Jensen

[ yen-zuhn for 1; yen-suhn for 2 ]

/ ˈyɛn zən for 1; ˈyɛn sən for 2 /

noun

J. Hans D.

[hahns], /hɑns/, 1907–73, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1963.

Jo·han·nes Vil·helm

[yaw-hah-nuhs -vil-helm], /yɔˈhɑ nəs ˈvɪl hɛlm/, 1873–1950, Danish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1944.

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Words nearby Jensen

Jenney, Jennie, Jennifer, Jennings, jenny, Jensen, Jensenism, Jensen's disease, jeon, jeopard, jeopardize

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“We have the responsibility to think through every product we buy and sell,” said Jensen.
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But all this depends on following Jensen, which we are not to do.
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On the fourth day up the coast Jensen, the hardiest of the vessel's company, utterly failed.
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Jensen would conclude from this that he was originally (like Marduk, therefore) a solar deity.
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If I hit Jensen, who was somewhat exposed to me where I stood, all would be well.
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The dogs were already on the heels of the fox, and about to make a meal of him, when Jensen regained full control of his whip.
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British Dictionary definitions for Jensen

Jensen

/ (Danish ˈjɛnsən) /

noun

Johannes Vilhelm (joˈhanəs ˈvɪlhelm). 1873–1950, Danish novelist, poet, and essayist: best known for his novel sequence about the origins of mankind The Long Journey (1908–22). Nobel prize for literature 1944

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Scientific definitions for Jensen

Jensen

[ yĕn′zən ]

(Johannes) Hans Daniel 1907-1973

German physicist who, with Maria Goeppert-Mayer, developed a model of the atomic nucleus that explained why certain nuclei were stable and had an unusual number of stable isotopes. For this work, Jensen and Goeppert-Mayer shared the 1963 Nobel Prize for physics with American physicist Eugene Wigner.

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