Salam

American  

[sa-lam] / sæˈlæm /

noun

1. Mohammad Abdus 1926–1996, Pakistani theoretical physicist.

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Salam Scientific  

/ sä-läm′ /

1. Pakistani theoretical physicist who helped the develop the theory of the electroweak force, explaining the relationship between two of the four fundamental forces of nature, the electromagnetic force and the weak force. For this work he shared with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg the 1979 Nobel Prize for physics.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Salam lists the institute’s influence on the Giuliani years: privatization, social-services reform, anticrime efforts including “broken windows” policing, school choice—all had “the Manhattan Institute’s ideological imprint.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Mr. Mamdani’s mantra, Mr. Salam says, is that “it’s always someone else’s fault.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Mr. Salam believes his team is “already moving the needle”: “Mamdani reversed course and accepted mayoral control of schools—a position we championed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Mr. Salam chokes up as he remembers his father: “He drove a livery cab, and then he was a bookkeeper. He did all these different jobs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Indeed, Salam was told that the poor captives often appeared on the battlements above.

From Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series by Abbott, Jacob