Bohr

American  

[bawr, bohr, bohr] / bɔr, boʊr, boʊr /

noun

1. Aage Niels 1922–2009, Danish physicist: Nobel Prize 1975 (son of Niels Bohr).

2. Niels Henrik David 1885–1962, Danish physicist: Nobel Prize 1922.

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Bohr British  

/ bɔː, boːr /

noun

1. Aage Niels (ˈɔɡə neːls). 1922–2009, Danish physicist, noted for his work on nuclear structure. He shared the Nobel prize for physics 1975

2. his father, Niels ( Henrik David ). 1885–1962, Danish physicist, who applied the quantum theory to Rutherford's model of the atom to explain spectral lines: Nobel prize for physics 1922

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Bohr Scientific  

/ bôr /

1. Danish physicist who investigated atomic structure and radiation. Bohr discovered that electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom at set distances, changing levels only when energy is lost or gained and emitting or absorbing radiation in the process. His concepts were fundamental to the later development of quantum mechanics.

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Example Sentences

Bohr Quantum Technology, the company Dabbar co-founded and led as chief executive for four years, isn’t a candidate to receive funding, a Commerce Department official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Climate scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen in Bornholm analyzed ice cores from Greenland’s ice sheets and demonstrated that a major volcanic eruption occurred on the island 2,900 years ago.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2025

Or matinee fodder for the likes of Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrödinger.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

According to Eliot Bohr, the new research result may be beneficial for developing a more accurate GPS system.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

Sometimes this was manifested as a new willingness to admit error, as when Niels Bohr visited Berkeley in April 1937 and casually demolished an Oppenheimer theory based on results from the cyclotron.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik