Koch

American  

[koch, kawkh] / kɒtʃ, kɔx /

noun

1. Edward I., 1924–2013, U.S. politician: mayor of New York City 1977–89.

2. Robert 1843–1910, German bacteriologist and physician: Nobel Prize 1905.

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Koch British  

/ kɔx /

noun

1. Robert (ˈroːbɛrt). 1843–1910, German bacteriologist, who isolated the anthrax bacillus (1876), the tubercle bacillus (1882), and the cholera bacillus (1883): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1905

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Koch Scientific  

/ kôk /

1. German bacteriologist who demonstrated that specific diseases are caused by specific microorganisms. He identified the bacilli that cause anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera, and he showed that fleas and rats are responsible for transmission of the bubonic plague and that the tsetse fly is responsible for transmitting sleeping sickness. Koch won the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1905.

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Example Sentences

Like Koch, Hansen traces his fascination with space back to Apollo 8.

From BBC

Koch’s participation in Artemis II will mark the first time a woman has flown beyond orbits near Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Astronaut Koch said that while the upcoming journey is historic, the crew has kept perspective on their mission's role as a preliminary step towards something bigger.

From Barron's

American astronaut Christina Koch, 47, will become the first woman to take part in a lunar mission.

From Barron's

American Ballet Theatre’s March engagement at the David H. Koch Theater, through Saturday, marks the addition of a third New York season for the troupe.

From The Wall Street Journal