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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Lucy Alvarez claimed in a third suit she sustained a traumatic brain injury in 2021 after riding X2, causing her “great physical, mental and nervous pain and suffering.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

With 42 and 106, respectively, Alvarez came in second in both categories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Alvarez is all but certain to be named AL MVP, and there is no question about his value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“The only option,” Alvarez said, “is to go out there and win and to make the playoffs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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