Hart — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname from Middle English hert (“stag, hart”).

2. A surname from Irish anglicised from the Irish Ó hAirt (“descendant of a person named Bear or Champion”) (see Old Irish art (“bear”))

3. A village and civil parish in Hartlepool borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4735).

4. A local government district in northeastern Hampshire, England.

5. A tributary of the River Whitewater in Hampshire and ultimately of the Thames; in full, the River Hart.

6. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in the Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California.

7. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Oceana County, Michigan.

8. A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Winona County, Minnesota.

9. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in McDonald County, Missouri.

10. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Macon County, Missouri.

11. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Castro County, Texas.

12. A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Hart Township.

13. A locality in the Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia.

14. A locality in Wakefield Regional council area, Mid North region, South Australia.

Noun

1. a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.

   Synonyms

   hartleybandit

   Broader terms

   unit of measurementunit