Köhler

[ kœ-luhr ]

/ ˈkœ lər /

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noun

Wolf·gang

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

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Words nearby Köhler

Koheleth, Kohen, Kohima, Kohinoor, kohl, Köhler, kohlrabi, Kohoutek, kohutuhutu, koi, koilonychia

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How to use Köhler in a sentence

Fifty-year-old Kohler was married with two daughters and worked for defense contractor Lockheed Martin in southern Maryland.
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The following day, Bruce Drake, a 46-year-old transient, was found dead on South Kohler Street.
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The puppets are the creation of Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones.
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“The eyes allow the audience into the mind of the horse,” says Kohler.
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“It was very beautiful, though very different from the book in many ways,” Kohler says.
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Kohler, Peiser, and Ungnad call him Ministerial, but adduce no evidence that he had any special relation to government or clergy.
The Relations between the Laws of Babylonia and the Laws of the Hebrew Peoples|C. H. W. Johns
"There ought to be some one here to look after him to-night, Mrs. Kohler," he said.
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Thea's admiration for this picture had endeared her to Mrs. Kohler.
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather
Not that the Kohler sons ever so much as looked at a glass of beer.
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Fritz Kohler was the town tailor, one of the first settlers.
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British Dictionary definitions for Köhler

Köhler

/ (German ˈkøːlər) /

noun

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

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Scientific definitions for Köhler

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.