Ruska

American  

[ruhs-kuh, roos-kah] / ˈrʌs kə, ˈrʊs kɑ /

noun

1. Ernst (August Friedrich) 1906–88, German physicist and electrical engineer: developed electron microscope; Nobel Prize 1986.

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Ruska Scientific  

/ rŭs′kə /

1. German electrical engineer who in 1931 developed the world's first electron microscope, which he continued to improve in subsequent work. For this work he shared with German physicist Gerd Binnig and Swiss physicist Heinrich Rohrer the 1986 Nobel Prize for physics.

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Example Sentences

As an angry orphan, Eve was taken in by Anjelica Huston’s Director, who runs a co-ed academy of fledgling mercenaries called the Ruska Roma.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

He said the protest measures would affect traffic in both directions at crossings in Dorohusk and Hrebenne-Rawa Ruska, as well as outbound traffic through Korczowa.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2023

At trial, Jews who escaped from Rava Ruska testified against Osidach.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2023

At an army aid station we met Raisa Opanasivna who has lived in Ruska Lozova for 30 years.

From BBC • May 11, 2022

By 20 June the Russian communications north of the Galician capital were severed by a battle at Rawa Ruska, and on the 22nd, after nine months' Russian occupation, it once more fell into Austrian hands.

From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)