Townes

[ tounz ]

/ taʊnz /

noun

Charles Hard,1915–2015, U.S. physicist and educator: Nobel Prize in physics 1964.

Examples from the Web for townes

"Very well," she replied, shutting the book in which she had looked up the Townes.
Abroad at Home|Julian Street
They constreined the townes of Yermouth, Dunwich & Gipswich, to pay to them great summes of monie by waie of ransoming.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (7 of 12)|Raphael Holinshed
Some write, that in their returne, they spoiled Northalerton, and diuerse other townes and places as they passed.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (10 of 12)|Raphael Holinshed
Doth it not flourish in all those shires and townes, where the Word and Sword doe joyntly cherish it?
A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale|Samuel Ward

And walles of townes were then but lowe as appeared by the walls of Rome, whiche were suche that Remus easelye leaped over them.
The Curiosities of Heraldry|Mark Antony Lower

British Dictionary definitions for townes

Townes

/ (taʊnz) /

noun

Charles Hard. born 1915, US physicist, noted for his research in quantum electronics leading to the invention of the maser and the laser; shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1964

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Science definitions for townes

Townes

[ tounz ]

Charles Hard Born 1915

American physicist who invented the maser, laying the foundation for the development of laser technology. In 1964 he shared with Russian physicists Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov and Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov the Nobel Prize for physics.

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