Perrin

[ pe-ran ]

noun

1. Jean Bap·tiste [zhah, n, b, a, -, teest], 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.

Perrin

/ pɛrɛ̃ /

noun

1. PerrinJean Baptiste18701942MFrenchSCIENCE: physicist Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist). 1870–1942, French physicist. His researches on the distribution and diffusion of particles in colloids (1911) gave evidence for the physical reality of molecules, confirmed the explanation of Brownian movement in terms of kinetic theory, and determined the magnitude of the Avogadro constant. He also studied cathode rays: Nobel prize for physics 1926

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Mr. Perrin was named attorney-general, and Mr. O'Loghlin, solicitor-general.

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Marcel himself imparted to the funeral of Perrin Mac the solemn character that has been attached to it.

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Thank God she never came back since the day of the funeral of Perrin Mac!

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Dr. Perrin gave up his little room to me, and the nurses and staff were all so full of welcome and pleasant speeches.

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Dr. Perrin, who was to have taken me back, had to start immediately without me.

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