Lorentz

American  

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

noun

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

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Lorentz British  

/ ˈloːrənts /

noun

1. 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 /

1. 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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Many proposed solutions require small violations of Lorentz invariance.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026

Brandon Montour, Sam Reinhart and Steven Lorentz also scored for the Panthers, who will seek a sweep Saturday night in Tampa.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 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 D. Uthoug's long, yellow-painted wooden house stood facing the market square; the office and the big ironmonger's shop were on the ground floor, and the family lived in the upper storeys.

From The Great Hunger by W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster