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Geiger

[ gahy-ger ]

noun

  1. Hans [hahns], 1882–1947, German physicist.


Geiger

/ ˈɡɪɡə /

noun

  1. GeigerHans18821945MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Hans (hans). 1882–1945, German physicist: developed the Geiger counter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Geiger

  1. German physicist who was a pioneer in nuclear physics. He invented numerous instruments and techniques used to detect charged particles, including the Geiger counter (1908).
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The memoir displays Dunthorne’s gift for wry understatement and his doggedness as a researcher: he dug through archives, toted around a Geiger counter and even cooked food that his great-grandfather once consumed.

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“Lolla had its run, and we knew the model was breaking. It became too generic. It burned too bright,” said festival co-founder Marc Geiger.

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There’s a place for the FIM movement in Western healthcare because little has changed since Geiger’s community health clinic days.

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At around 7 p.m. on June 9, as he watched the sonar monitor in the boat’s research laboratory, Mr. Geiger suddenly saw an odd shape.

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Geologist Mansur Geiger - a friend of Genie de Guzman - says she had told him her husband was still alive and had escaped to South America.

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