Laue

[ lou-uh ]

noun
  1. Max The·o·dor Fe·lix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr-fey-liks fuhn], /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/, 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.

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How to use Laue in a sentence

  • After each transaction Mrs. Laue honestly settled accounts with Lilly.

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  • Having inherited taste and talent for everything artistic she soon outstripped Mrs. Laue.

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  • The dried grasses, the "grass flowers," as Mrs. Laue called them, charmed her especially.

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  • Mrs. Laue, who during the weeks of Lilly's truancy had maintained glum silence, took again to depicting seductive futures.

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  • She also purchased a box of paints, and while Mrs. Laue clasped her hands in dismay, she set to painting bravely.

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British Dictionary definitions for Laue

Laue

/ (German ˈlauə) /


noun
  1. Max Theodor Felix von (maks ˈteːodoːr ˈfeːlɪks fɔn). 1879–1960, German physicist. He pioneered the technique of measuring the wavelengths of X-rays by their diffraction by crystals and contributed to the theory of relativity: Nobel prize for physics 1914

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