Jensen

American  

[yen-zuhn, yen-suhn] / ˈyɛn zən, ˈyɛn sən /

noun

1. J. Hans D. 1907–73, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1963.

2. Johannes Vilhelm 1873–1950, Danish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1944.

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Jensen British  

/ ˈjɛnsən /

noun

1. Johannes Vilhelm (joˈhanəs ˈvɪlhelm). 1873–1950, Danish novelist, poet, and essayist: best known for his novel sequence about the origins of mankind The Long Journey (1908–22). Nobel prize for literature 1944

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Jensen Scientific  

/ yĕn′zən /

1. German physicist who, with Maria Goeppert-Mayer, developed a model of the atomic nucleus that explained why certain nuclei were stable and had an unusual number of stable isotopes. For this work, Jensen and Goeppert-Mayer shared the 1963 Nobel Prize for physics with American physicist Eugene Wigner.

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Example Sentences

Chief executive Alex Jensen said the decision was "designed to support year-on-year profit growth and provide a stronger financial platform for 2027 and beyond".

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Human-level artificial intelligence is already here, at least according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The list of appointees includes Oracle chief Larry Ellison and Silicon Valley heavyweight Marc Andreessen, as well as Nvidia boss Jensen Huang and Lisa Su of chipmaker AMD.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

“Champagne and opera,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joked in a speech to a crowd of Silicon Valley stars at a new San Francisco Opera he funded with $5 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

In the dance pavilion at West Port Jensen the night lanterns were kindled; tourists from Seattle poured forth from the excursion steamers to perform the Svenska polka, the Rhinelander, the schottische, and the hambone.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson