Northrop

[ nawr-thruh p ]

/ ˈnɔr θrəp /

John Howard,1891–1987, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1946.

Example sentences from the Web for northrop

Irving Waaland and fellow top Northrop engineers discussed B-2 design and testing at technical conferences.

How the Pentagon Strangles Its Most Advanced Stealth Warplanes |Bill Sweetman |October 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The language was not changed until Northrop Grumman undertook to build the aircraft in Palmdale.

Is the Pentagon’s $55 Billion Stealth Bomber Too Big a Secret? |Bill Sweetman |September 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Handing the job to the less qualified team, after Northrop and Grumman refused to sign a fixed-price contract, doomed the program.

Is the Pentagon’s $55 Billion Stealth Bomber Too Big a Secret? |Bill Sweetman |September 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman both have large outposts there.

Aurora, Colorado: Small Town Shaken by ‘Dark Knight’ Shooting |Kevin Fallon |July 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

We all know the giants of the military-industrial complex: Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics.

Cheney Cheers Awlaki Kill | |October 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The Northrop Loom Company has spent a fortune in pushing its loom on to the market.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 |Various
Après que la dernière projection eut été montrée, le Duc voulut beaucoup une photographie des élèves de Northrop School.

The 1926 Tatler |Various
Our Commissary-General Northrop has but little meat and bread for them, or for our own soldiers in the field.

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital |John Beauchamp Jones
However, upon digging for evidence, I have discovered that Northrop need not feel ashamed of us after all.

The 1926 Tatler |Various
We have a standard to live up to, a standard caused by the good name sent out into the world by Northrop.

The 1926 Tatler |Various

Northrop

[ nôr′thrəp ]

John Howard 1891-1987

American biochemist. He shared a 1946 Nobel Prize for discovering methods of producing pure enzymes and virus proteins.