Alvarez

American  

[al-vuh-rez] / ˈæl vəˌrɛz /

noun

1. Luis Walter, 1911–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1968.

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Alvarez British  

/ ˈælvərɛz /

noun

1. 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

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Alvarez Scientific  

/ ăl′və-rĕz′ /

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

At the plate was Yordan Alvarez, one of MLB’s biggest sluggers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The club's dream forward signing is Alvarez - though Barcelona have a serious interest in the Argentina attacker.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

For the forward position, three players are known to be on the shortlist - Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers, Bournemouth's Eli Junior Kroupi and Atletico Madrid's Julian Alvarez.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

During the interaction, according to the complaint, Alvarez identified himself as “CRT,” a reference to Mayor Karen Bass’ Crisis Response Team.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Ripping off his helmet, Alvarez could see that he was a few hundred yards from the coast.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin