Bethe

[ bey-tuh ]

/ ˈbeɪ tə /

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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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Words nearby Bethe

beth, bethanechol, Bethany, be that as it may, Beth Din, Bethe, Bethe cycle, be the death of, be the end of one, bethel, Bethel Park

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How to use Bethe in a sentence

It was sunlight; a Bethe solar-phoenix reaction, and it would sustain itself for hours.
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Even von Schlichten, who had seen H-bombs and Bethe-cycle bombs, was impressed.
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I have dealt with only one of the groups of names treated by Prof. Bethe; but it is the one which he has discussed most fully.
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His experiments, like Bethe's, are too few to warrant any conclusions as to the possibility of habit formation.
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Bethe's first test is unsatisfactory because the crabs have a strong tendency to hide from the experimenter in the darkest corner.
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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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Scientific 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.