Townes

[ tounz ]

/ taʊnz /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Townes

town and gown, town car, town clerk, town crier, towner, Townes, town gas, town hall, townhall clock, townhome, town house

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How to use Townes in a sentence

Ralph Townes wife will be a happy woman for more reasons than one; and he is interested in you, as one can see at a glance.
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It was Ralph Townes perfect face that had drawn her to him, his voice, and his eyes, like the woods in October.
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This letter she tore into atoms; she glanced over the others to find Ralph Townes name; not once did she find it.
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Shell jump out of the frying-pan into the fire, then; for the Townes, mother and son, are not worth a quarter of it.
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Mrs. Townes expression became severe; Tessa could have shaken Sue.
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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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific 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.