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Langmuir

American  
[lang-myoor] / ˈlæŋ mjʊər /

noun

  1. Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.


Langmuir British  
/ ˈlæŋmjʊə /

noun

  1. Irving. 1881–1957, US chemist. He developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and the atomic hydrogen welding process: Nobel prize for chemistry 1932

"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

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General Electric scientists Vincent Schaefer, Irving Langmuir and Bernard Vonnegut — older brother of the late novelist Kurt Vonnegut — began experimenting with it as early as 1946.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025

During each eclipse, the Langmuir Probe recorded dramatic changes in the data.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023

The devices included high-resolution and microscopic cameras, a thermal imager and a Langmuir probe, which researchers would have used to study how charged particles affect lunar dust.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 25, 2023

In collaboration with the U.S. military, Langmuir attempted to seed hurricanes with silver iodide and dry ice—undeterred by the project’s potential to worsen storms, as it appeared to do in 1947.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 10, 2022

Lieutenants Taylor and Langmuir were both busy at their sections.

From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by John Allister Currie

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