Tyndall

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Tyndall
       n : British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his
           experiments on the transparency of gases and the
           absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission
           of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person
           to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893) [syn:


            {John Tyndall}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Tyndall, SD (city, FIPS 64860)
    Location: 42.98973 N, 97.86460 W
    Population (1990): 1201 (564 housing units)
    Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57066

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Tyndall, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
     Population (2000):    1239
     Housing Units (2000): 579
     Land area (2000):     1.581212 sq. miles (4.095320 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.581212 sq. miles (4.095320 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            64860
     Located within:       South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
     Location:             42.991775 N, 97.863539 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     57066
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Tyndall, SD
      Tyndall