for which he is sometimes labeled
Ernst_Chladni
American mathematical physicist
quantum groups and subfactors of von Neumann algebras. Together with Derek W. Robinson in 1972, Lieb derived bounds on the propagation speed of information
Elliott_H._Lieb
Name list
(1999–2024), American soccer player Horace M. Trent (1907–1964), American physicist Jackie Trent (1940–2015), English singer-songwriter John Trent (actor)
Trent_(name)
New Zealand physicist (1947–2012)
(/ˈkæləhæn/ KAL-ə-han; 19 August 1947 – 24 March 2012) was a New Zealand physicist who, as the founding director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced
Paul_Callaghan
(born 1965), comedian, radio personality Peter Demos (1918–2012), MIT physicist, former director of Bates Linear Accelerator Kathryn Durst, artist and
List of people from Peterborough, Ontario
List_of_people_from_Peterborough,_Ontario
1983 James Bond film directed by Irvin Kershner
whom Bond successfully seduces. Milow Kirek as Dr. Kovacs, a nuclear physicist working for SPECTRE. Pat Roach as Lippe, a SPECTRE assassin who tries
Never_Say_Never_Again
Name list
Cornelius (born 2001), Scottish footballer Deborah Cornelius, British actress Derek Cornelius (born 1997), Canadian soccer player Don Cornelius (1936–2012)
Cornelius_(name)
New Zealand physicist and chemist (1871–1937)
Rutherford of Nelson (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937), was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear
Ernest_Rutherford
English musician (born 1947)
Japanese). Retrieved 31 August 2022. Zhang, Yun; Michel, Patrick; Richardson, Derek C.; Barnouin, Olivier S.; Agrusa, Harrison F.; Tsiganis, Kleomenis; Manzoni
Brian_May
New Zealand physicist (1942–1999)
Walls FRS (13 September 1942 – 12 May 1999) was a New Zealand theoretical physicist specialising in quantum optics. Walls gained a BSc in physics and mathematics
Dan_Walls
Ancient Greek analogue astronomical computer
and Yale University professor Derek J. de Solla Price became interested in 1951. In 1971, Price and Greek nuclear physicist Charalampos Karakalos made X-ray
Antikythera_mechanism
television presenter Sharon Corr – singer-songwriter and musician Brian Cox – physicist Richard Dawkins – British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
List of Open University people
List_of_Open_University_people
English peer and landowner (1878–1958)
divorced in 1957. Hon. Pamela Mitford (1907–1994), who married Derek Jackson, a physicist and the son of Sir Charles Jackson Hon. Major Thomas David Mitford
David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale
David_Freeman-Mitford,_2nd_Baron_Redesdale
People in files on Jeffrey Epstein
having had a relationship with Epstein. Stephen Hawking was a theoretical physicist who was mentioned in court documents released in 2024 during Maxwell's
List of people named in the Epstein files
List_of_people_named_in_the_Epstein_files
Proposed superconducting material
unfavored high-symmetry structure. Analyses by industrial and experimental physicists noted experimental and theoretical shortcomings of the published works
LK-99
sound of bat-meeting-ball as a clue to how far a ball has been hit. As physicist Robert Adair has written, "When a baseball is hit straight at an outfielder
Glossary_of_baseball_terms
List of scientists who are Christians
German member of the Dominican order and a theologian, philosopher, and physicist. He is known for his work in optics and was among the first in Europe
List of Christians in science and technology
List_of_Christians_in_science_and_technology
American actor (born 1981)
joining the cast of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer. In it he portrayed physicist David L. Hill. The film was released on July 21, 2023. In 2025, he starred
Rami_Malek
Gunzburger, 86, American activist. Vyacheslav Klepikov, 76, Ukrainian nuclear physicist. Yuri Korolev, 91, Russian ice hockey player (Severstal Cherepovets) and
Deaths_in_March_2026
American political endorsements
member of the Society of American Historians Barry Barish, experimental physicist, Linde Professor of Physics emeritus at the California Institute of Technology
List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign non-political endorsements
List_of_Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign_non-political_endorsements
Patient John Banting – artist Alan Caddy – guitarist with The Tornados Derek Davis – ceramic artist Rupert Degas – actor Hero Fiennes Tiffin Tallulah
List_of_Old_Emanuels
biographical drama directed by Christopher Nolan exploring the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer; Barbie, a fantasy comedy starring Margot Robbie
List of American films of 2023
List_of_American_films_of_2023
chairman of the charity Leuka Brian Greene, theoretical physicist and string theorist Frank Robinson Hartley, chemist, Vice Chancellor Cranfield University
List of alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
List_of_alumni_of_Magdalen_College,_Oxford
