Salam

American  

[sa-lam] / sæˈlæm /

noun

1. Mohammad Abdus 1926–1996, Pakistani theoretical physicist.

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Salam Scientific  

/ sä-läm′ /

1. Pakistani theoretical physicist who helped the develop the theory of the electroweak force, explaining the relationship between two of the four fundamental forces of nature, the electromagnetic force and the weak force. For this work he shared with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg the 1979 Nobel Prize for physics.

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Example Sentences

I ask Mr. Salam about Islam, the faith he shares with the mayor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Since 2019 Mr. Salam has been president of the Manhattan Institute, America’s pre-eminent free-market think tank that specializes in urban policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

You might describe Mr. Salam as the anti-Mamdani.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In what Mr. Salam calls “tin-cup urbanism,” the mayor of this “incredibly rich, dynamic city” is begging Albany and the federal government for money.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It ran thus: 'Bura dur hai Tipperary, Bura dur hai kouch ho, Bura dur hai Tipperary, Sukipas powncheniko, Ram, ram, Piccadilly, Salam Leicester Square.

From The Romance of the Red Triangle The story of the coming of the red triangle and the service rendered by the Y.M.C.A. to the sailors and soldiers of the British Empire by Yapp, Arthur Keysall