Kirchhoff

American  

[keerkh-hawf] / ˈkirx hɔf /

noun

1. Gustav Robert 1824–87, German physicist.

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Kirchhoff British  

/ ˈkɪrçhɔf /

noun

1. Gustav Robert (ˈɡʊstaf ˈroːbɛrt). 1824–87, German physicist. With Bunsen he developed the method of spectrum analysis that led to their discovery of caesium (1860) and rubidium (1861): also worked on electrical networks

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Kirchhoff Scientific  

/ kîr′kôf′ /

1. German chemist who with Robert Bunsen discovered the elements cesium and rubidium. He also investigated the solar spectrum and researched electrical circuits and the flow of currents. His electromagnetic theory of diffraction is still the most commonly used in optics.

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"We see impacts of climate change across the globe, and a lot of those impacts are disproportionately felt by communities or individuals who are already overburdened," Kirchhoff said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023

“Everyone is paying whether they know it or not,” Kirchhoff says.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 17, 2023

In a blog post, product manager Drew Kirchhoff said the change would allow for "even richer storytelling and entertainment".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2021

Yet “Toward a Concrete Utopia” offers an oblique coda to this age of construction through an excerpt from “A Hole in the Head,” a 2016 documentary film by the Slovak director Robert Kirchhoff.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2018

This was the light Kirchhoff used, and you know it will give a continuous bright band in the spectroscope.

From Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.