Langmuir
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
The other eyes were those of a boy named David Langmuir, to whom a Christian castle had been home.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
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