Kirchhoff

[ keerkh-hawf ]

noun

1. Gus·tav Ro·bert [goos, -tahf , roh, -be, r, t], 1824–87, German physicist.

Kirchhoff

/ ˈkɪrçhɔf /

noun

1. 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′ /

1. 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

Physicians who help in such cases follow well-established guidelines set by other states, Kirchhoff says.

From Time

Kirchhoff notes that, in some cases, getting the prescription seemed to provide comfort to her patients—it was enough knowing they had the option if their illness became unbearable.

From Time

Designers Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff of Meadham Kirchoff are creating another collection for the high-street retailer.

From The Daily Beast

What Edward Meadham and his partner Benjamin Kirchhoff arguably share with Rocha, however, is a thrift-store inspiration.

From The Daily Beast

It was in 1859 that Kirchhoff and Bunsen first expounded to the world the true meaning of the dark lines in the solar spectrum.

From Project Gutenberg

In the Invocation Kirchhoff cuts out the allusion to the oxen of the Sun (lines 6-9) as being inconsistent with his theory.

From Project Gutenberg

Kirchhoff dated the 'later redaction' of the Odyssey between Ol.

From Project Gutenberg

We are therefore reduced to Kirchhoff's definition; force is equal to the mass multiplied by the acceleration.

From Project Gutenberg

To the school of mechanics to which Kirchhoff belongs, he opposes that which he bizarrely calls the school of the thread.

From Project Gutenberg