Whit·ney (hw t n , wt-), Eli 1765-1825. American inventor and manufacturer whose invention of the cotton gin (1793) revolutionized the cotton industry. He also established the first factory to assemble muskets with interchangeable parts, marking the advent of modern mass production. |
| Whitney, Mount A peak, 4,147 m (14,491 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of east-central California. It is the highest elevation in the continental United States. |
Whitney [ˈwɪtnɪ]
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(Placename) Mount. a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft.)
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1. (Biographies / Whitney, Eli (1765-1825) M, US, TECHNOLOGY: inventor, BUSINESS: manufacturer) Eli. 1765-1825, US inventor of a mechanical cotton gin (1793) and pioneer manufacturer of interchangeable parts
2. (Biographies / Whitney, William Dwight (1827-1894) M, US, LANGUAGE: philologist) William Dwight. 1827-94, US philologist, noted esp for his Sanskrit Grammar (1879)
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| Noun | 1. |  Whitney - United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825) |
| 2. |  Whitney - the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)High Sierra, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sierra Nevada - a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney |
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