Waals
[ vahls ]
/ vɑls /
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noun
Jo·han·nes Di·de·rick van der [yoh-hah-nuhs -dee-duh-rik vahn duhr], /yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈdi də rɪk vɑn dər/, 1837–1923, Dutch physicist: Nobel prize 1910.
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At length hurried steps were heard, the door opened and Herr von Waals appeared, holding a telegram in his hand.
The Prussian Terror|Alexandre DumasHe next went to Naples, to study landscape painting under Godfrey Waals, a painter of much repute.
At every footstep she started, believing it to be that of Herr von Waals.
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