Prescott meaning

prĕs'kət, -kŏt'
A city of central Arizona north-northwest of Phoenix. Settled by gold prospectors in 1864, it was territorial capital from 1864 to 1867 and from 1877 to 1889.
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1796-1859; U.S. historian.
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The code name for the first Pentium 4 chip to use the 90 nanometer (0.09 micron) process technology. Introduced in early 2004 with clock speeds from 2.8 to 3.4 GHz, model designations for the Prescott use an "E;" for example, Pentium 4 3.4E GHz. See Pentium 4.
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Prescott Sentence Examples

  • Prescott's History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella (1854).

  • His grandfather was Colonel William Prescott (1726-1795), who commanded at the battle of Bunker Hill; and his father was a well-known lawyer.

  • Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II.

  • WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT (1796-1859), American historian, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on the 4th of May 1796.

  • As an historian Prescott stands in the direct line of literary descent from Robertson, whose influence is clearly discernible both in his method and style.

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