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Alfvén

[ ahl-veyn, al- ]

noun

  1. Han·nes (O·lof Gö·sta) [hahn, -nes , oo, -lawf , yœ, -stah], 1908–1995, Swedish physicist: Nobel Prize 1970.


Alfvén

/ alˈven /

noun

  1. AlfvénHannes Olaf Gösta19081995MSwedishSCIENCE: physicist Hannes Olaf Gösta (ˈhannɛs ˈuːlaf ˈjøsta). 1908–95, Swedish physicist, noted for his research on magnetohydrodynamics; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1970


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