Bethe

[ bey-tuh ]

/ ˈbeɪ tə /

noun

Hans Al·brecht [hanz awl-brekt, hahns; German hahns ahl-brekht] /hænz ˈɔl brɛkt, hɑns; German hɑns ˈɑl brɛxt/, 1906–2005, U.S. physicist, born in Alsace: Nobel Prize 1967.

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Examples from the Web for bethe

His experiments, like Bethe's, are too few to warrant any conclusions as to the possibility of habit formation.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1|Various
It was sunlight; a Bethe solar-phoenix reaction, and it would sustain itself for hours.
Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper
Five or even twenty-five repetitions of such an experiment would be an inadequate basis for the statements made by Bethe.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1|Various
Bethe, Dr. Erich, his attempt to trace "tribal history," 183-5.
The World of Homer|Andrew Lang

It is the last thing I wish to bethe recipient of another persons secrets.
The Girls of St. Wode's|L. T. Meade

British Dictionary definitions for bethe

Bethe

/ (ˈbeɪtə) /

noun

Hans Albrecht (hans ˈalbrɛçt). 1906–2005, US physicist, born in Germany; noted for his research on astrophysics and nuclear physics: Nobel prize for physics 1967

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Science definitions for bethe

Bethe

[ bā′tə ]

Hans Albrecht 1906-2005

German-born American physicist who was instrumental in the development of quantum physics. Bethe also played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, later working to educate the public about the threat of nuclear weapons. In 1967 he received a Nobel Prize for explaining that the Sun and other stars derive their energy from a series of nuclear reactions which came to be known as the carbon cycle, or Bethe cycle.