Richter

American  

[rik-ter, rikh-tuhr, ryeekh-tyir] / ˈrɪk tər, ˈrɪx tər, ˈryix tyɪr /

noun

1. Burton, 1931–2018, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1976.

2. Conrad, 1890–1968, U.S. novelist.

3. Franz Xaver 1709–89, German composer, born in Moravia.

4. Jean Paul Friedrich Jean Paul, 1763–1825, German author.

5. Sviatoslav (Teofilovich) 1915–97, Russian pianist.

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Richter British  

noun

1. Burton . born 1931, US physicist: shared the 1976 Nobel prize for physics with Samuel Tring for discovering the subatomic particle known as the J/psi particle

2. Johann Friedrich (joˈhan ˈfriːdrɪç), wrote under the name Jean Paul . 1763–1825, German romantic novelist. His works include Hesperus (1795) and Titan (1800–03)

3. Sviatoslav (svɪtaˈslaf). 1915–97, Ukrainian concert pianist

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Example Sentences

They scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh, winning it on Carson Richter’s two-run walk-off double.

From Los Angeles Times

"Their crowd profile was off the Richter scale, and it was very apparent to me that we need to have something in place."

From BBC

She isn't the first to invoke the emotive On The Nature of Daylight by composer Max Richter - it has been used by countless directors over the last two decades in their efforts to make audiences cry.

From BBC

Research by Lutz Kilian, Michael Plante and Alexander Richter at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas finds that even an increasing probability of supply disruption can push oil prices higher.

From The Wall Street Journal

At Frieze, Jacob Fenton’s suite of portraits, indebted in part to the legacy of Gerhard Richter and shown by Josh Lilley, looks at antisemitic conspiracy theories to ask questions about the nature of truth and issues surrounding image-making in an increasingly digital world.

From The Wall Street Journal