Kate

[ keyt ]
/ keɪt /

noun

a female given name, form of Katherine or Catherine.

Definition for kate (2 of 2)

Smith
[ smith ]
/ smɪθ /

noun

Example sentences from the Web for kate

British Dictionary definitions for kate (1 of 2)

smith
/ (smɪθ) /

noun

  1. a person who works in metal, esp one who shapes metal by hammering
  2. (in combination)a silversmith

Word Origin for smith

Old English; related to Old Norse smithr, Old High German smid, Middle Low German smīde jewellery, Greek smilē carving knife

British Dictionary definitions for kate (2 of 2)

Smith
/ (smɪθ) /

noun

Medical definitions for kate

Smith
[ smĭth ]
Hamilton Othanel Born 1931

American microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics.

Scientific definitions for kate

Smith
[ smĭth ]
Hamilton Othanel Born 1931

American microbiologist who isolated bacterial enzymes that could split genetic DNA into fragments large enough to retain genetic information but small enough to permit chemical analysis. The existence of these compounds (called restriction enzymes) was earlier predicted by Werner Arber, and their discovery revolutionized genetic engineering. For this work Smith shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Arber and Daniel Nathans.