keck
pronunciation
How to pronounce keck in British English:
UK [kek]
How to pronounce keck in American English:
US [ kɛk]
Word Origin
- keck (v.)
- "to make a sound as if to vomit," 1530s, echoic. Related: Kecked; kecking.
Example
- 1. Some of the sharpest observations came from the keck ii telescope in hawaii .
- 2. The planetary trio was originally discovered in images taken with the keck and gemini north telescopes in 2007 and 2008 .
- 3. Trained as a clinical psychologist , he is professor of clinical pediatrics at keck usc school of medicine and adjunct professor of psychology at usc .
- 4. With the keck ii telescope in hawaii , the astronomers then detected doppler shifts from different parts of the galaxy 's disk , indicating it spins as fast as the milky way does .
- 5. The keck I telescope in hawaii did spot a faint , green glow consistent with the 558-nanometer emission of oxygen atoms .