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Jensen

American  
[yen-zuhn, yen-suhn] / ˈjɛn zən, ˈjɛn sən /

noun

  1. J. Hans D. 1907–73, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1963.

  2. Johannes Vilhelm 1873–1950, Danish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1944.


Jensen British  
/ ˈjɛnsən /

noun

  1. 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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Jensen Scientific  
/ yĕn′zən /
  1. 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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Sridhar referenced a comment made by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, that every quarter delay in a gigawatt data center translates to $10 billion of missed revenue.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, on the other hand, has said he doesn’t mind paying more taxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was interrupted by a protester during his keynote speech at the chip giant’s artificial-intelligence conference in Berlin.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Reassuring comments from Nvidia chief Jensen Huang on CoreWeave's financial health provided some support to Asia on Friday but that optimism faded as the new week started.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The winter before he’d seen a crabber’s body recovered out of West Port Jensen Bay after two full months’ immersion.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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