Birdseye

Birdseye

Birdseye, Birds Eye or Bird's Eye may refer to:

*Birds Eye, a brand of frozen foods
**Clarence Birdseye, considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry, and the "Birds Eye" frozen food brand
**Captain Birdseye, the advertising mascot for the Birds Eye frozen food brand
*Birdseye Cloth, cotton cloth having a particular diamond shape weave pattern
*Birdseye, Indiana, a small town in Dubois County in southern Indiana, in the United States
*Birdseye maple, a pattern in certain kinds of timber
*Bird's eye maple, an effect observed in mica and other crystals
*Bird's eye shot, a shot looking directly down on the subject
*Bird's-eye view, a view of an object from above, as though the observer were a bird
*Fermata, also called a birdseye, a symbol used in musical notation
*"From a Bird's Eye View", a 1971 United States sitcom about two airline stewardesses


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  • Birdseye — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Birdseye (Colorado) Birdseye (Indiana) Birdseye (Montana) Birdseye (Utah) Personen: Clarence Birdseye (1886–1956), Biologe, stellte Ende der 1920er Jahre den ersten Plattenfroster für die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Birdseye — Birdseye, IN U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 465 Housing Units (2000): 213 Land area (2000): 0.641544 sq. miles (1.661592 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.641544 sq. miles (1.661592 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Birdseye, IN — U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 465 Housing Units (2000): 213 Land area (2000): 0.641544 sq. miles (1.661592 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.641544 sq. miles (1.661592 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Birdseye — [bʉrdz′ī΄] Clarence 1886 1956; U.S. inventor of methods of quick freezing foods …   English World dictionary

  • Birdseye — This intriguing and most interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has two possible interpretations. Firstly, it may be a variant of Bardsey, an English locational name, from either Bardsea in Lancashire, recorded as Berretseige in the… …   Surnames reference

  • Birdseye — n. family name; Clarence Birdseye (1886 1956) U.S. inventor and founder of the frozen food industry; town in Indiana (USA) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • birdseye — n. fabric woven with a pattern of small diamonds that have a dot in the center of each; pattern of said fabric; (Botany) Adonis, type of flower; spotlight with a reflector back that was invented by Clarence Birdseye adj. seen from above; having… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Birdseye maple — is a phenomenon that occurs within several kinds of maple for unknown reasons. It has a distinctive pattern that resembles tiny, swirling eyes disrupting the smooth lines of grain. Birdseye maple is not a variety or species of maple and is not to …   Wikipedia

  • Birdseye, Utah — Infobox protected area name = Birdseye, Utah lat degrees = 39.92418 lat minutes = lat seconds = 0 lat direction = N long degrees = 111.54421 long minutes = long seconds = 0 long direction = WBirdseye is a community in southeastern Utah County,… …   Wikipedia

  • Birdseye, Clarence — born Dec. 9, 1886, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Oct. 7, 1956, New York U.S. businessman and inventor. He developed a highly efficient process for freezing foods in small packages suitable for retailing. He achieved rapid freezing by placing packaged …   Universalium

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