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Alvarez
[ al-vuh-rez ]
noun
- Luis Walter, 1911–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1968.
Alvarez
/ ˈæəɛ /
noun
- AlvarezLuis Walter19111988MUSSCIENCE: physicist Luis Walter. 1911–88, US physicist. He made (with Felix Bloch) the first measurement of the neutron's magnetic moment (1939). Nobel prize for physics 1968
Alvarez
- American physicist who studied subatomic particles. Alvarez built a device called a hydrogen bubble chamber that made it possible to analyze the reactions occurring between atomic nuclei inside it. His observations led to the theory that protons, neutrons, and electrons are made of quarks. Alvarez won a 1968 Nobel Prize for physics for this work. With his son, geologist Walter Alvarez (born 1940), he later developed a theory that the extinction of dinosaurs was caused by climate changes resulting from a giant asteroid striking the Earth.
Example Sentences
With many of the players responsible for River's success in recent years now moved on - the sales of Julian Alvarez and Claudio Echeverri to Manchester City typify the struggle of Argentine clubs to retain their best young talent - manager Marcelo Gallardo has placed a lot of faith in 17-year-old starlet Franco Mastantuono.
He has been linked to a bout with Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in 2026.
He raved about his son "bullying" sparring partners as he spoke of a session in which Benn supposedly got the better of undefeated IBF world super-middleweight champion William Scull, who fights Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on 4 May.
He had been in the running for a lucrative shot at undisputed super-middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez, but the shadow of Benn was never far away - sometimes literally.
Actor David Alvarez, who once led “Billy Elliot” on Broadway, plays dancer Gael.
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