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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Alvarez, 41, had been working as a city-sponsored “peace ambassador” with Healing Urban Barrios.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

"I am very concerned about climate change, school violence and the situation with people who still don't have immigration status in this country," Diana Alvarez, a 38-year-old Cuban-born attorney, said in Doral, Florida.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

“We’ve been known as a landless tribe. Living in your apartment or house, you could have a small garden,” said Jesus Alvarez, board president of the tribe’s conservancy and a tribal citizen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Alvarez has frequently been booed by his own supporters this season but received a standing ovation from some after he scored the winning goal against Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Luis Alvarez was an eminent nuclear physicist; he had won the Nobel Prize for physics the previous decade.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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