Jefferson method in English

Forms: the Jefferson method [canonical] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Named after Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), who introduced it for proportional allocation of seats in the United States House of Representatives in 1792. Etymology templates: {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Thomas Jefferson}} Thomas Jefferson, {{named-after|en|Thomas Jefferson|born=1743|died=1826|wplink==}} Named after Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1}} the Jefferson method

[Show JSON for post-processed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for post-processed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|",
      "name": "!"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Thomas Jefferson"
      },
      "expansion": "Thomas Jefferson",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Thomas Jefferson",
        "born": "1743",
        "died": "1826",
        "wplink": "="
      },
      "expansion": "Named after Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)",
      "name": "named-after"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Named after Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), who introduced it for proportional allocation of seats in the United States House of Representatives in 1792.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Jefferson method",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "def": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "the Jefferson method",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of D'Hondt method"
      ],
      "id": "en-Jefferson_method-en-name-G6Vtpgp6",
      "links": [
        [
          "D'Hondt method",
          "D'Hondt method#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "D'Hondt method"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jefferson method"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "|",
      "name": "!"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Thomas Jefferson"
      },
      "expansion": "Thomas Jefferson",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Thomas Jefferson",
        "born": "1743",
        "died": "1826",
        "wplink": "="
      },
      "expansion": "Named after Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)",
      "name": "named-after"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Named after Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), who introduced it for proportional allocation of seats in the United States House of Representatives in 1792.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Jefferson method",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "def": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "the Jefferson method",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of D'Hondt method"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "D'Hondt method",
          "D'Hondt method#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "D'Hondt method"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Jefferson method"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"Jefferson method" meaning in English

Proper name