Mayer

[ mahy-er or, German, mahy-uhr for 1; mey-er for 2; mahy-er for 3 ]

noun
  1. Jul·ius Rob·ert von [jool-yuhs rob-ert von; German yoo-lee-oos roh-bert fuhn], /ˈdʒul yəs ˈrɒb ərt vɒn; German ˈyu li ʊs ˈroʊ bɛrt fən/, 1814–78, German physicist.

  2. Louis B(urt) [burt], /bɜrt/, 1885–1957, U.S. motion-picture producer, born in Russia.

  1. Maria Goep·pert [goh-pert], /ˈgoʊ pərt/, 1906–72, U.S. physicist, born in Poland: Nobel Prize 1963.

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Mayer

noun
  1. (German ˈmaiər) Julius Robert von (ˈjuːliʊs ˈroːbɛrt fɔn). 1814–78, German physicist whose research in thermodynamics (1842) contributed to the discovery of the law of conservation of energy

  2. (ˈmeɪə) Louis B (urt). 1885–1957, US film producer, born in Russia; founder and first head (1924–48) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film company

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