New Zealand physicist (1922–2005)
John Newton Dodd (19 April 1922 – 20 May 2005) was a New Zealand physicist who worked in the field of atomic spectroscopy. Born in Hastings in 1922, Dodd
Jack_Dodd
New Zealand physicist (1943–2026)
Geoffrey Ernest Stedman (1 April 1943 – 3 May 2026) was a New Zealand physicist, with research interests including the foundations of relativity, symmetry
Geoff_Stedman
American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
among the physicists, he was sent in to handle the situation [of black magic being practised in a house in Pasadena occupied by nuclear physicists]. He went
L._Ron_Hubbard
1974 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
middle of the story (in media res). The protagonist Shevek is an Anarresti physicist attempting to develop a General Temporal Theory. The physics of the book
The_Dispossessed
New Zealand physicist (born 1965)
Richard John Blaikie (born 25 August 1965) is a physicist who works in the field of nano-scale optics. He was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Enterprise)
Richard_Blaikie
Lists of people and groups who died in plane/helicopter crashes
page 1. Fuell, Tony; Hunter, John (1978). "British Hang Gliding History. Derek Bennet Accident Report". bhpahistory.com. British Hang Gliding & Paragliding
List of fatalities from aviation accidents
List_of_fatalities_from_aviation_accidents
accepted a life peerage in 1985. Joseph Conrad, novelist Francis Crick, physicist, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA; was also offered a CBE in 1963
List of people who have declined a British honour
List_of_people_who_have_declined_a_British_honour
Electricity generation by nuclear fusion
fell to as low as 1.2.:B247:225 Peng's advocacy caught the interest of Derek Robinson, who built the Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak, (START). In 1991, the
Fusion_power
Observed inability to reproduce scientific studies
with various computer software. This reverse Bayesian approach, which physicist Robert Matthews suggested in 2001, is one way to avoid the problem that
Replication_crisis
from the original on July 10, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013. Malcolm, Derek (January 11, 2001). "Lino Brocka: Manila – In the Claws of Darkness". The
List of people who died in traffic collisions
List_of_people_who_died_in_traffic_collisions
for the Manic/Depressive Fellowship in London. John H. Brodie, American physicist Chris Brown, American singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and actor, Brown
List of people with bipolar disorder
List_of_people_with_bipolar_disorder
German polymath (1646–1716)
Isaac Newton, Derek Thomas Whiteside (25 May 1967). "The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton Volume 1 from 1664 to 1666 edited by Derek Thomas Whiteside
Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz
People from the State of Ohio
psychologist) Thomas Alva Edison (scientist, inventor) William A. Fowler (physicist, Nobel Prize winner) (The Ohio State University, Lima) Marye Anne Fox
List_of_people_from_Ohio
Device that emits light via optical amplification
to its three-level pumping design scheme. Later that year, the Iranian physicist Ali Javan, and William R. Bennett Jr., and Donald R. Herriott, constructed
Laser
Drobyshevskij 1977 EN1 Edward Drobyshevski (1936–2012), Russian astro- and plasma physicist at Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg MPC · 4009 4010 Nikolʹskij 1977 QJ2
Meanings of minor-planet names: 4001–5000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_4001–5000
1945), physicist Brian Cox (born 1968), physicist Francis Crick (1916–2004), molecular biologist John Dalton (1766–1844), chemist and physicist Charles
List_of_English_people
American scientist and activist (1901–1994)
to study under German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld in Munich, Danish physicist Niels Bohr in Copenhagen and Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in Zürich
Linus_Pauling
updated 22 June 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2010. L. T. Carron, Robinson, Sir Roy Lister (Baron Robinson) (1883–1952), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume
List_of_Rhodes_Scholars
Cemetery in Dublin, Ireland
Under-Secretary for Ireland Professor George Francis FitzGerald (1851–1901), physicist Ethel Kathleen French (née Moore, 1871–1891), artist and illustrator,
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium
Mount_Jerome_Cemetery_and_Crematorium
ethologist, evolutionary biologist and science writer George Dawson Preston, physicist and crystallographer William Dillingham, clergyman and academic Charles
List_of_Old_Oundelians
American tennis player (born 1981)
March 20, 2024. Cheng, Shirley; Hunt, Bob (June 4, 2021). "We asked a physicist to break down Serena Williams' iconic serve". Business Insider. Archived
Serena_Williams
2011 Marvel Studios film
