Waals

[ vahls ]

noun

1. Jo·han·nes Di·de·rick van der [yoh-, hah, -n, uh, s , dee, -d, uh, -, r, ik vahn d, uh, r], 1837–1923, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1910.

Example Sentences

At length hurried steps were heard, the door opened and Herr von Waals appeared, holding a telegram in his hand.

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He next went to Naples, to study landscape painting under Godfrey Waals, a painter of much repute.

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At every footstep she started, believing it to be that of Herr von Waals.

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