Lorentz

American

[lawr-uhnts, lohr-, loh-rents] / ˈlɔr ənts, ˈloʊr-, ˈloʊ rɛnts /

noun

Hendrik Antoon 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1902.

Lorentz British

/ ˈloːrənts /

noun

Hendrik Antoon (ˈhɛndrɪk ˈantoːn). 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: shared the Nobel prize for physics (1902) with Zeeman for their work on electromagnetic theory

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Lorentz Scientific

/ lôr′ənts /

Dutch physicist who was one of the first to develop theories of the electron, for which he shared the 1902 Nobel Prize for physics with Pieter Zeeman. His ideas on the invariance of physical laws with respect to time and space paved the way for Albert Einstein's theory of Special Relativity.

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Quantum theory evolved with Lorentz invariance at its core.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

Brandon Montour had a goal and two assists, and Steven Lorentz, Gustav Forsling and Eetu Luostarinen also scored.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

That creates a force - called the Lorentz force - which acts on the sea water and propels the craft along.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2023

Lorentz kept the Sharks with a short-handed goal 6:36 into the third period.

From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Lorentz, and used by Einstein and Minkowski as the basis of their novel theory of relativity.

From The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 by Whitehead, Alfred North

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