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Békésy

American  
[bey-kuh-shee, bey-key-shi] / ˈbeɪ kə ʃi, ˈbeɪ keɪ ʃɪ /

noun

  1. Georg von Von Békésy, Georg.


Békésy British  
/ ˈbeːkeʃɪ /

noun

  1. Georg von (ˈɡeːɔrk fɔn). 1899–1972, US physicist, born in Hungary; noted for his work on the mechanism of hearing: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1961

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