Luria

American  

[loor-ee-uh] / ˈlʊər i ə /

noun

1. Salvador Edward, 1912–91, U.S. biologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1969.

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Luria British  

/ ˈlʊərɪə /

noun

1. Alexander Romanovich. 1902–77, Russian psychologist, a pioneer of modern neuropsychology. His most important work concerns the psychological effects of brain tumours

2. Isaac ( ben Solomon ). 1534–72, Jewish mystic living in Egypt and Palestine: noted for his interpretation of the Cabbala

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Luria Scientific  

/ lr′ē-ə /

1. Italian-born American biologist whose research on gene mutation and bacteria increased scientific understanding of the role of DNA in bacterial viruses.

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Example Sentences

Luria argues one way to value Cerebras would be roughly in line with its backlog, at about $25 billion, or roughly $115 a share.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The current valuation “makes an investment in Cerebras risky, as it is in very early stages of commercializing its product and it is unclear how much of the market they can capture,” Luria said.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Luria said the initial hype around Cerebras could be understood by investors as a sign of “exuberance,” which is being met by caution on Friday.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

As AI models get larger, the need for memory is growing to support longer context windows, or the amount of data being processed at one time, Luria noted.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

My fourth-year thesis for religious studies concerned certain aspects of the cos­mogony theory of Isaac Luria, the great sixteenth-century Kabbalist from Safed.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel