Laue

American  

[lou-uh] / ˈlaʊ ə /

noun

1. Max Theodor Felix von 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.

---

Laue British  

/ 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

---

Example Sentences

All the items up for auction were given to his good friend and physicist colleague Max von Laue in late 1932.

From BBC

Max von Laue gifted them to an acquaintance and Einstein fan, Margarete Hommrich 20 years later, and it was her great-great granddaughter who had now put them up for sale.

From BBC

Frank-Michael Laue, who started the unit after a two-decade career as a criminal prosecutor, said that stiff penalties draw attention and change behavior.

From New York Times

When people refuse to give access to their smartphones for evidence, Mr. Laue said, the device can be sent to a lab operated by the federal government that uses software that can bypass passwords.

From New York Times

Stern disliked quanta, and together with his friend Max von Laue, he had pledged that “if this nonsense of Bohr should in the end prove to be right, we will quit physics.”

From Scientific American