Hess

[ hes ]

noun

1. Dame Myra, 1890–1965, English pianist.
2. Victor Francis, 1883–1964, U.S. physicist, born in Austria: Nobel Prize 1936.
3. Walter Rudolf, 1881–1973, Swiss physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1949.
4. (Wal·ther Rich·ard) Ru·dolf [vahl, -t, uh, r, , rikh, -ah, r, t , roo, -dawlf], 1894–1987, German official in the Nazi party.

Hess

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noun

1. HessMyra, Dame18901965FEnglishMUSIC: pianist Dame Myra. 1890–1965, English pianist
2. Hess(Walther Richard) Rudolf18941987MGermanPOLITICS: Nazi leader ( Walther Richard ) Rudolf (ˈruːdɔlf). 1894–1987, German Nazi leader. He made a secret flight to Scotland (1941) to negotiate peace with Britain but was held as a prisoner of war; later sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nuremberg trials (1946); committed suicide
3. HessVictor Francis18831964MUSAustrianSCIENCE: physicist Victor Francis. 1883–1964, US physicist, born in Austria: pioneered the investigation of cosmic rays: shared the Nobel prize for physics (1936)

Hess

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1. American geologist who studied the sea floor and developed the theory of sea-floor spreading in 1960. Hess theorized that sea floors were constantly renewed by the flow of magma from the Earth's mantle through the oceanic rifts. This hypothesis became an important component of the theory of plate tectonics.

Example Sentences

Rick Hess, an education expert with the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said he also was not familiar with McMahon but cautioned against quick judgments.

From Los Angeles Times

“Surveys tell us that the colleges have lost the public trust,” Hess said.

From Los Angeles Times

Other announced tenants are Bark Social, an off-leash membership dog park and social club, experiential art gallery Hopscotch, Mike Hess Brewing, restaurants Poppy + Rose, King and Queen Cantina, and Mario’s Neighborhood Butcher Shop & Delicatessen.

From Los Angeles Times

“People just weren’t crossing from Mexico through Arizona until it became more difficult to cross in major populated areas,” Dr. Greg Hess, Chief Medical Officer for Pima County, Arizona, explains.

From Salon

Originally from Hong Kong, Cherry came to the UK with her husband, Hess, to open the new branch.

From BBC