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Moseley

American  
[mohz-lee] / ˈmoʊz li /

noun

  1. Henry Gwyn Jeffreys 1887–1915, English physicist: pioneer in x-ray spectroscopy.


Moseley British  
/ ˈməʊzlɪ /

noun

  1. Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys. 1887–1915, English physicist. He showed that the wavelengths of X-rays emitted from the elements are related to their atomic numbers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Joanne Moseley, of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, said she is being regularly asked to provide advice to business and services on what they need to do.

From BBC May 21, 2026

If Stratton wins in November, she will follow in the steps of Carol Moseley Braun, who served as the first Black woman in the Senate after being elected from Illinois in 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

Despite medics thinking the 56-year-old would almost certainly die, she left Ward 9 at Moseley Hall in Birmingham on Wednesday, receiving a hero's welcome from her family in Penn, on the Wolverhampton/Staffordshire border.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

Luke Moseley told me, standing near the toy table.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

Whether on the coast or in the river valleys, Moseley said, the Norte Chico lighted a cultural fire.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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