Köhler

[ kœ-luh r ]

/ ˈkœ lər /

noun

Wolf·gang

[vawlf-gahng] /ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/, 1887–1967, German psychologist.

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Examples from the Web for kohler

Fifty-year-old Kohler was married with two daughters and worked for defense contractor Lockheed Martin in southern Maryland.
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“The eyes allow the audience into the mind of the horse,” says Kohler.
War Horse Rides to Broadway|Lawrence Osborne|April 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
“It was very beautiful, though very different from the book in many ways,” Kohler says.
The Unstoppable Cult of Jane Eyre|Jane Ciabattari|January 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Kohler developed a passion for the tragic Brontës while growing up in Johannesburg.
The Unstoppable Cult of Jane Eyre|Jane Ciabattari|January 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST

To Mrs. Kohler, in the garden, came the cheerful sound of effort, of vigorous striving.
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather
Mrs. Kohler was always getting by mail packages of seeds from Freeport and from the old country.
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather
That night Mrs. Kohler brushed away many a tear as she got supper and set the table for two.
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather
Mrs. Kohler was always afraid he would die off alone somewhere and be stuck under the prairie.
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather
As long as old Mrs. Kohler lived, she used always to translate what it said about Thea in the German papers she sent.
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather

British Dictionary definitions for kohler

Köhler

/ (German ˈkøːlər) /

noun

Wolfgang (ˈvɔlfɡaŋ). 1887–1967, German psychologist, a leading exponent of Gestalt psychology

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Medicine definitions for kohler

Köhler

[ kœ′lər ]

Georges J.F. 1946-1995

German immunologist. He shared a 1984 Nobel Prize for the development of a technique for producing monoclonal antibodies.

Science definitions for kohler

Köhler

[ kŭ′lər ]

Georges Jean Franz 1946-1995

German immunologist who with Cesar Milstein developed a method of fusing together different cells to maintain antibody production. For the discovery of this technique, which is widely used in the development of drugs and in diagnostic tests for cancer and other diseases, Köhler and Milstein shared with British immunologist Niels K. Jerne the 1984 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.