Gabor
[ gah-bawr, guh-bawr ]
/ ˈgɑ bɔr, gəˈbɔr /
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noun
Dennis, 1900–79, British physicist, born in Hungary: inventor of holography; Nobel Prize 1971.
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Gabor
/ (ɡəˈbɔː) /
noun
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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