Helmholtz

[ helm-hohlts ]

noun

1. Her·mann Lud·wig Fer·di·nand von [her, -mahn , loot, -vik , fer, -di-nahnt f, uh, n], 1821–94, German physiologist and physicist.

Helmholtz

/ ˈhɛlmhɔlts /

noun

1. HelmholtzHermann Ludwig Ferdinand von18211894MGermanSCIENCE: physiologistSCIENCE: physicistSCIENCE: mathematician Baron Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von (ˈhɛrman ˈluːtvɪç ˈfɛrdinant fɔn). 1821–94, German physiologist, physicist, and mathematician: helped to found the theory of the conservation of energy; invented the ophthalmoscope (1850); and investigated the mechanics of sight and sound

Helmholtz

/ hĕlm′hōlts′ /

1. German physicist and physiologist who was a founder of the law of conservation of energy. Helmholtz did pioneering research on vision and invented an instrument for examining the interior of the eye in 1851.

Example Sentences

A pipe’s fundamental tone always sounds lower than the pipe’s length suggests it should according to Helmholtz’s formula.

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The cap effectively lengthens the organ pipe by the exact amount that must be tacked on to Helmholtz’s formula to explain the pipe’s fundamental tone.

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Given that the sensory input isn’t changing, Helmholtz argued that what we perceive must be based on the brain’s prediction of what’s there, based on prior knowledge.

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The chief evidence on the subject is a passage of the Problems, the importance of which was first pointed out by Helmholtz .

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Helmholtz says he would be ashamed of any novice in his laboratory who should design so poor an optical appliance.

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On February 14th he records that Professor Helmholtz called, but unfortunately leaves no further memorandum of that visit.

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Until the publication of Helmholtz's work vocal theorists had known practically nothing of acoustics.

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According to Helmholtz the power of the full moon is not more than that of a candle twelve feet away.

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