Gabor
[gah-bawr, guh-bawr]
- Dennis,1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
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But, as Gabor comes closer to death, the sad story carries with it the strains of a Greek tragedy.
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Nikita and Gabor, equally frenzied, joined in the savage work.
The Shadow of the CzarJohn R. Carling
When peace was agreed upon in September Bethlen Gabor was powerless.
The Thirty Years' WarSamuel Rawson Gardiner
She replied, smiling, that they were going to visit Gabor Berkessy.
Uncle Gabor seemed ready to burst, like an over-heated steam-boiler.
That is ours—that is Gabor Aron79—and that the enemy—and now the thunder of heaven.
Gabor
- Dennis. 1900–79, British electrical engineer, born in Hungary. He invented holography: Nobel prize for physics 1971
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Gabor
[gä′bôr, gə-bôr′]
- Hungarian-born British physicist who invented the technique of holography in 1947.
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