Moseley

[ mohz-lee ]

noun

1. Henry Gwyn Jeffreys [gwin], 1887–1915, English physicist: pioneer in x-ray spectroscopy.

Moseley

/ ˈməʊzlɪ /

noun

1. MoseleyHenry Gwyn-Jeffreys18871915MEnglishSCIENCE: physicist Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys. 1887–1915, English physicist. He showed that the wavelengths of X-rays emitted from the elements are related to their atomic numbers

Example Sentences

Charles E. Skoller was a relatively junior assistant district attorney assigned to both the Moseley and Mitchell trials.

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It was three in the afternoon, and a concerned neighbor named Raoul Cleary asked Moseley what he was doing.

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Moseley sent Milton to William Marshall, a.k.a. engraver to the stars.

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Jonny Moseley has the distinction of having a run named in his honor off KT-22, though not all the regulars were happy about that.

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(We'll leave Shirley Chisholm, Alan Keyes and Carol Moseley-Braun out of this).

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All the envelopes were endorsed in Professor Moseley's handwriting; the first with the one word "Filled."

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Clinton Paige, and myself, were in the lower chamber, and Moseley on the Senate side.

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The segmental organs, the nervous system, the so-called fat bodies of Mr Moseley.

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It is not to be confused with the slime glands of Mr Moseley, which have their opening in the oral papill.

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He had let fall the pistol in his pain, and Moseley had the pleasure of picking up his own.

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