Kirchhoff

[ keerkh-hawf ]

/ ˈkirx hɔf /

noun

Gus·tav Ro·bert

[goo s-tahf roh-bert] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈroʊ bɛrt/,1824–87, German physicist.

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Example sentences from the Web for kirchhoff

Frauenhofer and Kirchhoff imagined certain things, and straightway a great theory sprang into existence.
New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces|Henry Raymond Rogers
The slow assent of physicists to Kirchhoff's dictum now becomes intelligible.
Popular scientific lectures|Ernst Mach
It is, Kirchhoff will say, the product of the mass by the acceleration.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar
This was the light Kirchhoff used, and you know it will give a continuous bright band in the spectroscope.
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures|Arabella B. Buckley

The accompanying engraving shows a form of Thomson's double bridge, as modified by Kirchhoff and Hausemann.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884|Various

British Dictionary definitions for kirchhoff

Kirchhoff

/ (German ˈkɪrçhɔf) /

noun

Gustav Robert (ˈɡʊstaf ˈroːbɛrt). 1824–87, German physicist. With Bunsen he developed the method of spectrum analysis that led to their discovery of caesium (1860) and rubidium (1861): also worked on electrical networks

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Scientific definitions for kirchhoff

Kirchhoff

[ kîr′kôf′ ]

Gustav Robert 1824-1887

German chemist who with Robert Bunsen discovered the elements cesium and rubidium. He also investigated the solar spectrum and researched electrical circuits and the flow of currents. His electromagnetic theory of diffraction is still the most commonly used in optics.