Bochum

American  

[boh-khoom] / ˈboʊ xʊm /

noun

1. a city in central North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.

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Bochum British  

/ ˈboːxum /

noun

1. an industrial city in NW Germany, in W North Rhine-Westphalia: university (1965). Pop: 387 283 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

They also suffered an embarrassing exit in the German Cup to second-division Bochum.

From Barron's

This refractory metal-based material, in whose discovery Dr. Alexander Kauffmann, now professor at the Ruhr University Bochum, played a major role, exhibits properties never seen before.

From Science Daily

Touch can benefit physical and mental health, according to a paper by Danish neuroscientist Dr Julian Packheiser and his colleagues from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

From BBC

Bayern were also knocked out of the German Cup by Leverkusen, but in the Bundesliga - bar a brief wobble in March when they lost at home to lowly Bochum - Kompany's side, with Kane at its heart, have led from the front.

From BBC

In a first, a research team headed by Michelle Jagst and Professor Eike Steinmann from the Department of Molecular and Medical Virology at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, in collaboration with Dr. Barbara Gisevius' research group at Professor Ralf Gold's Research Department of Neuroscience, has developed a cell model to study the interaction of the virus with nerve cells.

From Science Daily