Kamerlingh Onnes

[ kah-muhr-ling aw-nuhs ]

/ ˈkɑ mər lɪŋ ˈɔ nəs /

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noun

Hei·ke

[hahy-kuh], /ˈhaɪ kə/, 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.

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How to use Kamerlingh Onnes in a sentence

Ninus fell in love with Semiramis, and Onnes, who refused to give her up, went and hanged himself.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie
A most interesting experiment has been carried out by Professor K. Onnes as a branch of his low temperature researches.
The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous
Onnes by evaporating liquid helium at a pressure of about 1.2 mm.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
Onnes, like Toorop, is a decided mystic, and there is a vein of mysticism in all his paintings.
Dutch Life in Town and Country|P. M. Hough

When requested by Onnes to come to the camp, she seized the opportunity to display her power.
The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)|Max Duncker

British Dictionary definitions for Kamerlingh Onnes

Kamerlingh-Onnes

/ (Dutch ˈkɑmərlɪŋˈonəs) /

noun

Heike (ˈhaɪkə). 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: a pioneer of the physics of low-temperature materials and discoverer (1911) of superconductivity. Nobel prize for physics 1913

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