Kirchhoff

[ keerkh-hawf ]

/ ˈkirx hɔf /

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noun

Gus·tav Ro·bert

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

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Words nearby Kirchhoff

Kir, kirana, kirby, kirby grip, Kirby-Smith, Kirchhoff, Kirchhoff's law, Kirchhoff's laws, Kirchner, Kirghiz, Kirghizia

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How to use Kirchhoff in a sentence

Physicians who help in such cases follow well-established guidelines set by other states, Kirchhoff says.
Getting a Prescription to Die Remains Tricky Even As Aid-in-Dying Bills Gain Momentum Across the U.S.|Katheryn Houghton / Kaiser Health News|March 29, 2021|Time
Kirchhoff notes that, in some cases, getting the prescription seemed to provide comfort to her patients—it was enough knowing they had the option if their illness became unbearable.
Getting a Prescription to Die Remains Tricky Even As Aid-in-Dying Bills Gain Momentum Across the U.S.|Katheryn Houghton / Kaiser Health News|March 29, 2021|Time
Designers Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff of Meadham Kirchoff are creating another collection for the high-street retailer.
Lady Gaga Experiments with Rotten Teeth; Kerry Washington Plays a Realistic Michelle Obama|The Fashion Beast Team|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What Edward Meadham and his partner Benjamin Kirchhoff arguably share with Rocha, however, is a thrift-store inspiration.
Meadham Kirchhoff vs. Simone Rocha|Tom Sykes|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It was in 1859 that Kirchhoff and Bunsen first expounded to the world the true meaning of the dark lines in the solar spectrum.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900|Various
In the Invocation Kirchhoff cuts out the allusion to the oxen of the Sun (lines 6-9) as being inconsistent with his theory.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
Kirchhoff dated the 'later redaction' of the Odyssey between Ol.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick
We are therefore reduced to Kirchhoff's definition; force is equal to the mass multiplied by the acceleration.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar
To the school of mechanics to which Kirchhoff belongs, he opposes that which he bizarrely calls the school of the thread.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar

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

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

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.