Perrin

[pe-ran]

noun

Jean Bap·tiste

[zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/, 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.

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Historical Examples of perrin

"I don't understand," said Perrin, listening very attentively.
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And the next day Perrin told me that my proposal was rejected.
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Perrin asked me to wait, and shortly after he came back to me.
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Perrin, very much touched, took both my hands and drew me to him.
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He brought it out of one of his numerous pockets and gave it to Perrin to read.
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British Dictionary definitions for perrin

Perrin

noun

Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist). 1870–1942, French physicist. His researches on the distribution and diffusion of particles in colloids (1911) gave evidence for the physical reality of molecules, confirmed the explanation of Brownian movement in terms of kinetic theory, and determined the magnitude of the Avogadro constant. He also studied cathode rays: Nobel prize for physics 1926

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