Bohr

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Bohr radius. physical
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

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bohr radiusniels henrik david bohr

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"Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist."

Etymology

German: from a short form of a personal name of Slavic origin (Boris), or from a reduced form of the medieval personal name Liborius, patron saint of the city of Paderborn. Danish and Swedish: from German Baar, Bahr, recorded in Denmark since the 18th century.

Related phrases

Bohr atomBohr modelBohr orbitBohr theoryRutherford-Bohr model

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