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Bessel

[ bes-uhl ]

noun

  1. Frie·drich Wil·helm [free, -drik , wil, -helm, free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm], 1784–1846, German astronomer.


Bessel

/ ˈbɛsəl /

noun

  1. BesselFriedrich Wilhelm17841846MGermanSCIENCE: astronomerSCIENCE: mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1784–1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He made the first authenticated measurement of a star's distance (1841) and systematized a series of mathematical functions used in physics
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Example Sentences

Will you allow me to have your arrangements published, and if so, should I apply to Jurgenson or Bessel?

But the police authorities had not laid Mr. Bessel by the heels.

At first Mr. Bessel's mental state was an unemotional wonder.

But scarcely had he mentioned the name of Bessel when Doctor Paget interrupted him.

The morning papers had no news of Mr. Bessel's aberration—it had come too late for them.

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