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

"What we observed was so unexpected that we needed to repeat the experiments a few more times to make sure it was real," said Nicolas Alvarez, PhD, a professor in the College of Engineering whose lab led the research.

From Science Daily

During a press conference last week, Roberto Velasco Álvarez, the top North American official in Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, said 13 Mexican nationals have died either during immigration operations or while in immigration detention.

From Los Angeles Times

At Irvine Valley College, English professor Lisa Alvarez also still plans to talk about Chávez’s legacy as the March 31 holiday approaches.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s always good for the truth to come out,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times

“The one thing that’s pretty clear is that the president cannot select a chair pro tem, if Powell’s term expires,” Scott Alvarez, the former Fed general counsel, said in an interview.

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