Broglie

/ brɔj /

noun

1. See de Broglie

Broglie

/ brô-glē′ /

1. French physicist who, influenced by Albert Einstein's concept that waves can behave as particles, proposed that the opposite was also true: that electrons, for example, can behave as waves. His work developed the study of wave mechanics, which was important in the development of quantum physics, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1929.

Example Sentences

The effect is of a droplet that appears to walk along a rippled surface in patterns that turn out to be in line with de Broglie's pilot wave theory.

From Science Daily

One of those is Alexia de Broglie, who created a personal finance education app called Your Juno, for women and non-binary people, after being shocked by how little her female friends understood about finance.

From BBC

Each location has something to offer: The market on Place Broglie is dedicated to ornaments and decorations, while the market on Place Kléber has the tallest decorated Christmas tree in Europe.

From Washington Post

Ingres seems to have poured his whole soul into de Broglie’s satin dress, the color of which matches her eyes.

From Washington Post

Broglie hinted as much when I asked him if the Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas has a diversity problem.

From Washington Post