Siegbahn

[ seeg-bahn ]
/ ˈsig bɑn /

noun

Karl Man·ne Ge·org [kahrl mahn-nuh yey-awr-yuh] /kɑrl ˈmɑn nə ˈyeɪ ɔr yə/,1886–1978, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1924.

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British Dictionary definitions for siegbahn

Siegbahn
/ (ˈsiːɡbɑːn) /

noun

Kai (kaɪ). 1918–2007, Swedish physicist who worked on electron spectroscopy: Nobel prize for physics 1981
his father, Karl Manne Georg (kɑːrl ˈmanə ˈjeːɔrj). 1886–1978, Swedish physicist, who discovered the M series in X-ray spectroscopy: Nobel prize for physics 1924
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