Ruska

[ ruhs-kuh; German roos-kah ]

noun

1. Ernst (Au·gust Frie·drich) [e, r, nst , ou, -g, oo, st , free, -d, r, i, kh], 1906–88, German physicist and electrical engineer: developed electron microscope; Nobel Prize 1986.

Ruska

/ rŭs′kə /

1. German electrical engineer who in 1931 developed the world's first electron microscope, which he continued to improve in subsequent work. For this work he shared with German physicist Gerd Binnig and Swiss physicist Heinrich Rohrer the 1986 Nobel Prize for physics.

Example Sentences

To reveal its iconic spike protein, they used an instrument similar to Ruska’s.

From Nautilus

Ivanoff was now compelled to draw reenforcements from other parts of the line to strengthen his front at Rawa-Ruska.

From Project Gutenberg

His left wing, resting on Lubaczov, swung northward in a wheeling movement to envelop Rawa-Ruska.

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