Clausius

American  

[klou-zee-uhs] / ˈklaʊ zi əs /

noun

1. Rudolf Julius Emanuel 1822–88, German mathematical physicist: pioneer in the field of thermodynamics.

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Clausius British  

/ ˈklauziʊs /

noun

1. Rudolf Julius (ˈruːdɔlf ˈjuːliʊs). 1822–88, German physicist and mathematician. He enunciated the second law of thermodynamics (1850) and developed the kinetic theory of gases

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Example Sentences

"Our experiments showed that the movements of the SBP and those of the transmembrane elevator are indeed coupled with each other," says first author Jan A. Ruland, postdoctoral researcher at the Clausius Institute at the University of Bonn.

From Science Daily

While a warrant was out for her arrest, Brandenburg fought Jenny “Savage” Clausius in December in a bare knuckle fight in Biloxi, Mississippi.

From Washington Times

Clausius won in the second round, badlefthook.com reported.

From Washington Times

Clausius and Clapeyron are the surnames of the German and French meteorologists who discovered that a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture.

From BBC

The following year Kuhn recruited me into his seminar on the prehistory of thermodynamics, and knowing that my mathematical skills couldn’t handle, say, Clausius, he assigned me the introductory sessions on Lavoisier and the caloric theory of heat and Count Rumford on heat as a mode of motion.

From Scientific American