Regiomontanus


[ree-jee-oh-mon-tey-nuh s, -tah-, rej-ee-; German rey-gee-oh-mohn-tah-noo s] /ˌri dʒi oʊ mɒnˈteɪ nəs, -ˈtɑ-, ˌrɛdʒ i-; German ˌreɪ gi oʊ moʊnˈtɑ nʊs/
noun
1.
Müller, Johann.
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Friedrich Max
[free-drik maks;; German free-drikh mahks] /ˈfri drɪk mæks;; German ˈfri drɪx mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1823–1900, English Sanskrit scholar and philologist born in Germany.
2.
Johann
[yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), (“Regiomontanus”) 1436–76, German mathematician and astronomer.
3.
Johannes Peter
[yoh-hah-nuh s pey-ter] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1801–58, German physiologist and comparative anatomist.
4.
Karl Alex, born 1927, Swiss physicist, codiscoverer of superconductivity: Nobel prize 1987.
5.
Wilhelm
[vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1794–1827, German poet.
Regiomontanus
/ˌriːdʒɪəʊmɒnˈteɪnəs; -ˈtɑː-; -ˈtæn-/
noun
1.
original name Johann Müller. 1436–76, German mathematician and astronomer, who furthered the development of trigonometry
noun
1.
a flat heavy implement of stone or iron used to grind material against a slab of stone
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Hermann Joseph. 1890–1967, US geneticist, noted for his work on the transmutation of genes by X-rays: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1946
noun
1.
Friedrich Max (ˈfriːdrɪç maks). 1823–1900, British Sanskrit scholar born in Germany
2.
Johann (joˈhan). See Regiomontanus
3.
Johannes Peter (joˈhanəs ˈpeːtər). 1801–58, German physiologist, anatomist, and experimental psychologist
4.
Paul Hermann (paul ˈhɛrman). 1899–1965, Swiss chemist. He synthesized DDT (1939) and discovered its use as an insecticide: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1948

Muller Mul·ler (mŭl’ər), Hermann Joseph. 1890-1967.

American geneticist. He won a 1946 Nobel Prize for the study of the hereditary effect of x-rays on genes.

Müller Mül·ler (mŭl’ər, myōō’lər, mü’-), Johannes Peter. 1801-1858.

German physiologist who studied the physiology of the nerves and sense organs and described (1825) the müllerian duct.

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