Gabor
[ gah-bawr, guh-bawr ]
/ ˈgɑ bɔr, gəˈbɔr /
noun
Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
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How to use Gabor in a sentence
It was a move pundits speculated would alienate conservative shoppers, but Gabor calls it “an absolute mic drop” moment for the fitness brand.
Gabor is a kind of Man Ray, Lily a mélange of Lady Diana Cooper and Nancy Cunard.
She and her girlfriend Arlette pose for Gabor in a photograph that eventually becomes world famous—and the title of the novel.
Gabor saves her from taking her own life, convincing her to become the target gal in his acclaimed knife-throwing act.
I did comedy sketches of her at ACME, but she was known as ‘The Other Mrs. Gabor’ then.
In his prime, a celeb cosmetic surgeon whose patients also included Elizabeth Taylor and Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Bethlen Gabor might at any moment have assumed an offensive attitude, and drawn off the Emperor's army to the Hungarian frontier.
Bethlen Gabor, who had deserted his cause a few months before, had repented his defection, and was now coming to his aid.
If Aaron Gabor could fit out his Szeklers with artillery, why should not his namesake be able to do the same?
But when Gabor changed his policy and made peace with the emperor, Mansfeld was compelled to disband his troops.
Nikita and Gabor, equally frenzied, joined in the savage work.
British Dictionary definitions for Gabor
noun
Dennis. 1900–79, British electrical engineer, born in Hungary. He invented holography: Nobel prize for physics 1971
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Scientific definitions for Gabor
Hungarian-born British physicist who invented the technique of holography in 1947.
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