resulted in a change in Jane Foster's profession, from nurse to particle physicist, and the terminology (Einstein-Rosen bridge) to describe the Bifrost Bridge
Thor_(film)
Bank. Martin Stein / Firestorm (portrayed by Victor Garber) is a nuclear physicist focused on transmutation who is second half of the hero known as Firestorm
List of supporting Arrow characters
List_of_supporting_Arrow_characters
(Magdalene/King's), Nobel Prize winner, physicist Sarah Bohndiek (Corpus Christi), physicist Niels Bohr (Trinity), Nobel Prize winner, physicist Béla Bollobás (Trinity)
List of University of Cambridge people
List_of_University_of_Cambridge_people
City in Buckinghamshire, England
Melvin M. Webber, described by the founding architect of Milton Keynes, Derek Walker, as the "father of the city". Webber thought that telecommunications
Milton_Keynes
understanding that these ancient lands are just for the Jews." Hajo Meyer, physicist and Jewish Holocaust survivor from Auschwitz, spent the final years of
Criticism_of_Israel
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
critic Cinder Road, rock band Divine, actor Samuel T. Durrance, astronaut/physicist Conor Gill, professional lacrosse player Mark Hamilton, Major League Baseball
Lutherville,_Maryland
Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2023. "Derek Boogaard death ruled accidental". ESPN. May 20, 2011. Retrieved March 2
List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication
List_of_deaths_from_drug_overdose_and_intoxication
Classification of stars based on spectral properties
1914), this was generally suspected to be true. In the 1920s, the Indian physicist Meghnad Saha derived a theory of ionization by extending well-known ideas
Stellar_classification
attorney. Kali Kalo, 97, Greek actress. Herbert Kroemer, 95, German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (2000). Tommy McAvoy, Baron McAvoy, 80, British politician
Deaths_in_March_2024
English polymath (1635–1703)
July 1635 – 3 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ('natural philosopher'), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist, and architect
Robert_Hooke
– American historian, Bancroft Prize winner. Jeff Forshaw – Particle physicist, winner of the Maxwell Medal and Prize. James Anthony Froude – Undergraduate
List of people associated with Oriel College, Oxford
List_of_people_associated_with_Oriel_College,_Oxford
Derek Birdsall, 89, British graphic designer. Bob Clifford, 87, Australian footballer (Richmond). Guy Deutscher, 88, Israeli experimental physicist.
Deaths_in_May_2024
Richard Bonney, historian Alan Bryman, social scientist Emma Bunce, space physicist and former President of the Royal Astronomical Society Grace Burrows,
List of University of Leicester people
List_of_University_of_Leicester_people
Elder Professor of Mathematics, Australian Laureate Fellow (2018) Derek Abbott – physicist and engineer; pioneered the first terahertz radiation (T-ray) program
List of University of Adelaide people
List_of_University_of_Adelaide_people
writer, naturalist and journalist. Claude Wendell Horton Jr., 83, American physicist. Maulana Khan Zeb, Pakistani religious scholar and politician, shot. Bun
Deaths_in_July_2025
British learned society
put together a panel to discuss the shortage of physics majors. A physicist called Derek Raine had stated that he has had multiple firms call him up asking
British_Science_Association
Alexander Selkirk Cast Away Lists of people who disappeared Philip Ashton Robinson Crusoe Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vivaldo, Ugolino and Sorleone de"
List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea
List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriously_at_sea
Awareness of internal and external existence
programs that can simulate or embody consciousness. A few theoretical physicists have argued that classical physics is intrinsically incapable of explaining
Consciousness
peacefully. Ben Krull / Reactron (Chris Browning) – A former nuclear physicist and an enemy of Superman who seeks revenge on him by trying to kill Supergirl
List_of_Supergirl_characters
Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine Rudolf Peierls, physicist Sir Roger Penrose, mathematical physicist and philosopher Cedric Price, architect Richard A
List of alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
List_of_alumni_of_St_John's_College,_Cambridge
Calendar year
American tennis player and entrepreneur (d. 2022) Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) January 30 – Vasily Arkhipov, Soviet naval
1926
Winners of satirical science award
facility was partly inspired by previous research conducted by Russian physicist Andrew Geim in which he floated a frog with a magnet. The experiment earned
List of Ig Nobel Prize winners
List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners
British-American writer (b. 1943) February 28 – Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923) February 29 – Bill Bunten, politician (b.
