Lorentz

[ lawr-uhnts, lohr-; Dutch loh-rents ]

noun

1. Hen·drik An·toon [hen, -d, r, ik , ahn, -tohn], 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1902.

Lorentz

/ ˈloːrənts /

noun

1. LorentzHendrik Antoon18531928MDutchSCIENCE: physicist Hendrik Antoon (ˈhɛndrɪk ˈantoːn). 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: shared the Nobel prize for physics (1902) with Zeeman for their work on electromagnetic theory

Lorentz

/ lôr′ənts /

1. Dutch physicist who was one of the first to develop theories of the electron, for which he shared the 1902 Nobel Prize for physics with Pieter Zeeman. His ideas on the invariance of physical laws with respect to time and space paved the way for Albert Einstein's theory of Special Relativity.

Example Sentences

That creates a force - called the Lorentz force - which acts on the sea water and propels the craft along.

From BBC

Lorentz tied it eight minutes later on a breakaway as he batted the batted the puck out of the air after Campbell had stopped the initial shot.

From Washington Times

Lorentz kept the Sharks with a short-handed goal 6:36 into the third period.

From Washington Times

Drugs can be delivered through the skin using Lorentz force, which combines electric with magnetic forces to shoot through the vaccine into the body.

From Salon

But Lorentz was less impressed with the idea of spin than Ehrenfest.

From Scientific American