Nobel Prize

[noh-bel prahyz, noh-bel]

noun

1. any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel: for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and the promotion of peace.

Nobel prize

noun

1. a prize for outstanding contributions to chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and peace that may be awarded annually. It was established in 1901, the prize for economics being added in 1969. The recipients are chosen by an international committee centred in Sweden, except for the peace prize which is awarded in Oslo by a committee of the Norwegian parliament

Example Sentences

Yang and fellow theoretical physicist, Lee Tsung-Dao, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 for their work in parity laws, which led to important discoveries regarding elementary particles - the building blocks of matter.

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As a teenager, Yang told his parents: "One day, I want to win the Nobel Prize."

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was likely thinking about artificial intelligence and all the ways it is disrupting technology when they awarded the Nobel Prize in economics to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt this week.

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She added that the Nobel Prize "is independent of the Norwegian government".

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In the year of artificial intelligence, it’s fitting that the latest Nobel Prize is all about understanding new technologies.

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