Pauli

American  

[paw-lee, pou-lee] / ˈpɔ li, ˈpaʊ li /

noun

1. Wolfgang 1900–58, Austrian physicist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1945.

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Pauli British  

/ ˈpaʊlɪ, ˈpɔːlɪ /

noun

1. Wolfgang (ˈvɒlfˌɡæŋ). 1900–58, US physicist, born in Austria. He formulated the exclusion principle (1924) and postulated the existence of the neutrino (1931), later confirmed by Fermi: Nobel prize for physics 1945

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Pauli Scientific  

/ pou′lē /

1. Austrian-born American physicist who in 1924 formulated a principle stating that no two fermions, such as two electrons in an atom, can have identical energy, mass, and angular momentum at the same time. This principle is known as the Pauli Exclusion Principle. He also hypothesized the existence of the neutrino in 1931, which was confirmed in 1956.

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Example Sentences

He later became assistant coach at St Pauli in 2020 and took charge of the team in December 2022, before leading them to the Bundesliga 2 title in 2024.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Hurzeler arrived at Brighton at the start of last season following a successful spell at St Pauli.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Eta pointed to the challenges she faces, with Union seven points ahead of St Pauli, who sit in the relegation play-off spot.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Things got even better for St Pauli 10 minutes after the break when Sinani slotted home from the penalty spot to make it 2-0 after a VAR review confirmed a handball against Chris Fuehrich.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

In 1933, the Indian physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar realized that the Pauli exclusion principle had only a limited ability to fight against the squeeze of gravity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife