Los Alamos

American  

[laws al-uh-mohs, los] / lɔs ˈæl əˌmoʊs, lɒs /

noun

1. a town in central New Mexico: atomic research center.

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Los Alamos British  

/ lɒs ˈæləmɒs /

noun

1. a town in the US, in New Mexico: the first atomic bomb was developed here. Pop: 18 343 (2000 est)

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Example Sentences

Roxana Bujack, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, led a team that applied geometry to precisely describe how we experience hue, saturation and lightness.

From Science Daily

In Los Alamos: The real home where Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan Project nuclear-weapon program, lived with his family was used for some interior shots in “Oppenheimer,” starring Cillian Murphy.

From The Wall Street Journal

That was in 1992, and we actually took the cadets on a field trip to Los Alamos where the first nuclear weapon had largely been developed.

From Salon

During World War II, he was among the elite scientists recruited to a secret lab called Los Alamos, in the mountains of New Mexico.

From Literature

The Los Alamos director, Wilson remembered, “didn’t want to talk about that sort of thing” and would instead redirect the conversation to technical matters.

From Salon