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Kirchhoff
[ keerkh-hawf ]
noun
- Gus·tav Ro·bert [goos, -tahf , roh, -be, r, t], 1824–87, German physicist.
Kirchhoff
/ ˈkɪrçhɔf /
noun
- KirchhoffGustav Robert18241887MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Gustav Robert (ˈɡʊstaf ˈroːbɛrt). 1824–87, German physicist. With Bunsen he developed the method of spectrum analysis that led to their discovery of caesium (1860) and rubidium (1861): also worked on electrical networks
Kirchhoff
/ kîr′kôf′ /
- German chemist who with Robert Bunsen discovered the elements cesium and rubidium. He also investigated the solar spectrum and researched electrical circuits and the flow of currents. His electromagnetic theory of diffraction is still the most commonly used in optics.
Example Sentences
Their findings modify Kirchhoff's law, which has governed current flow in electrical circuits since 1845 and is a staple in high school students' science classes.
"Individuals are primarily focused on changing what they can control: their own behaviors," said Elphin Tom Joe, paper co-author and doctoral student at Penn State who works with Kirchhoff.
Kirchhoff’s family had to be evacuated by boat.
All hot bodies emit light, and a universal principle known as Kirchhoff’s law of thermal radiation states that reciprocal materials in equilibrium must absorb and emit thermal radiation at the same rate.
It’s the Palace Theater, a home for Broadway shows that was designed by the architectural firm Kirchhoff & Rose in the Beaux-Arts style.
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