Göttingen

American  

[gœt-ing-uhn] / ˈgœt ɪŋ ən /

noun

1. a city in central Germany.

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Göttingen British  

/ ˈɡœtɪŋən /

noun

1. a city in central Germany, in Lower Saxony: important member of the Hanseatic League (14th century); university, founded in 1734 by George II of England. Pop: 122 883 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

The product, made in Germany, emerged from a research project involving the University of Göttingen and Lürssen shipyard – one of the world's most prestigious yacht builders – after it struggled to find a good natural alternative to old-growth teak.

From BBC

Lead author Dr. Maximilian Dröllner, from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group within Curtin's Frontier Institute for Geoscience Solutions and the University of Göttingen, said the discovery offers new insight into how rare, metal-rich magmas reach the surface.

From Science Daily

"We were really very lucky to witness the precursor events of this large flare in such beautiful detail," says Pradeep Chitta of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany, and lead author of the paper.

From Science Daily

Professor Marcel Reutzel, who led the project in Göttingen together with Professor Stefan Mathias, explains: "Our results open up new ways of controlling electronic states in quantum materials with light. This could lead to technologies in which electrons are manipulated in a targeted and controlled manner."

From Science Daily

A new study led by the University of Göttingen, in collaboration with teams in Braunschweig, Bremen, and Fribourg, shows that graphene may be capable of even more.

From Science Daily