Kamerlingh Onnes

American  

[kah-muhr-ling aw-nuhs] / ˈkɑ mər lɪŋ ˈɔ nəs /

noun

1. Heike 1853–1926, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1913.

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Kamerlingh-Onnes British  

/ ˈkɑmərlɪŋˈonəs /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

It was first discovered in pure mercury in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Superconductivity was discovered by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, a Dutch physicist, and his team in 1911.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Superconductivity was discovered accidentally in 1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, a Dutch physicist, who received the Nobel Prize in 1913 for cooling a series of gases down to the point that they become liquids.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

Discovered in 1911 by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, the original superconductors were chunks of elemental metals, such as mercury and niobium, cooled to a few degrees above absolute zero.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 26, 2021

The liquefaction of helium was achieved by H. Kamerlingh Onnes at Leiden in 1908.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various