2020_in_the_United_States
Herbert Spaugh, bishop of the Moravian Church Roy F. Brissenden, NASA physicist Burton C. Gray, co-founder of Scientific Time Sharing Corporation Lisa
List of people from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
List_of_people_from_Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina
Non-Japanese animation inspired by Japanese animation
Japanese anime television series based on comics created by the Italian physicist Andrea Romoli. It was directed by Kazuyoshi Yokota and produced by Nippon
Anime-influenced_animation
Public collegiate university in England
Christopher Isherwood, and Malcolm Lowry. Playwright J. B. Priestley, physicist and novelist C. P. Snow, and children's writer A. A. Milne are each early
University_of_Cambridge
journalist (Le Matin de Paris, L'Express). Robert H. Romer, 94, American physicist. John Wesley Ryles, 74, American country music singer ("Kay") and songwriter
Deaths_in_November_2025
writer and photographer. Rogério Cezar de Cerqueira Leite, 93, Brazilian physicist and engineer. Raj Manchanda, 79, Indian squash player. Christa Meier,
Deaths_in_December_2024
historian and writer. Pedro Luis García Pérez, 86, Spanish mathematician, physicist and academic, president of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society (1982–1988)
Deaths_in_January_2025
Thought experiment in philosophy
establish neuroscience as the only correct way to understand the mind. Physicist Adam Brown has suggested constructing a type of philosophical zombie using
Philosophical_zombie
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
Girl/Female
English
Gifted ruler. Modern feminine of Derek.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Eric, EREK means "ever-ruler."
Boy/Male
English German American
Gifted ruler. From Theodoric.
Boy/Male
British, English
Bright Fame; Son of Robert
Boy/Male
English American German
Leader.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, German
Ruler of the People; Gifted Ruler; The People's Ruler
Boy/Male
British, English
Bright Fame; Son of Robert
Boy/Male
Teutonic
Strong ruler.
Girl/Female
German, Irish, Welsh
Gift; Bird
Boy/Male
American, Arabic
At the Oak
Boy/Male
British, English, French
Son of Robert; Bright Fame
Boy/Male
German English
Gifted ruler. From Theodoric.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Robin.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Great Ruler
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Jamaican, Swedish, Teutonic
Ruler of the People; The People's Ruler; First of the People; King of Nations
Boy/Male
English German
Gifted ruler. From Theodoric.
Boy/Male
Polish
Gift from God.
Boy/Male
German American Teutonic English
Gifted ruler. From Theodoric.
Boy/Male
English German
Gifted ruler. From Theodoric.
Male
English
English name derived from Dutch Diederik, DEREK means "first of the people; king of nations."
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
Boy/Male
Hindu
Consciousness, Perception, Intelligence, Vigour, Life
Boy/Male
British, English
A Wooden Pot Used to Keep Water
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Fortune; Wealth
Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada, Traditional
Beautiful Light
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Priceless
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Italian Bonaventura, BUENAVENTURA means "good fortune."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Zachary.
Girl/Female
Tamil
River Yamuna
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Audrey, AUDREA means "noble strength."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a nickname from a double diminutive of Middle English nibbe, a dialect form of neb ‘beak’, referring to someone with a prominent or beaklike nose.
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
DEREK ROBINSON-PHYSICIST
a.
Dark.
n.
A believer in the theory that the fundamental phenomena of life are to be explained upon purely chemical and physical principles; -- opposed to vitalist.
n.
One versed in physics.
n.
Harm.
n.
One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some of the species are highly esteemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins.
v. t.
To hurt; to harm; to injure.
n.
Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See Indian robin, below.
n.
A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist.